Title 6, Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Required and Prohibited Information. (a) Required Information. The following information shall be made available to the public on the sex offender registry website: (1) Notice that an offender is in violation of their registration requirements or cannot be located if the sex offe…

Community Notification. (a) Law Enforcement Community Notification. Whenever a sex offender registers or updates their information with the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Public Safety or designee shall: (1) Immediately notify the FBI, LESA and ensure the informat…

Sanctions. (a) Crime. Any violation of a provision of this article, including but not limited to: the provision of false or misleading information, or the failure to report or keep current required information, by a sex offender shall be a crime subject to a penalty of up to thre…

Non-sex Offender Related Crimes. (a) Harboring. A person is guilty of a crime punishable by up to 365 days in jail, a fine not more than $2,000 or both if they do any of the following: (1) Knowingly harbor, attempt to harbor, or assist another in harboring or attempting to harbor…

No Waiver of Immunity. Nothing in this article shall be construed as a waiver of sovereign immunity for the Commonwealth, its departments, agencies, employees, or agents. Source: PL 17-49 § 2(1378) (July 29, 2011), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission changed capitalizati…

Good Faith Immunity. Any person acting in good faith under the terms of this article shall be immune from any civil liability arising out of such actions. Source: PL 17-49 § 2(1379) (July 29, 2011), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission changed capitalization in this secti…

Sex Offender Revolving Fund. There is hereby established a Sex Offender Revolving Fund. The Department of Finance shall maintain all funds generated under this article, specifically through the Sex Offender Fee Guidelines, in a segregated, restricted special account within the ge…

Burglary. (a) A person commits the offense of burglary if he or she enters a building or occupied structure, or separately occupied or secured portion thereof, or a vehicle with the purpose to commit any felony or crime against property or person, unless the premises are at the t…

Arson and Related Offenses. (a) A person commits the offense of arson if he or she starts a fire or causes an explosion with the purpose of: (1) Damaging a building or occupied structure of another; or (2) Destroying or damaging any property, whether that person’s or another’s, t…

Criminal Mischief. (a) A person commits the offense of criminal mischief if he or she intentionally or knowingly: (1) Causes another, by deception or threat, to suffer pecuniary or property loss; (2) Tampers with property of another thereby causing a danger to person or property …

Criminal Trespass. (a) A person commits the offense of trespass if he or she makes an unlawful and unauthorized entry upon or interferes with the peaceful use and enjoyment of the property of another, and upon being lawfully advised to leave or desist refuses to promptly do so. (…

Vandalism (a) It shall be unlawful for any person and/or persons to vandalize any public or private property. (b) Any person and/or persons in violation of subsection (a) shall be punished as follows: (1) First Offense: A fine of not less than $250 but not more than $1,000 and 40…

Importation of Contraband. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly enter the Commonwealth, with the intent to import, or to cause another to bring or import into the Commonwealth, or conceal for the purpose of importation, any of the following items: (1) Controlled s…

Enforcement. (a) The Customs Service, a division of the Department of Finance, shall have the primary responsibility and authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter. This authority shall be concurrent with the authority of any other law enforcement agency as provided by l…

Forfeiture. All items of contraband as defined by 6 CMC § 2301 shall be subject to forfeiture pursuant to 6 CMC § 2150. Source: PL 6-38, § 2 (§ 2303); amended by PL 7-38, § 2, modified; (b) repealed by PL 19-73 § 3 (Dec. 1, 2016), modified. Commission Comment: [Historical comment…

Jurisdiction. (a) The jurisdiction of the Customs Service shall include all official customs points of entry into the Commonwealth and points of exit out of the Commonwealth as follows, as well as any future official customs ports of entry that may be established from time to tim…

Tampering Prohibited. If the owner, or his authorized representative, is the consignee of any cargo, commodities, merchandise or goods of any and all description, for personal use or for profit, entering the Commonwealth in crates, bundles, sea or land containers, or any other me…

Declaration of Export of Currency. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly depart the Commonwealth with intent to export, or attempt to cause another to take out or export outside the Commonwealth, or conceal for the purpose of exportation, currency, coin, travelers …

GENERAL PROVISIONS § 301. Attempts. (a) A person commits the offense of attempt if, with intent to commit an offense, he does an overt act which constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the commission of that offense. (b) It is an affirmative …

GENERAL PROVISIONS § 302. Solicitation. (a) A person commits the offense of solicitation, if, with intent to promote or facilitate the commission of an offense, that person commands, encourages, or requests another person to engage in the acts or cause the result specified by the…

GENERAL PROVISIONS § 303. Conspiracy. (a) A person commits the offense of conspiracy if, with intent to promote or facilitate the commission of an offense: (1) The person agrees with one or more other persons that they, or one or more of them, will engage in or solicit the conduc…

GENERAL PROVISIONS § 304. Penalties for Attempt, Solicitation, and Conspiracy. (a) A person convicted of attempt or solicitation shall be punished: (1) If the maximum sentence provided for the offense which was the object of the attempt or solicitation is life imprisonment, by im…

