North Dakota

North Dakota Century Code — Title 12.1, Criminal Code

96 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 12.1-16-01 — Murder
• § 12.1-16-02 — Manslaughter
• § 12.1-16-03 — Negligent homicide
• § 12.1-16-04 — Assisting the commission of suicide - Causing death by suicide - Penalties
• § 12.1-16-05 — Injunctive relief
• § 12.1-16-06 — Construction
• § 12.1-16-07 — Civil damages
• § 12.1-16-08 — Suspension or revocation of license of health care provider
• § 12.1-17-01 — Simple assault
• § 12.1-17-02 — Aggravated assault
• § 12.1-17-03 — Reckless endangerment
• § 12.1-17-04 — Terrorizing
• § 12.1-17-05 — Menacing
• § 12.1-17-06 — Criminal coercion
• § 12.1-17-07 — Harassment
• § 12.1-17-08 — Consent as a defense
• § 12.1-17-09 — Killing or injury of law enforcement support animal - Definition - Penalty
• § 12.1-17-10 — Hazing - Penalty
• § 12.1-17-11 — Contact by bodily fluids or excrement
• § 12.1-17-12 — Assault or homicide while fleeing peace officer
• § 12.1-17-13 — Mandated intervention program for domestic violence offenders
• § 12.1-17-14 — Forced or coerced abortion - Penalty
• § 12.1-18-01 — Kidnapping
• § 12.1-18-02 — Felonious restraint
• § 12.1-18-03 — Unlawful imprisonment
• § 12.1-18-04 — Definitions
• § 12.1-18-05 — Removal of child from state in violation of custody decree - Penalty
• § 12.1-20-01 — General provisions
• § 12.1-20-02 — c."Sexual conduct" has the meaning prescribed in section 12.1-27.1-01
• § 12.1-20-03 — Gross sexual imposition - Penalty
• § 12.1-20-04 — Sexual imposition
• § 12.1-20-05 — Corruption or solicitation of minors
• § 12.1-20-06 — Sexual abuse of wards
• § 12.1-20-07 — Sexual assault
• § 12.1-20-08 — Fornication
• § 12.1-20-09 — Adultery
• § 12.1-20-10 — Unlawful cohabitation
• § 12.1-20-11 — Incest
• § 12.1-20-12 — Deviate sexual act
• § 12.1-20-13 — Bigamy
• § 12.1-20-14 — Admissibility of evidence concerning reputation of complaining witness - Gross sexual imposition and sexual imposition
• § 12.1-20-15 — Credibility of complaining witness attacked - Procedure
• § 12.1-20-16 — Appointment of a guardian ad litem in prosecution for sex offenses
• § 12.1-20-17 — Transfer of body fluid that may contain the human immunodeficiency virus - Definitions - Defenses - Penalty
• § 12.1-20-18 — Definitions
• § 12.1-20-19 — Release of sexual offender from place of confinement - Duties of official in charge
• § 12.1-20-20 — Duty to register
• § 12.1-20-21 — Change of address - Duty to inform
• § 12.1-20-22 — Duration of registration
• § 12.1-20-23 — Penalty
• § 12.1-20-24 — Facilitation of sexual acts in public
• § 12.1-20-25 — Sexual offender presence near schools prohibited
• § 12.1-20-26 — Sexual reproductive imposition
• § 12.1-21-01 — Arson
• § 12.1-21-02 — Endangering by fire or explosion
• § 12.1-21-03 — Failure to control or report a dangerous fire
• § 12.1-21-04 — Release of destructive forces
• § 12.1-21-05 — Criminal mischief
• § 12.1-21-06 — Tampering with or damaging a critical infrastructure facility or a public service - Penalty
• § 12.1-21-07 — Consent as a defense
• § 12.1-21-08 — Definitions
• § 12.1-21-09 — Tampering with, disabling, or falsely sounding a fire alarm - Tampering with or disabling fire suppression equipment
• § 12.1-22-01 — Robbery
• § 12.1-22-02 — Burglary
• § 12.1-22-03 — Criminal trespass - Noncriminal offense on posted property
• § 12.1-22-04 — Unlawful entry into or concealment within a vehicle
• § 12.1-22-05 — Stowing away
• § 12.1-22-06 — Definitions
• § 12.1-23-01 — Consolidation of theft offenses
• § 12.1-23-02 — Theft of property
• § 12.1-23-03 — Theft of services
• § 12.1-23-04 — Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake
• § 12.1-23-05 — Grading of theft offenses
• § 12.1-23-06 — 13."Threat" means an expressed purpose, however communicated, to: a.Cause bodily injury in the future to the person threatened or to any other person; b.Cause damage to property; c.Subject the person threatened or any other person to physical confinement or restraint; d.Engage in other conduct const
• § 12.1-23-07 — Misapplication of entrusted property
• § 12.1-23-08 — Defrauding secured creditors
• § 12.1-23-09 — Defenses and proof as to theft and related offenses
• § 12.1-23-10 — Definitions for theft and related offenses
• § 12.1-23-11 — Unauthorized use of personal identifying information - Penalty
• § 12.1-23-12 — Jurisdiction - Conduct outside this state
• § 12.1-23-13 — Distribution and use of theft detection shielding devices
• § 12.1-23-14 — Detention of persons suspected of unlawful use or removal of theft detection devices - Reasonable cause
• § 12.1-23-15 — Purchase of beer kegs - Penalty
• § 12.1-23-16 — Automated sales suppression device, zapper, or phantom-ware - Prohibition - Penalties
• § 12.1-23-17 — Unlawful skimming of credit, debit, or other electronic payment cards - Penalty
• § 12.1-23-18 — Definitions
• § 12.1-23-19 — Use and possession of re-encoders and scanning devices - Penalty
• § 12.1-25-01 — d.A class A misdemeanor if the actor recklessly causes pecuniary loss in excess of two thousand dollars or if the actor intentionally causes pecuniary loss of from one hundred dollars through two thousand dollars
• § 12.1-29-01 — Promoting prostitution
• § 12.1-29-02 — Facilitating prostitution
• § 12.1-29-03 — Prostitution
• § 12.1-29-04 — Testimony of spouse in prostitution offenses
• § 12.1-29-05 — Definitions
• § 12.1-29-06 — Hiring an individual to engage in sexual activity
• § 12.1-29-07 — Offender education program
• § 12.1-32-15 — 3.An individual who commits a violation of subdivision a or b of subsection 1 within fifty feet [15.24 meters] of or on the real property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary, middle, or high school is guilty of a class C felony