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Reviewed 15 November 2009 See also Legal Research and Assistance, below.  E-mail: Administrator@LawSource.com

North Dakota Court Decisions

Supreme Court (N.D.) Court of Appeals (N.D. Ct. App.) U.S. District Court (D.N.D.) * ————— * Not available — Browse for information.

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., "1997 ND 1" or "1998 ND App 1" or "541 N.W.2d 457") from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

Additional Resources
¶ Opinion Notification Service ... [Supreme Court] — Free service providing e-mail notification when opinions are posted to the Court's web site.

North Dakota Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (N.D. Const.)
   Bills
   2007 Bills and Resolutions (60th Leg.) 2005 Bills and Resolutions (59th Leg.) 2003 Bills and Resolutions (58th Leg.) 2001 Bills and Resolutions (57th Leg.) 1999 Bills and Resolutions (56th Leg.) 1997 Bills and Resolutions (55th Leg.)
   See also the North Dakota Legislative Assembly web site.
   Laws of North Dakota (N.D. Laws)
   2007 Session Laws 2005 Session Laws 2003 Session Laws 2001 Session Laws 1999 Session Laws 1997 Session Laws

2. North Dakota Century Code (N.D. Cent. Code)
   See also uniform laws and interstate compacts.
   Additional Resources
   ¶ North Dakota Century Code—1999 Version • 1997 Version
   ¶ Attorney General: Open Records and Meetings ... A manual, forms, a checklist, and annotated provisions of governing law.

North Dakota Rules of Procedure and Practice

Court Rules ♦ Rules of Procedure
North Dakota Rules of Court (N.D. Ct. R.) Administrative Rules (N.D. Admin. R.) Rules of Appellate Procedure (N.D.R.A.P.) Rules of Civil Procedure (N.D.R. Civ. P.) Rules of Criminal Procedure (N.D.R. Crim. P.) Rules of Evidence (N.D.R. Evid.) Rule on Procedural Rules and Administrative Rules and Orders ————— Local Court Procedural and Administrative Rules Rule on Local Court Procedural and Administrative Rules ————— U.S. District Court Rules (D.N.D. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Local Rules (D.N.D. Bankr. R.)
Rules of Practice • Judicial Rules
Rules of Professional Conduct Rules for Lawyer Discipline Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions Rules for Continuing Legal Education Admission to Practice Rules Limited Practice of Law by Law Students ————— Code of Judicial Conduct Rules of the Judicial Conduct Commission
Additional Resources
¶ Proposed Amendments to North Dakota Rules
¶ Legal Citation Rules: North Dakota Supreme Court Citation Manual ... "These rules are intended as a guide for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions and could be used as a guide for attorneys submitting briefs to North Dakota state courts." See also a rule requiring "medium-neutral" case citations.

North Dakota Administrative Law Sources

1. North Dakota Administrative Code (N.D. Admin. Code)

2. Attorney General Opinions (Ops. N.D. Att'y Gen.)

North Dakota Local Law Sources

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Municipal Ordinances
Devils Lake <2> Grand Forks <3> Minot <3>    
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

North Dakota Law-Related Periodicals

Other North Dakota Commentary

1. A Primer on Tribal Court Civil Practice ... [B.J. Jones / N.D. Supreme Court] — The author is Director of the Northern Plains Tribal Judicial Institute at the University of North Dakota School of Law and is also Chief Judge of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribal Court as well as Chief Justice of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribal Court.

2. A Lawyer's Guide to [Doing Business in] North Dakota. Nilles, Ilvedson, Stroup, Plambeck & Selbo, Ltd. ... [Lex Mundi]

North Dakota Law-Related Topical Web Sites

North Dakota Court Information

Web Sites
Supreme Court ————— U.S. District Court U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Addresses ♦ Names ♦ Numbers
See also court web sites, above.
Supreme Court Supreme Court E-Mail Addresses District Courts [North Dakota]
Additional Resources
¶ Supreme Court Clerk ... Filing information.
¶ Supreme Court Calendar

North Dakota Forms

1. Litigation Forms
   Automated Civil Forms ... [N.D. Supreme Court] — Forms can be completed and printed using a Javascript-enabled browser.
   U.S. Bankruptcy Court Forms

2. Government Agency Forms
   1. Secretary of State Forms
   2. State Tax Commissioner Forms

3. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other North Dakota Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
Legislative Assembly ————— Attorney General ————— Secretary of State Tax Department
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶ Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶ Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
1. Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
   State Bar Association of North Dakota
   Western Dakota Association of Legal Assistants
   See also the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
   Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
   State Board of Law Examiners ————— University of North Dakota School of Law

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
North Dakota Supreme Court University of North Dakota: Thormodsgard Law Library
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
1. Attorney General Brochures ... General explanations of selected North Dakota laws and persons' rights and duties under them, in PDF files.

2. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for North Dakota Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of North Dakota law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in North Dakota.

3. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. North Dakota Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   2. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.