Title 1 — Government
110 chapters · 1,290 sections in this title.
1 CMC § 3702 Commonwealth Recorder’s Office: Duties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3702. Indexes: Title or Possession of Land; Content Summary; Marriage Records. (a) The Commonwealth Recorder’s Office shall maintain indexes for land transfers, mortgages, leases, judgments, and decrees affecting real property int…
1 CMC § 3703 Commonwealth Recorder’s Office: Recording of Documents
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3703. Recordation of Documents; Fees. Upon payment of any applicable costs and service fees, any person may record documents with the Commonwealth Recorder’s Office. The Commonwealth Recorder’s Office shall provide public access t…
1 CMC § 3704 Acknowledgment as Condition for Recording
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3704. Acknowledgment as Condition for Recording. All documents that must be recorded, including transfers, leases exceeding one year, and encumbrances affecting real property, must be acknowledged before a notary public or other o…
1 CMC § 3705 Effect of Failure to Record
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3705. Effect of Failure to Record. No transfer of or encumbrance upon title to real estate or any interest therein, other than a lease for a term not exceeding one year, shall be valid: (a) Against any subsequent purchaser or mort…
1 CMC § 3706 Land Commission Transfer of Documents to Recorder’s Office
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3706. Land Commission Transfer of Documents to Recorder’s Office. The Land Commission shall promptly record all certificates of title at the Commonwealth Recorder’s Office. Source: PL 3-64, § 2; amended by PL 10-33, § 2; repealed …
1 CMC § 3707 Endorsement of Document: Delivery
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3707. Endorsement of Document: Delivery. [Repealed.] Source: PL 3-64, § 3; repealed by PL 21-39, § 3 (Jan. 19, 2021). 327
1 CMC § 3708 Manner of Recording
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3708. Manner of Recording. [Repealed.] Source: PL 3-64, § 4; repealed by PL 21-39, § 3 (Jan. 19, 2021). 327
1 CMC § 3709 File for Record: Quality of Instrument
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3709. File for Record: Quality of Instrument. [Repealed.] Source: PL 3-64, § 5; amended by PL 6-25, § 6; repealed by PL 21-39, § 3 (Jan. 19, 2021). 327
1 CMC § 3710 Indexing and Recording Old Documents or Books
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3710. Indexing and Recording Old Documents or Books. [Repealed.] Source: PL 3-64, § 6; repealed by PL 21-39, § 3 (Jan. 19, 2021). 327
1 CMC § 3711 Effect of Failure to Record
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3711. Effect of Failure to Record. [Repealed.] Source: 57 TTC § 11201; repealed by PL 21-39, § 3 (Jan. 19, 2021).
1 CMC § 3712 Acknowledgments as Condition for Recording
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3712. Acknowledgments as Condition for Recording. [Repealed.] Source: PL 4-9, § 1; repealed by PL 21-39, § 3 (Jan. 19, 2021). Commission Comment: PL 4-9 took effect February 22, 1984.
