North Dakota § 29-05-12 Bail if offense charged is a misdemeanor or infraction

North Dakota Statutes

§ 29-05-12 — Bail if offense charged is a misdemeanor or infraction

North Dakota § 29-05-12

Title 29Judicial Procedure, Criminal

Ch. 29-05The Complaint and Warrant of Arrest

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N.D. Cent. Code § 29-05-12 (2026).

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If the offense charged in a warrant of arrest is a misdemeanor or infraction not within the
jurisdiction of the magistrate who issued it to punish, and the accused is arrested in another
county, the officer, upon request of the accused, shall take the accused before a magistrate in
the county in which the arrest is made, who shall admit the accused to bail and take bail from
the accused accordingly. If there is no magistrate residing within the county wherein the
accused is arrested, and the accused requires it, the officer shall take the accused before a
magistrate of any other county nearer or more accessible than the magistrate issuing the
warrant, and said magistrate shall admit the accused to bail and take bail from the accused
accordingly.

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If the offense charged in a warrant of arrest is a misdemeanor or infraction not within the
jurisdiction of the magistrate who issued it to punish, and the accused is arrested in another
county, the officer, upon request of the accused, shall take the accused before a magistrate in
the county in which the arrest is made, who shall admit the accused to bail and take bail from
the accused accordingly. If there is no magistrate residing within the county wherein the
accused is arrested, and the accused requires it, the officer shall take the accused before a
magistrate of any other county nearer or more accessible than the magistrate issuing the
warrant, and said magistrate shall admit the accused to bail and take bail from the accused
accordingly.