North Dakota Law

North Dakota citizens are concern to North Dakota kingdom and U.S. federal laws. Federal laws follow in North Dakota as they do across all 50 states. In addition to the U.S. Constitution, that's the splendid law of the U.S., federal legal guidelines include statutes that are periodically codified within the U.S. Code. Federal legal guidelines also encompass decisions via courts that interpret federal legal guidelines. Finally, federal laws consist of policies issued via federal administrative organizations to implement federal legal guidelines. You can explore federal legal guidelines and associated sources by using travelling the federal law section of the USLaw.Site site.

The kingdom of North Dakota additionally has its own country legal guidelines. North Dakota nation laws encompass the North Dakota Constitution, laws exceeded via the North Dakota legislature and periodically codified within the North Dakota Century Code, and choices with the aid of courts that interpret North Dakota legal guidelines.

When North Dakota became a nation in 1889, the North Dakota Constitution took effect. Unlike maximum kingdom constitutions, it does now not include a unmarried article dedicated to the modification method. The Constitution allows amendments with the aid of legislative referrals, ballot tasks, and constitutional conventions. Under Article IV, an modification proposed by using the legislature will seem on a ballot if a majority of the members of each chamber vote in its choose. Article III describes the procedure of initiated amendments, consisting of how many signatures are required on a petition. As provided by way of Section 1 of Article III, a constitutional convention may be known as handiest by using an initiative, as opposed to by means of the legislature.

The North Dakota Century Code contains the legal guidelines passed by using the North Dakota legislature. These legal guidelines and the provisions of the North Dakota Constitution are frequently interpreted by way of the North Dakota Supreme Court and the North Dakota Court of Appeals. The federal North Dakota District Court also issues decisions which could affect North Dakota residents. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals holds the authority to check selections via the North Dakota District Court. Sometimes the U.S. Supreme Court can also evaluation a case that has been appealed from the Eighth Circuit or from the North Dakota Supreme Court.

North Dakota Constitution

North Dakota Century Code

• 2019 North Dakota Century Code
• 2018 North Dakota Century Code
• 2017 North Dakota Century Code
• 2016 North Dakota Century Code
• 2015 North Dakota Century Code
• 2014 North Dakota Century Code
• 2013 North Dakota Century Code
• 2012 North Dakota Century Code
• 2011 North Dakota Century Code
• 2009 North Dakota Century Code

North Dakota Administrative Code

North Dakota Case Law

• North Dakota Supreme Court Decisions
• North Dakota Court of Appeals Decisions

Federal Courts - North Dakota

• US Supreme Court
• Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
• North Dakota Federal District Courts
• North Dakota District Court

North Dakota State Resources