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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] North Dakota Century Code: Chapter 12.1-29 index heading (anchor)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The North Dakota Legislative Branch's official Century Code site (ndlegis.gov) publishes chapter 12.1-29 under the heading quoted.",
      "body": "The North Dakota Legislative Branch's official Century Code site (ndlegis.gov) publishes chapter 12.1-29 under the heading quoted.\n\nWhat North Dakota Legislative Branch (North Dakota Century Code) actually says:\n\n“North Dakota Century Code Chapter 12.1-29 Prostitution”\n\nNote: Anchor record: the legislature's own statute site, ndlegis.gov (state domain).",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t12-1c29.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
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      "source_publisher": "North Dakota Legislative Branch (North Dakota Century Code)",
      "evidence_quote": "North Dakota Century Code Chapter 12.1-29 Prostitution",
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      "subject": "North Dakota Century Code",
      "topic": "Chapter 12.1-29 index heading (anchor)",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] N.D.C.C. 12.1-29-07: Offender education program",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] N.D.C.C. 12.1-29-07 lets a court order an offender sentenced under section 12.1-29-06 or chapter 12.1-41 to take an offender education program on the negative consequences of the commercial sex industry and to pay its cost.",
      "body": "N.D.C.C. 12.1-29-07 lets a court order an offender sentenced under section 12.1-29-06 or chapter 12.1-41 to take an offender education program on the negative consequences of the commercial sex industry and to pay its cost.\n\nWhat North Dakota Legislative Branch (North Dakota Century Code) actually says:\n\n“A sentence for an offense under section 12.1-29-06 or chapter 12.1-41 may include an order for the offender to participate in an offender education program on the negative consequences of the commercial sex industry, including health and legal consequences and the impact on communities, survivors, spouses, and children. The court may order the offender to pay the cost of the offender education program.”\n\nNote: Source is the legislature's chapter PDF (ndlegis.gov); the verifier cannot read PDFs, quote checked by hand with pdftotext.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t12-1c29.pdf",
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      "source_publisher": "North Dakota Legislative Branch (North Dakota Century Code)",
      "evidence_quote": "A sentence for an offense under section 12.1-29-06 or chapter 12.1-41 may include an order for the offender to participate in an offender education program on the negative consequences of the commercial sex industry, including health and legal consequences and the impact on communities, survivors, spouses, and children. The court may order the offender to pay the cost of the offender education program.",
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      "subject": "N.D.C.C. 12.1-29-07",
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      "id": "learn_r431_north_dakota_prostitution_statute_every_section_431_north_dakota_prostitution_statute_every_section_sexdef_12",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] N.D.C.C. 12.1-20-02: Definitions of sexual act and sexual contact",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] N.D.C.C. 12.1-20-02 defines sexual contact as any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of the person for the purpose of arousing or satisfying sexual or aggressive desires, and sexual act as contact between specified body parts; chapter 12.1-29 borrows both terms for 'sexual activity'.",
      "body": "N.D.C.C. 12.1-20-02 defines sexual contact as any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of the person for the purpose of arousing or satisfying sexual or aggressive desires, and sexual act as contact between specified body parts; chapter 12.1-29 borrows both terms for 'sexual activity'.\n\nWhat North Dakota Legislative Branch (North Dakota Century Code) actually says:\n\n“4. \"Sexual act\" means sexual contact between human beings consisting of contact between the penis and the vulva, the penis and the anus, the mouth and the penis, the mouth and the vulva, or any other portion of the human body and the penis, anus, or vulva; or the use of an object which comes in contact with the victim's anus, vulva, or penis. For the purposes of this subsection, sexual contact between the penis and the vulva, the penis and the anus, any other portion of the human body and the anus or vulva, or an object and the anus, vulva, or penis of the victim, occurs upon penetration, however slight. Emission is not required. 5. \"Sexual contact\" means any touching, whether or not through the clothing or other covering, of the sexual or other intimate parts of the person, or the penile ejaculation or ejaculate or emission of urine or feces upon any part of the person, for the purpose of arousing or satisfying sexual or aggressive desires.”\n\nNote: Source is the legislature's chapter PDF (ndlegis.gov); the verifier cannot read PDFs, quote checked by hand with pdftotext.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t12-1c20.pdf",
