{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-14-02-05","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 14-02-05","heading":"Privileged communications","body":"A privileged communication is one made:\n1.In the proper discharge of an official duty;\n2.In any legislative or judicial proceeding or in any other proceeding authorized by law;\n3.In a communication, without malice, to a person interested therein by one who also is interested, or by one who stands in such relation to the person interested as to afford a reasonable ground for supposing the motive for the communication innocent, or who is requested by the person interested to give the information; and\n4.By a fair and true report, without malice, of a judicial, legislative, or other public official proceeding, or of anything said in the course thereof. In the cases provided for in subsections 3 and 4, malice is not inferred from the communication or publication.","path":["Title 14 Domestic Relations And Persons","Chapter 14-02 Personal Rights"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t14c02.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"16b88d65d4ff37be51c9fa4ecdf100b5549255786f07dda46a6aa71a0abe3b56","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-14-02-04","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-14-02-06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}