§ 12.1-31-05 — Child procurement - Penalty

Except with respect to fees and charges authorized by law or approved by a court in a
proceeding related to the placement of a minor child for adoption or related to the adoption of a
minor child, a person is guilty of child procurement, a class C felony, if the person knowingly
offers, gives, or agrees to give to another or solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept from another,
a thing of value as consideration for the recipient's furnishing or aiding another to furnish a
minor child for the purposes of adoption. This section does not apply to parties to any
agreement in which a woman agrees to become a surrogate, as defined in section 14-18-01, or
to relinquish her rights and duties as parent of a child conceived through assisted reproduction,
as defined in section 14-20-02.