N.D. Cent. Code § 29-05-15: Misdemeanor within magistrate's jurisdiction - Procedure

If the offense charged in a warrant of arrest is within the jurisdiction of the magistrate to try and punish upon conviction, the accused, if arrested in another county, must be taken before the magistrate who issued the warrant, or, if that magistrate is absent, then before some other magistrate, as is provided in section 29-05-14.