1 CMC § 6701 Counterfeit Ballots
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6701. Counterfeit Ballots. Any person who knowingly, willfully and unlawfully prints, copies, imitates, or distributes or causes to be printed, copied, imitated, or distributed any unofficial ballot or any document that is so substantia…
1 CMC § 6702 Unlawful Threats to Candidate or Family
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6702. Unlawful Threats to Candidate or Family. Any person who directly or indirectly threatens or intimidates any candidate or his immediate family by physical means, bribery, extortion, or any other means so as to attempt or cause the …
1 CMC § 6703 Unlawful Threats to Election Personnel
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6703. Unlawful Threats to Election Personnel. Any person who directly or indirectly threatens or intimidates the Commission, its designees, its representatives or its election workers so as to attempt or cause those persons not to perfo…
1 CMC § 6704 Unlawful Registration
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6704. Unlawful Registration. A person who signs an affidavit of registration knowing that he does not qualify to vote or who knowingly registers with intent to vote more than once or who registers in an election district in which he doe…
1 CMC § 6705 Unlawful Campaign Activities
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6705. Unlawful Campaign Activities. (a) No person may use the name of the government department or agency to campaign for or express support for a candidate running for public office; nor shall the buying or selling of fundraising mater…
1 CMC § 6706 Unlawful Sale or Purchase of Alcohol on Election Day
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6706. Unlawful Sale or Purchase of Alcohol on Election Day. (a) No person may sell, purchase or dispense any alcoholic beverages or liquor while the polls are open on the day of an election. Any person who knowingly and willfully violat…
1 CMC § 7701 Criminal Offenses
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7701. Criminal Offenses. (a) No officer or employee of the Commonwealth shall willfully and knowingly make or authorize any expenditure from or create or authorize any obligation or allotment under any appropriati…
1 CMC § 7702 Penalties for Violations
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7702. Penalties for Violations. Every person who willfully and knowingly violates any provision of 1 CMC § 7701 is guilty of a crime, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned n…
1 CMC § 7703 Appointment of Special Prosecutor
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7703. Appointment of Special Prosecutor. If the office of the Attorney General receives reports of an alleged violation of 1 CMC § 7701 by either the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, or an empl…
1 CMC § 7704 Regulations
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7704. Regulations. An officer or employee of the Commonwealth having administrative control of any appropriation or allocation of resources, subject to the approval of the office of the Special Assistant for Plann…
1 CMC § 7705 Public Purpose Requirement
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7705. Public Purpose Requirement. A public official authorized under 1 CMC § 7401 to expend, obligate, encumber, or otherwise commit public funds or properties shall take all steps reasonable under the circumstanc…
1 CMC § 7706 Administrative Penalties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7706. Administrative Penalties. In addition to any penalty or liability under other law, any officer or employee of the Commonwealth who shall violate the provisions of this section or part shall be subject to app…
1 CMC § 7707 Duty to Report Violations of this Part
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7707. Duty to Report Violations of this Part. In the case of a violation of this section or part by an officer or employee of the Commonwealth, the head of the branch or department concerned shall immediately repo…
1 CMC § 7708 Expiration of Appropriations
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7708. Expiration of Appropriations. (a) Except as provided in this section and in 1 CMC §§ 7204(d), 7301(c) and 7302, no funds appropriated pursuant to annual appropriation acts, or by special appropriations acts …
1 CMC § 7709 Construction of Appropriation Acts
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7709. Construction of Appropriation Acts. No public law shall be construed to make an appropriation out of the Commonwealth General Fund, Treasury, or to authorize the execution of a contract involving the payment…
1 CMC § 7710 Audit
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7710. Audit. (a) An audit or audits may be conducted by the federal comptroller, the Public Auditor, or by independent auditors upon the concurrence of the Public Auditor. The audit may be done in the area of fisc…
1 CMC § 7711 Metered Services
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7711. Metered Services. (a) In making payments for commodities or services, the quantity of which is determined by metered readings, such as gas, electricity, water, and the like, and for telephone services, where…
1 CMC § 7712 Interagency Transfers
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7712. Interagency Transfers. (a) Any agency may provide materials, supplies, equipment, work or services to any other agency by mutual agreement. Services so rendered may be on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable ba…
1 CMC § 8291 Government Employment: Registration with Federal Selective Service System Required
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8291. Government Employment: Registration with Federal Selective Service System Required. Every male, who is at least 18 years old but has not yet attained the age of 26 years, seeking employment with the Commonwealth of the Nor…
1 CMC § 8301 Purpose
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8301. Purpose. The purpose of this part is to provide retirement security and other benefits to government employees, their spouses and dependents, and former governors and former lieutenant governors, and to provide for an actu…
1 CMC § 8401 Early Retirement Bonus. [Repealed by PL 11-114, § 3.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8401. Early Retirement Bonus. [Repealed by PL 11-114, § 3.] Source: PL 8-30, § 2; repealed by PL 11-114, § 3. Commission Comment: PL 8-30, the “Commonwealth Early Retirement Bonus Act,” took effect October 1, 1993. PL 11-114 whi…
1 CMC § 8402 Reemployment Limitation. [Repealed by PL 11-114, § 3.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8402. Reemployment Limitation. [Repealed by PL 11-114, § 3.] Source: PL 8-30, § 3, modified; amended by PL 9-52, § 13; PL 11-4, § 1, modified; repealed by PL 11-114, § 3. Commission Comment: PL 11-4 took effect March 17, 1998. P…
1 CMC § 8403 Election to Receive Bonus. [Repealed by PL 11-114, § 3.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8403. Election to Receive Bonus. [Repealed by PL 11-114, § 3.] Source: PL 8-30, § 4, modified; repealed by PL 11-114, § 3. Commission Comment: With respect to the reference to the “Director of Finance,” see Executive Order 94-3 …
1 CMC § 8404 Funding. [Repealed by PL 11-114, § 3.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8404. Funding. [Repealed by PL 11-114, § 3.] Source: PL 8-30, § 5; amended by PL 11-114, § 2; repealed by PL 11-114, § 3. Commission Comment: See comment to 1 CMC § 8401.
