The state‘s attorney of the county, or person appointed to prosecute, must cause a copy of the accusation to be served upon the accused and, by written notice, must require the accused to appear before the court at a time specified, not more than twenty days nor less than five days from the time the accusation was presented, and answer said accusation.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 44-10-17

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • 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
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
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