North Dakota Code 12.1-34-06 – Statewide automated victim information and notification system
1. The office of the attorney general shall maintain a statewide automated victim information and notification system that must:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 12.1-34-06
- action: means a bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
- Court: means any of the following courts: the supreme court, a district court, and where relevant, a municipal court. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- 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
a. Permit a victim to register or update the victim’s registration information for the system by calling a toll-free telephone number or accessing a public website.
b. Notify a registered victim by telephone, mail, text message, or electronic mail in accordance with this chapter.
c. Notify a registered victim by telephone, mail, text message, or electronic mail when the offender has a scheduled court proceeding, a parole review, or a change in the status of the offender’s parole or probation status, including a change in the offender’s address.
d. Notify a registered victim by telephone, mail, text message, or electronic mail when a protective order requested by the victim has been served upon the respondent.
e. Permit a victim to receive a status report for an offender under the supervision or in the custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation or other correctional facility by calling the system on a toll-free telephone number or by accessing the system through a public website.
2. The provision of offender and case data on a timely basis to the automated victim information and notification system satisfies any obligation under this chapter to notify a registered victim of an offender’s custody and the status of the offender’s scheduled court proceedings.
3. The user agency shall ensure that an offender’s information contained in the system is updated to timely notify a victim that an offender has been released or discharged or has escaped. The failure of the system to provide notice to the victim does not establish a cause of action by the victim against the state or any custodial authority.
4. All affected entities, including custodial authorities, prosecuting attorneys, law enforcement agencies, courts, the attorney general’s office, and the parole clerk, shall cooperate with the system operator in establishing and maintaining the statewide automated victim information and notification system.