N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-26
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11-15-26. Sheriff to deliver commitment papers to warden and receive receipt for prisoner
Official statutory text
11-15-26. Sheriff to deliver commitment papers to warden and receive receipt for
prisoner.
The sheriff shall deliver a person sentenced to be confined in the penitentiary to the warden
of the penitentiary together with a certified copy of the judgment and sentence of the court
ordering the imprisonment. The warden shall deliver to the sheriff a receipt in which the warden
acknowledges the delivery to the sheriff of the prisoner, naming the prisoner. The sheriff shall
return such receipt to the clerk of the court in which the conviction and sentence were had, and
the clerk shall file and retain the same in the clerk's office.
prisoner.
The sheriff shall deliver a person sentenced to be confined in the penitentiary to the warden
of the penitentiary together with a certified copy of the judgment and sentence of the court
ordering the imprisonment. The warden shall deliver to the sheriff a receipt in which the warden
acknowledges the delivery to the sheriff of the prisoner, naming the prisoner. The sheriff shall
return such receipt to the clerk of the court in which the conviction and sentence were had, and
the clerk shall file and retain the same in the clerk's office.
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