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The record
- Jurisdiction
- North Dakota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.D.C.C. title 12.1 (Criminal Code), ch. 12.1-32 (Penalties and Sentencing)
- Issued
- 2026-09-29 Sept. 29, 2026
- Effective
- standing (read as 2026-09-29)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Sept. 29, 2026 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Standing duty
- Addressees
- persons generally; organizations (12.1-32-01.1, with agents prosecutable under 12.1-03-03)
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: North Dakota DUT-ND
Operative words
Class B misdemeanor, for which a maximum penalty of thirty days' imprisonment, a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars, or both, may be imposed. 7. Infraction, for which a maximum fine of one thousand dollars may be imposed.
Penalty
n/a (this is the penalty schedule)
What it required
Of a health-officer order or quarantine regulation, 23-07-21) at $1,000, escalating to a class B misdemeanor on repetition; class B misdemeanor (failure to obey confinement, 23-07.6-02(3); violation of a board of health order or rule, 23-35-13; operating a food or lodging establishment without complying with ch. 23-09, 23-09-21) at thirty days and $1,500; class A misdemeanor (maintaining a public nuisance, 42-01-15) at 360 days and $3,000; organizations at $20,000 (class B) and $30,000 (class A) (12.1-32-01.1).
Retrieval noteThe $1,000 infraction fine is the figure every North Dakota executive order recited ('an infraction and subject to a one-thousand dollar fine'; Ex. ND-013, ND-038). The exhibit is the current edition; the classification amounts quoted are those the exhibit states, and the 2020-2021 edition was not compared.