North Dakota Court Records

The District Court Case Search covers criminal, traffic and civil cases in North Dakota district courts, plus some municipal court cases; restricted case information is left out.

Supreme Court filings and calendars are in the court's public portal, and the district court map gives each county's clerk.

North Dakota divorces are state district court cases, kept by the clerk of district court for the county. The file is open under Supreme Court Administrative Rule 41 and N.D.C.C. 44-04-18, except for the parties' property and debt listing, which N.D.C.C. 14-05-24.3 makes a confidential record whether filed or included in the judgment; Rule 8.3(c)(4) of the Rules of Court says the same of the joint Rule 8.3 listing filed before trial. The judgment's narrative division of property, findings, orders, stipulations, support orders and QDROs are public.

Records Inquiry at publicsearch.ndcourts.gov lists divorce cases under its Civil, Family and Probate search, remote access reaches only non-confidential records, and a public access terminal at each county courthouse shows the Odyssey records with copies from the clerk. Restricting access to a public record requires a written motion and an overriding interest under Administrative Rule 41, section 4. The North Dakota asset search page explains what the judgment still shows.