N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-12: (302) Execution of acknowledgment of paternity

1.An acknowledgment of paternity must:

a.Be in a record;

b.Be signed, or otherwise authenticated, under penalty of perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to establish his paternity;

c.State that the child whose paternity is being acknowledged:

(1)Does not have a presumed father, or has a presumed father whose full name is stated; and

(2)Does not have another acknowledged or adjudicated father;

d.State whether there has been genetic testing and, if so, that the acknowledging man's claim of paternity is consistent with the results of the testing; and

e.State that the signatories understand that the acknowledgment is the equivalent of a judicial adjudication of paternity of the child and that a challenge to the acknowledgment is permitted only under limited circumstances and is barred after two years.

2.An acknowledgment of paternity is void if it:

a.States that another man is a presumed father, unless a denial of paternity signed or otherwise authenticated by the presumed father is filed with the department of health and human services;

b.States that another man is an acknowledged or adjudicated father; or

c.Falsely denies the existence of a presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father of the child.

3.A presumed father may sign or otherwise authenticate an acknowledgment of paternity.