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      "evidence_quote": "4. \"Sexual act\" means sexual contact between human beings consisting of contact between the penis and the vulva, the penis and the anus, the mouth and the penis, the mouth and the vulva, or any other portion of the human body and the penis, anus, or vulva; or the use of an object which comes in contact with the victim's anus, vulva, or penis. For the purposes of this subsection, sexual contact between the penis and the vulva, the penis and the anus, any other portion of the human body and the anus or vulva, or an object and the anus, vulva, or penis of the victim, occurs upon penetration, however slight. Emission is not required. 5. \"Sexual contact\" means any touching, whether or not through the clothing or other covering, of the sexual or other intimate parts of the person, or the penile ejaculation or ejaculate or emission of urine or feces upon any part of the person, for the purpose of arousing or satisfying sexual or aggressive desires.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] N.D.C.C. 12.1-41-07: Business entity liability for trafficking offenses",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] N.D.C.C. 12.1-41-07 lets a business entity be prosecuted for the trafficking offenses in sections 12.1-41-02 through 12.1-41-06 and lets the court add a fine of up to one million dollars per offense, disgorgement of profit and debarment from government contracts.",
      "body": "N.D.C.C. 12.1-41-07 lets a business entity be prosecuted for the trafficking offenses in sections 12.1-41-02 through 12.1-41-06 and lets the court add a fine of up to one million dollars per offense, disgorgement of profit and debarment from government contracts.\n\nWhat North Dakota Legislative Branch (North Dakota Century Code) actually says:\n\n“A person that is a business entity may be prosecuted for an offense under sections 12.1-41-02 through 12.1-41-06 as provided by chapter 12.1-03. 2. When a person that is a business entity is prosecuted for an offense under sections 12.1-41-02 through 12.1-41-06, the court may consider the severity of the entity's conduct and order penalties in addition to those otherwise provided for the offense, including: a. A fine of not more than one million dollars per offense; b. Disgorgement of profit from activity in violation of this chapter; and c. Debarment from state and local government contracts.”\n\nNote: Source is the legislature's chapter PDF (ndlegis.gov); the verifier cannot read PDFs, quote checked by hand with pdftotext.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t12-1c41.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "North Dakota Legislative Branch (North Dakota Century Code)",
      "evidence_quote": "A person that is a business entity may be prosecuted for an offense under sections 12.1-41-02 through 12.1-41-06 as provided by chapter 12.1-03. 2. When a person that is a business entity is prosecuted for an offense under sections 12.1-41-02 through 12.1-41-06, the court may consider the severity of the entity's conduct and order penalties in addition to those otherwise provided for the offense, including: a. A fine of not more than one million dollars per offense; b. Disgorgement of profit from activity in violation of this chapter; and c. Debarment from state and local government contracts.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] N.D.C.C. 29-04-03: Criminal limitation period: misdemeanors",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] N.D.C.C. 29-04-03 requires a prosecution for a misdemeanor or infraction to be commenced within two years after its commission, except as otherwise provided by law.",
      "body": "N.D.C.C. 29-04-03 requires a prosecution for a misdemeanor or infraction to be commenced within two years after its commission, except as otherwise provided by law.\n\nWhat North Dakota Legislative Branch (North Dakota Century Code) actually says:\n\n“A prosecution of a misdemeanor or infraction, except as otherwise provided by law, must be commenced within two years”\n\nNote: Source is the legislature's chapter PDF (ndlegis.gov); the verifier cannot read PDFs, quote checked by hand with pdftotext.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t29c04.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
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      "evidence_quote": "A prosecution of a misdemeanor or infraction, except as otherwise provided by law, must be commenced within two years",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] N.D.C.C. 29-04-02: Criminal limitation period: felonies",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] N.D.C.C. 29-04-02 requires a prosecution for a felony other than murder to be commenced within three years after its commission, except as otherwise provided by law.",
      "body": "N.D.C.C. 29-04-02 requires a prosecution for a felony other than murder to be commenced within three years after its commission, except as otherwise provided by law.\n\nWhat North Dakota Legislative Branch (North Dakota Century Code) actually says:\n\n“Except as otherwise provided by law, a prosecution for any felony other than murder must be commenced within three years”\n\nNote: Source is the legislature's chapter PDF (ndlegis.gov); the verifier cannot read PDFs, quote checked by hand with pdftotext.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t29c04.pdf",
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