=== References ===

===== Research (auto-generated) =====

**[[.:research|All 13 citing references →]]**

== History ==
  * [[.:start?rev=1000000|1889 (as adopted)]]
  * 2012-12-06 (current text)
  * [[.:start?do=revisions|Compare text between versions]]
  * Originally § 211 (1889 numbering); renumbered 1981.

== Citing cases (auto) ==
  * Sanderson v. Demers, et al., [[https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/opinions/213102|2026 ND 113]] (2026)
  * N.D. Legislative Assembly, et al. v. Burgum, [[https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/opinions/3123|2018 ND 189]] (2018)
  * Holkesvig v. State (Consolidated w/20120334), [[https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/opinions/74188|2013 ND 1]] (2013)
  * Schloesser v. Larson, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2074588/schloesser-v-larson/|1990 ND 125]] (1990)
  * State ex rel. Dreyer v. Brekke, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3934869/state-ex-rel-dreyer-v-brekke/|1947 ND 34]] (1947)
  * State ex rel. Johnson v. Baker, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3933194/state-ex-rel-johnson-v-baker/|1945 ND 14]] (1945)
  * State v. First State Bank of Jud, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3933924/state-v-first-state-bank-of-jud/|1924 ND 183]] (1924)
  * State ex rel. Johnson, Atty. Gen. v. Cahill, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6851423/state-ex-rel-johnson-v-cahill/|1923 ND 37]] (1923)
  * State ex rel. Marshall v. Blaisdell, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6849991/state-ex-rel-marshall-v-blaisdell/|1910 ND 77]] (1910)
  * State ex rel. McCue, Atty. Gen. v. Blaisdell, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6848650/state-v-blaisdell/|1908 ND 96]] (1908)
  * In re Freerks, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6847942/in-re-freerks/|1902 ND 24]] (1902)

== Attorney General opinions (auto) ==
  * [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/80-93.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 80-93 (1980)]]
  * [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/66-301.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 66-301 (1966)]]