North Dakota Code 29-10.1-30 – Secrecy of things said and votes – Limited disclosure by certain persons and under certain conditions
1. Every member of a grand jury shall keep secret whatever that member or any other grand juror may have said, or in what manner that member or any other grand juror may have voted on a matter before the jurors.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 29-10.1-30
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Juror: A person who is on the jury.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
2. Matters other than the deliberations and vote of any grand juror may be disclosed by the state‘s attorney, prosecutor, or attorney general solely in the performance of the person‘s duties.
3. Otherwise a juror, attorney, interpreter, reporter, or public servant, having official duties in or about a grand jury room or proceeding, may disclose matters occurring before the grand jury only when so directed by the court pursuant to section 29-10.1-31.
4. A witness may not disclose any matter about which the witness is interrogated, or any proceedings of the grand jury had in the witness’s presence, except to the witness’s attorney or when so directed by the court, until an indictment is filed and the accused person is in custody.