North Dakota Code > Chapter 31-08 – Private Records and Writings


§ 31-08-01	Admissibility in evidence of business records – Term business defined – Exception
§ 31-08-01.1	Certain copies of business and public records admissible in evidence
§ 31-08-01.2	Medical records authentication
§ 31-08-01.3	Medical records recording
§ 31-08-02	Proof of witnessed written instruments
§ 31-08-02.1	Handwriting admissible in evidence for comparison
§ 31-08-05	Statistical tables admissible to establish life expectancy
§ 31-08-06	When instruments affecting real property, or records or copies of records thereof, admissible in evidence
§ 31-08-07	Copies of statements to be provided – When statement admissible

Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
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
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