Every person who removes any of the person’s property from a county with intent to prevent a levy thereon under execution or attachment, or who secretes, assigns, conveys, or otherwise disposes of any of the person’s property with intent to defraud any creditor or to prevent the property from being made liable for the payment of the person’s debts, and every person who receives any property with such intent, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

Attorney's Note

Under the North Dakota Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A misdemeanorup to 360 daysup to $3,000
For details, see § 12.1-32-01

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 13-01-12

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49