1.    Any information created, collected, or maintained by the milk marketing board under this chapter is confidential and not subject to the open records requirements of section 44-04-18, except that the board may:

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 4.1-26-29

  • Commissioner: means the agriculture commissioner or the designee or authorized representative of the commissioner. See North Dakota Code 4.1-01-01
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

a.    Utilize the information in the administration of this chapter; b.    Provide testimony regarding the information in a judicial proceeding or an administrative proceeding conducted in accordance with chapter 28-32; c.    Provide the information to the agriculture commissioner for the purpose of determining a licensee’s financial condition, as required by chapter 4.1-25; and

d.    Utilize the information in compiling and disseminating general statistical data.

2.    Any person divulging confidential information in violation of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.