Compounding a Crime. Every person who, having knowledge that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed, shall unlawfully, knowingly, and willfully agree for a reward not to prosecute it, is guilty of compounding a crime, and upon conviction thereof may be imprisoned…

Obstructing Justice: Interference with Law Enforcement Officer or Witness. Every person who unlawfully resists or interferes with any law enforcement officer in the lawful pursuit of his or her duties, or unlawfully tampers with witnesses or prevents or attempts to prevent their …

Obstructing Justice: Interference with Service of Process. Every person who, knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or opposes any chief of police, policeman or other person duly authorized, in serving or executing, or attempting to serve or execute any process issued by any…

Tampering with Judicial Records or Process. Every person who willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, takes away, mutilates, obliterates, alters (including the alteration of any document displaying the court seal or a copy of the court seal), or destroys, or attempts to do so,…

Tampering with Jury. Every person who, directly or indirectly, gives, offers or promises anything of value to a juror, or a member of his or her immediate family, with the intent to influence the decision of the juror, or who, directly or indirectly, by force, threats or by threa…

Perjury. Every person who takes an oath or any legal substitute for an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the Commonwealth authorizes an oath or any legal substitute for it to be administered, that he or she will testify, declare, …

Contempt. Every person who unlawfully, knowingly, and willfully interferes directly with the operation and function of a court, by open defiance of an order, in or near the courtroom; or by disturbing the peace in or near the courtroom; or by speaking or writing in such a manner …

Title. This article shall be cited as the Department of Public Safety Uniforms Act. Source: PL 9-10, § 1. Commission Comment: PL 9-10 took effect October 11, 1994. According to PL 9-10, § 2: Section 2. Purposes and Findings. The Legislature finds there is a growing problem with p…

Identification of Uniforms. The Director of the Department of Public Safety or his designee shall cause to be published the official uniforms, insignia and badges of the police officers, corrections officers and firefighters in the Commonwealth Register. The Director of the Depar…

Change of Uniforms. A person shall replace his or her uniform if such uniform is identical with the uniforms prescribed under 6 CMC § 3322 within 30 days following the publication in the Commonwealth Register. Source: PL 9-10, § 4.

Impersonating an Officer. A person commits the offense of impersonating an officer if the person pretends to be an officer or falsely assumes or exercises the functions, duties, powers and privileges incident to being a police officer, corrections officer or firefighter either in…

Unlawful Wearing of Officer’s Uniform, Insignia or Badge. A person commits the offense of unlawful wearing of an officer’s uniform, insignia or badge if, not being a sworn police officer, corrections officer or firefighter, the person wears the uniform, badge or insignia of a swo…

Penalty. Any person found to have committed the offense of impersonating an officer while facilitating the commission of a misdemeanor shall be fined $500 or imprisoned for not more than one year or both. Any person found to have committed the crime of impersonating an officer wh…

Purposes of Chapter. This chapter seeks to: (a) Ensure that each abused child and the child's family receives such care, preferably in their own home, as will serve the emotional, mental, and physical welfare of the minor and the best interests of the Commonwealth, and (b) Requir…

Child Abuse: Defined. (a) A person commits the offense of child abuse if the person: (1) Willfully and intentionally strikes, beats or by any other act or omission inflicts physical pain, injury or mental distress upon a child under the age of 18 who is in the person’s custody or…

Duty to Report Incidents of Child Abuse. (a) Any health care worker, school teacher or other school official, day care provider, counselor, social worker, peace officer or other law enforcement official who comes into contact in a professional capacity with a child who the person…

Immunity from Liability for Good-Faith Efforts to Report. Any person making a good faith effort to make a report under this chapter shall be immune from any and all civil or criminal liability which might otherwise arise from such action. Source: PL 3-18, § 4; repealed and reenac…

Criminal Penalties for Failure to Report. Knowing or willful failure of any person required to make any report or notification required under this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for up to one year, or a fine of $1,000, or both. Source: PL 3-18, § 5; a…

Criminal Penalties for Interfering With Good Faith Efforts to Report. Knowing or willful interference by any person with the good-faith efforts of any person making or attempting to make a report under this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for up to one…

Privileges Not Applicable. Common law and statutory privileges as to communications between husband and wife, and a professional person and his patient or client, except for that between attorney and client, do not apply to communications relating to the reporting of child abuse …

Protection of Abused Children: Protective Custody. (a) A police or law enforcement official, Division of Youth Services worker, or any physician treating a child may take a child into protective custody without the consent of parents, guardian, or others exercising temporary or p…

Protection of Abused: Investigation. If a child is taken into custody, the Division of Youth Services shall immediately commence a child protective investigation to determine if it is necessary to make the child a ward of the court. The Division of Youth Services shall recommend …

Protection of Abused Children: Court Procedures. (a) The child shall be released within 48 hours unless during that period the Office of the Attorney General files a petition in the Superior Court to have the child declared a ward of the court. The hearing shall be conducted befo…

Protection of Abused Children: Wardship. (a) Within 30 days of a temporary wardship finding, the court shall determine whether the wardship should be continued. In order to continue a wardship, the Office of the Attorney General shall prove by a preponderance of the evidence that…