N.D. Cent. Code § 12-44.1-30
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12-44.1-30. Correctional officers authorized to carry weapons
Official statutory text
12-44.1-30. Correctional officers authorized to carry weapons
The administrator of a correctional facility may allow a qualified correctional officer to carry a
weapon, including a firearm, during the transport of another governmental agency's prisoner if
the correctional facility has a contract with the governmental agency to transport the agency's
prisoners and that contract requires the officer doing the transport to be armed with a weapon.
For purposes of this section, "governmental agency" means an agency or department of this
state or of any political subdivision in this state, or another state or of a political subdivision of
another state, or of the United States. The administrator of a correctional facility shall adopt a
policy, approved by the director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation, which
establishes the qualifications and training an officer must meet to carry a weapon under this
section. Sections 62.1-02-05, 62.1-02-10, and 62.1-03-01 do not apply to the possession and
use of a firearm by a qualified correctional officer acting in the course of employment as allowed
by this section.
The administrator of a correctional facility may allow a qualified correctional officer to carry a
weapon, including a firearm, during the transport of another governmental agency's prisoner if
the correctional facility has a contract with the governmental agency to transport the agency's
prisoners and that contract requires the officer doing the transport to be armed with a weapon.
For purposes of this section, "governmental agency" means an agency or department of this
state or of any political subdivision in this state, or another state or of a political subdivision of
another state, or of the United States. The administrator of a correctional facility shall adopt a
policy, approved by the director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation, which
establishes the qualifications and training an officer must meet to carry a weapon under this
section. Sections 62.1-02-05, 62.1-02-10, and 62.1-03-01 do not apply to the possession and
use of a firearm by a qualified correctional officer acting in the course of employment as allowed
by this section.
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