This text of North Dakota § 29-10.1-02 (When grand jury may be called) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering North Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
No grand jury may be drawn, summoned, or convened in any county within this state unless
the district judge thereof shall so direct by a written order filed with the clerk of the court in the
county wherein the said grand jury is required to attend. Any judge of the district court for any
county must direct, in the manner herein provided, that a grand jury be drawn and summoned to
attend whenever:
1.The judge deems the attendance of a grand jury necessary for the due enforcement of
the laws of the state;
2.The state's attorney of the county wherein the court is to be held, in writing, requests
the judge so to do; or
3.A petition in writing requesting the same is presented to the judge, signed by qualified
electors of the county equal in number to at least twenty-five percent of the tota
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No grand jury may be drawn, summoned, or convened in any county within this state unless
the district judge thereof shall so direct by a written order filed with the clerk of the court in the
county wherein the said grand jury is required to attend. Any judge of the district court for any
county must direct, in the manner herein provided, that a grand jury be drawn and summoned to
attend whenever:
1. The judge deems the attendance of a grand jury necessary for the due enforcement of
the laws of the state;
2. The state's attorney of the county wherein the court is to be held, in writing, requests
the judge so to do; or
3. A petition in writing requesting the same is presented to the judge, signed by qualified
electors of the county equal in number to at least twenty-five percent of the total vote
cast in the county for the office of governor of the state at the last general election, but
the number of signatures required may not be fewer than two hundred twenty-five nor
exceed five thousand.