N.D. Cent. Code § 12-48-20
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12-48-20. Disposition of earnings of prisoner who escapes or violates parole
Official statutory text
12-48-20. Disposition of earnings of prisoner who escapes or violates parole
The money in a prisoner's penitentiary or Bank of North Dakota two-signature account or
any property belonging to a prisoner who escapes or violates the prisoner's parole shall be
forfeited and used to pay the expense of the prisoner's apprehension and capture. Any of the
prisoner's funds or property that is not required to pay for the prisoner's apprehension and
return to the penitentiary may be transferred by the warden into the penitentiary inmate
betterment fund.
The money in a prisoner's penitentiary or Bank of North Dakota two-signature account or
any property belonging to a prisoner who escapes or violates the prisoner's parole shall be
forfeited and used to pay the expense of the prisoner's apprehension and capture. Any of the
prisoner's funds or property that is not required to pay for the prisoner's apprehension and
return to the penitentiary may be transferred by the warden into the penitentiary inmate
betterment fund.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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