A person that disseminates, publishes, or maintains or causes to be disseminated, published, or maintained, the criminal history record information of an individual which pertains to that individual’s charge or arrest for a criminal offense, and solicits, requests, or accepts money or other thing of value for removing the criminal history record information is civilly liable to that individual in the amount of five hundred dollars or actual damages, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 12-60-16.12

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
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