1.    Nothing in this chapter precludes a financial institution from initiating contact with, and thereafter communicating with and disclosing customer information to, a law enforcement agency when the financial institution reasonably believes that the customer about whom such information pertains:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 6-08.1-06

  • Financial institution: means any bank, industrial loan company, or savings and loan association organized under the laws of this state or of the United States. See North Dakota Code 6-01-02

a.    Is engaged in unlawful activity; or

b.    Is defrauding the financial institution.

2.    Conviction of the customer or admission by the customer shall be conclusive of the reasonableness of the disclosure for purposes of this section.

3.    The burden is on the financial institution to show that at the time the disclosure was made, the disclosure was reasonable for the purposes of this section.

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