North Dakota § 39-20-13 State crime laboratory to examine specimens of fatalities in accidental deaths involving a motor vehicle - Record use

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§ 39-20-13 — State crime laboratory to examine specimens of fatalities in accidental deaths involving a motor vehicle - Record use

North Dakota § 39-20-13

Title 39Motor Vehicles

Ch. 39-20Chemical Test for Intoxication, Implied Consent

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N.D. Cent. Code § 39-20-13 (2026).

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deaths involving a motor vehicle - Record use.
In cases of death resulting from a motor vehicle accident or other unnatural death occurring
in a motor vehicle, the county coroner shall require that specimens of blood, urine, and vitreous
humor be withdrawn from the body of the decedent within twenty-four hours after the decedent's
death by a coroner, coroner's physician, or other qualified person, prior to embalming. The
specimens must be collected and preserved by methods and techniques established by the
director of the state crime laboratory or the director's designee. The specimens so drawn must
be sent to the director of the state crime laboratory or the director's designee for analysis for
alcohol, carbon monoxide, and other drug content. The director of the state crime laboratory or

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deaths involving a motor vehicle - Record use.
In cases of death resulting from a motor vehicle accident or other unnatural death occurring
in a motor vehicle, the county coroner shall require that specimens of blood, urine, and vitreous
humor be withdrawn from the body of the decedent within twenty-four hours after the decedent's
death by a coroner, coroner's physician, or other qualified person, prior to embalming. The
specimens must be collected and preserved by methods and techniques established by the
director of the state crime laboratory or the director's designee. The specimens so drawn must
be sent to the director of the state crime laboratory or the director's designee for analysis for
alcohol, carbon monoxide, and other drug content. The director of the state crime laboratory or
the director's designee shall keep a record of all such examinations to be used for statistical
purposes. The records must be made available to the director for use by the national highway
traffic safety administration in analyzing fatal accidents. The information in the possession of the
director may be obtained from the director of the state crime laboratory or the director's
designee only as provided in this section. Except as provided, the results of the examinations
referred to in this section must be used only for statistical purposes, except that the results must
be released upon the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum by a court of competent jurisdiction
in any civil or criminal action. The cumulative results of the examinations, without identifying the
individuals involved, must be disseminated to interested state and local officials and made
public by the director of the state crime laboratory or the director's designee. Any person
drawing the specimens and any person making any examination under the terms of this section
are immune from all liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed.