North Dakota Statutes
§ 12.1-20-13 — Bigamy
1.A person who marries another person, while married to another person, is guilty of a
class C felony.
2.Subsection 1 does not extend to:
a.A person whose spouse has been absent for five successive years and is
believed by him or her to be dead.
b.A person whose spouse has voluntarily absented himself and has continually
remained without the United States for the space of five successive years.
c.A person whose former marriage has been pronounced void, null, or dissolved by
the judgment of a competent court.
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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
Definitions and general provisions