§ 44-04-04 — Aliens convicted of felony or adjudged mentally ill

Whenever any person convicted of a felony or adjudged mentally ill is committed to the
custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation, a county jail, or to any other county
institution that is supported wholly or in part by public funds, the warden, superintendent, sheriff,
or other officer in charge shall inquire immediately into the nationality of that person, and, if it
appears that that person is an alien, immediately shall notify the United States immigration
officer in charge of the district in which that person is located, of the date of and the reason for
the commitment, the length of time for which the alien was committed, the country of which the
alien is a citizen, and the date on, and the port at, which the alien last entered the United States.