§ 27-21-00.1 Definitions
§ 27-21-01 Creation of division of juvenile services – Director
§ 27-21-02 Division of juvenile services – Powers and duties
§ 27-21-02.1 Placement procedures
§ 27-21-05 Division of juvenile services to report to the committing juvenile court
§ 27-21-06 Division of juvenile services to contract with facilities in other states for care
§ 27-21-07 Report by caretaker to division of juvenile services
§ 27-21-08 Planning – Development
§ 27-21-09 Cooperation with other agencies and departments of the state – Right to inspect facilities of state institutions – Right to examine children
§ 27-21-11 Transfer of students from the North Dakota youth correctional center to other institutions
§ 27-21-12 Division of juvenile services files and records confidentiality
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 27-21 - Division of Juvenile Services

  • children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See North Dakota Code 1-01-18
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Individual: means a human being. 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.
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • 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
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37