The following officers are magistrates:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 29-01-14

  • county: includes an organized county, or an organized county and such unorganized counties or other territory or parts of this state as may be attached by law to such organized county for judicial purposes. See North Dakota Code 29-01-13
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • magistrate: is a n officer authorized by law to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a crime or public offense. See North Dakota Code 29-01-13
  • 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

1.    The judges of the supreme court, with authority to act as such throughout the state.

2.    The judges of the district courts, with authority to act as such throughout the judicial districts for which they respectively are elected.

3.    As limited by law directing the place of exercising their jurisdiction and authority, magistrates appointed by the presiding judge of a judicial district, municipal judges, and small claims court referees who are licensed to practice law and authorized by the presiding judge of the judicial district in case of an emergency, each with authority to act as magistrate throughout the county or the city for which the magistrate is elected or appointed.