§ 29-10.2-05 — Grand jury investigations - Confidentiality - Exceptions

North Dakota § 29-10.2-05

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 29: Judicial Procedure, Criminal
• Ch. 29-10.2: State Grand Jury

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1. In addition to its power of indictment, a state grand jury impaneled under this chapter
may, at the request of the attorney general, cause an investigation to be made into the
extent of multicounty criminal activity which involves organized crime as defined herein
or corruption of law enforcement officers or other public officers, officials, or
employees.
2. Disclosure of any matters occurring before a state grand jury, other than its
deliberation and the vote of any juror, may be made to the attorney general for use in
the performance of the attorney general's duties. The attorney general may disclose so
much of the state grand jury's proceedings to law enforcement agencies as the
attorney general considers essential to the public interest and effective law
enforcement.
3. A report or presentment of a state grand jury relating to an individual which is not
accompanied by a true bill of indictment may not be made public or be published until
the individual concerned has been furnished a copy of the report and given thirty days
to file with the district court a motion to suppress or seal the report or a portion that is
improper and unlawful. The motion, whether granted or denied, automatically acts as a
stay of public announcement of the report, or portion of the report, until the district
court's ruling on the motion is either affirmed or denied by an appellate court, or until
the time in which the order may be appealed has expired, whichever occurs first. The
report or portion of the report which is suppressed or sealed may not be opened even
by order of the court.