N.D. Cent. Code § 12-45-06
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12-45-06. Expenses of inquest - Report of officer - Payment - Burial expense limited
Official statutory text
12-45-06. Expenses of inquest - Report of officer - Payment - Burial expense limited
The officer holding the inquest shall make an itemized statement and report, verified by the
officer's oath, showing in detail the expenses of the inquest and for what and to whom all items
of fees, services, or supplies are payable. The fees of the officer holding the inquest and of the
jurors, witnesses, and physicians shall be the same as in other cases of inquest, but no officer
or inmate of the penitentiary or North Dakota youth correctional center shall be entitled to any
fee or other allowance on account of any service rendered at the inquest. The expense of the
burial of the body, exclusive of the fees allowed by law to officers, jurors, physicians, and
witnesses, shall not exceed the sum allowed to bury public welfare cases in accordance with
section 23-06-03. All claims arising out of such inquest shall be audited and separate warrants
shall be drawn upon the state treasurer for the amount allowed to each person named in the
statement and report of the officer conducting the inquest, and the warrants shall be paid out of
the state treasury.
The officer holding the inquest shall make an itemized statement and report, verified by the
officer's oath, showing in detail the expenses of the inquest and for what and to whom all items
of fees, services, or supplies are payable. The fees of the officer holding the inquest and of the
jurors, witnesses, and physicians shall be the same as in other cases of inquest, but no officer
or inmate of the penitentiary or North Dakota youth correctional center shall be entitled to any
fee or other allowance on account of any service rendered at the inquest. The expense of the
burial of the body, exclusive of the fees allowed by law to officers, jurors, physicians, and
witnesses, shall not exceed the sum allowed to bury public welfare cases in accordance with
section 23-06-03. All claims arising out of such inquest shall be audited and separate warrants
shall be drawn upon the state treasurer for the amount allowed to each person named in the
statement and report of the officer conducting the inquest, and the warrants shall be paid out of
the state treasury.
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