North Dakota Statutes
§ 12.1-01-05 — Crimes defined by state law shall not be superseded by city or county ordinance or by home rule city's or county's charter or ordinance
North Dakota § 12.1-01-05
JurisdictionNorth Dakota
Title 12.1Criminal Code
Ch. 12.1-01Application - Purposes - Proof - Definitions
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ordinance or by home rule city's or county's charter or ordinance.
Except as provided in section 40-05-06, an offense defined in this title or elsewhere by law
may not be superseded by any city or county ordinance, or city or county home rule charter, or
by an ordinance adopted pursuant to such a charter, and all such offense definitions shall have
full force and effect within the territorial limits and other jurisdiction of home rule cities or
counties. This section does not preclude any city or county from enacting any ordinance
containing penal language when otherwise authorized to do so by law.
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Nearby Sections
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§ 12.1-01-02
General purposes§ 12.1-01-03
Proof and presumptions§ 12.1-01-03.1
Presumption of age§ 12.1-01-04
General definitions§ 12.1-02-01
Basis of liability for offenses§ 12.1-02-02
Requirements of culpability§ 12.1-02-03
Mistake of fact in affirmative defenses§ 12.1-02-04
Ignorance or mistake negating culpability§ 12.1-02-05
Causal relationship between conduct and result§ 12.1-03-01
Accomplices§ 12.1-03-04
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