N.D. Cent. Code § 29-04-04: Time of defendant's absence not part of limitation

If, when a crime or public offense is committed, the defendant is out of the state, or if the defendant is within the state and subsequently leaves the state, the information may be filed, or the indictment found, within the time herein limited, after the defendant's return to the state. No time during which the defendant is not an inhabitant of, or usually resident within, this state is part of the limitation.