N.D. Cent. Code § 12-47-02
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12-47-02. Jurisdiction over penitentiary and affiliated facilities
Official statutory text
12-47-02. Jurisdiction over penitentiary and affiliated facilities
The penitentiary and the grounds and premises thereof, for the purpose of all judicial
proceedings, is within and a part of the county of Burleigh, and the courts of that county have
jurisdiction of all crimes or public offenses committed within the penitentiary. The jurisdiction of a
crime or public offense committed within an affiliated facility of the penitentiary is in the county
where the affiliated facility is located.
The penitentiary and the grounds and premises thereof, for the purpose of all judicial
proceedings, is within and a part of the county of Burleigh, and the courts of that county have
jurisdiction of all crimes or public offenses committed within the penitentiary. The jurisdiction of a
crime or public offense committed within an affiliated facility of the penitentiary is in the county
where the affiliated facility is located.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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