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Official North Dakota Court Resources

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North Dakota Court Directory & Local Resources

Legacy directory content has been retained inside the new layout so county-level links, clerk references, and older court research notes remain available in one place.

North Dakota State Court Records Search Suggestions

As there may be more one source to obtaining North Dakota criminal, civil and divorce records, it is important to search multiple state courts to find the correct records.

North Dakota State Court Structure:

The North Dakota supreme court maintains mandatory jurisdiction in civil, capital criminal, criminal, administrative agency, juvenile, disciplinary, original proceeding, and interlocutory decision cases. The North Dakota supreme court has no discretionary jurisdiction. The North Dakota district court has exclusive jurisdiction over tort, contract, real property rights, small claims up to $5,000, estate, appeals of administrative agency cases, mental health, and miscellaneous civil cases. The district court maintains exclusive domestic relations jurisdiction. The North Dakota district court has exclusive felony, misdemeanor, and miscellaneous criminal jurisdiction. The district court has jurisdiction over moving traffic, ordinance violation, parking, and miscellaneous traffic cases. The North Dakota district court has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction. The district court hears jury trials in many cases. The North Dakota municipal court has jurisdiction over DWI, DUI, moving traffic, ordinance violation, parking, and miscellaneous traffic jurisdiction. The municipal courts in North Dakota have no jury trials.

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North Dakota Civil and Divorce Court Records
Judgments, lawsuits, dissolution of marriage, civil court cases.

North Dakota Criminal Court Records
Felony, misdemeanors and traffic violations.
North Dakota District Court Records
Filings in my District courthouses.
Civil, family law cases and divorces, personal injury cases, lawsuits, estate planning and probate matters. Most criminal cases are started when a prosecutor, either a district attorney (who represents a county) or the attorney general (who represents the state), files a complaint with the court. Courts Of General Jurisdiction. Civil Cases, Criminal And Misdemeanor, Juvenile, Family Law Cases And More.
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