1 CMC § 8405 Rules and Regulations. [Repealed by PL 11-114, § 3.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8405. Rules and Regulations. [Repealed by PL 11-114, § 3.] Source: PL 8-30, § 6, modified; repealed by PL 11-114, § 3.
1 CMC § 9701 Short Title
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9701. Short Title. This chapter may be known and cited as the Public Employees Strike Act of 1991. Source: PL 7-43, § 1. Commission Comment: PL 7-43 took effect November 1, 1991.
1 CMC § 9702 Purpose
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9702. Purpose. The intent and purpose of this chapter is to recognize that there exists a public policy in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands against strikes by public employees as a means of settling their …
1 CMC § 9703 Application
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9703. Application. This chapter shall apply to all departments, instrumentalities, agencies, corporations and authorities of the Commonwealth government whether established by statute or the Commonwealth Constitution. For…
1 CMC § 9704 Definitions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9704. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Commerce and Labor; (b) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Commerce and Labor; (c) “Officer” means the Public Employment…
1 CMC § 9705 Prohibition
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9705. Prohibition. The right of public employees to engage in any strike, work slowdown or stoppage, or walk out is not granted. Source: PL 7-43, § 7.
1 CMC § 9706 Division of Dispute Resolution; Public Employment Disputes Officer
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9706. Division of Dispute Resolution; Public Employment Disputes Officer. There is hereby established within the Department of Commerce and Labor a Division of Dispute Resolution. The director shall appoint a Public Emplo…
1 CMC § 9707 Declaration of Labor Dispute
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9707. Declaration of Labor Dispute. The officer shall establish a procedure for filing a declaration of labor dispute. Such a declaration may be filed by either party; provided, however, that if the dispute is with respec…
1 CMC § 9708 Mediation
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9708. Mediation. Upon receipt of a declaration of labor dispute, the officer shall select a mediator who may meet either jointly or separately with the parties and who shall take whatever steps necessary to persuade the p…
1 CMC § 9709 Interest Arbitration Panel
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9709. Interest Arbitration Panel. (a) If after a reasonable time an agreement has not been negotiated pursuant to 1 CMC § 9708, upon the recommendation of the assigned mediator the officer shall declare an impasse and cre…
1 CMC § 9710 Fact-Finder
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9710. Fact-Finder. (a) If either party, by written notice to the other party and the officer, requests that matters in dispute be submitted to a fact-finder for recommendations, initiation of fact-finding proceedings shal…
1 CMC § 9711 Enforcement
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9711. Enforcement. If the representative of either or both the public employees and the public employer refuse to submit to the procedures set forth in 1 CMC §§ 9707, 9708 or 9709, the parties or the officer may invoke th…
1 CMC § 9712 Penalties for Disobeying Court Order
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9712. Penalties for Disobeying Court Order. (a) Where an organization, group or individual willfully disobeys a lawful order by the Superior Court pursuant to 1 CMC § 9711 or willfully offers resistance to such an order, …
1 CMC § 2401 Department of Public Works
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2401. Department of Public Works. There is in the Commonwealth government a Department of Public Works to be headed by a Director of Public Works. Source: PL 1-8, tit. 1, ch. 15, § 1. Commission Comment: Executive Order 94-3, the…
1 CMC § 2402 Department of Public Works: Director: Appointment
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2402. Department of Public Works: Director: Appointment. The Director of Public Works shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Source: PL 1-8, tit. 1, ch. 15, § 2. Commission Comment: With res…