North Dakota Statutes
§ 12.1-10-03 — Refusal to testify
North Dakota § 12.1-10-03
JurisdictionNorth Dakota
Title 12.1Criminal Code
Ch. 12.1-10Contempt - Obstruction of Judicial Proceedings
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N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-10-03 (2026).
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1.A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if, without lawful privilege, he refuses:
a.To answer a question pertinent to the subject under inquiry in an official
proceeding before the legislative assembly, or one of its session or interim
committees, and continues in such a refusal after the presiding officer directs him
to answer, and advises him that his continuing refusal may make him subject to
criminal prosecution; or
b.To answer a question in any other official proceeding and continues in such
refusal after a court or judge directs or orders him to answer and advises him that
his continuing refusal may make him subject to criminal prosecution.
2.It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant complied with the
direction or order before his refusal to do
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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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