North Dakota Statutes
§ 12.1-31-05 — Child procurement - Penalty
North Dakota § 12.1-31-05
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N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-31-05 (2026).
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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.
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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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