N.D. Cent. Code § 29-01-09: How conviction can be had

No person can be convicted of a crime or public offense except:

1.By the verdict of a jury accepted and recorded by the court;

2.Upon a plea of guilty;

3.Upon a judgment against that person, that person's motion to quash having been denied;

4.Upon a judgment of a municipal court, or such other court as is or may be created by law for cities in a case in which such judgment may be lawfully given without the intervention of a jury; or

5.By the judgment of a court, a jury having been waived.