N.D. Cent. Code § 28-22-15: When only absolute exemptions allowed

Only absolute exemptions may be allowed against process:

1.For the wages of a laborer or mechanic who is, or had been, employed by the judgment debtor;

2.Upon a debt incurred for property obtained under false pretenses;

3.For fines, penalties, or costs of criminal prosecutions;

4.Against a nonresident;

5.Against a debtor who is in the act of removing with the debtor's family from the state; or

6.Against a debtor who has absconded, taking the debtor's family along.