N.D. Cent. Code § 14-07.7-03: Civil protection order - General provisions - Confidentiality

1.A civil protection order must contain a conspicuous notice to the respondent providing:

a.The specific conduct that constitutes a violation;

b.The penalties for violation of the order; and

c.A peace officer may arrest the respondent without a warrant and take the respondent into custody if the peace officer has probable cause to believe the respondent violated the order.

2.The court may amend an order following a motion filed by either party.

3.An order entered under this chapter expires on the expiration date provided in the order at eleven fifty-nine p.m. central standard time.

4.No order under this chapter affects title to real property.

5.A court record maintained in relation to a civil protection order is open to inspection by a law enforcement officer.

6.The name of a protected individual in a case involving domestic violence or sexual assault under this chapter is confidential and must be redacted from a record accessible to the public. Any record that may reveal the identity or location of a protected individual in a case involving domestic violence or sexual assault under this chapter is confidential.

7.A hearing on a petition for a domestic violence protection order filed under section 14-07.7-07 or a sexual assault restraining order filed under section 14-07.7-09 is closed to the public. The court shall allow to be present the parties, the parties' attorneys, the state's attorney, the protected individual, any witness, and a certified domestic violence sexual assault advocate, as defined under the North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rules. The court may allow to be present any other individual the court determines has a proper interest in the hearing.