North Dakota Code 54-01-19 – Rights of state over persons enumerated
The state has the following rights over persons within its limits, to be exercised in the cases and in the manner provided by law:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 54-01-19
- 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
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- 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. To punish for crime.
2. To imprison or confine for the protection of the public peace or health or of individual life or safety.
3. To imprison or confine for the purpose of enforcing civil remedies.
4. To establish custody and restraint for the persons of unsound mind dangerous to themselves or society.
5. To establish custody and restraint of paupers for the purpose of their maintenance.
6. To establish custody and restraint of minors unprovided for by natural guardians for the purpose of their education, reformation, and maintenance.
7. To require services of persons, with or without compensation, as follows:
a. In military duty; b. In jury duty; c. As witnesses; d. As township officers; e. In highway labor; f. In maintaining the public peace; g. In enforcing the service of process; h. In protecting life and property from fire, pestilence, wreck, or flood; and i. In such other cases as are provided by law.