{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-27-20.2-16","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 27-20.2-16","heading":"Order of adjudication - Noncriminal","body":"1.An order of disposition or other adjudication in a proceeding under this chapter is not a conviction of crime and does not impose any civil disability ordinarily resulting from a conviction or operate to disqualify the child in any civil service application or appointment. A child may not be committed or transferred to a penal institution or other facility used primarily for the execution of sentences of individuals convicted of a crime.\n2.The disposition of a child and evidence adduced in a hearing in juvenile court may not be used against the child in any proceeding in any court other than a juvenile court, whether before or after reaching majority, except for impeachment or in dispositional proceedings after conviction of a felony for the purposes of a presentence investigation and report.","path":["Title 27 Judicial Branch Of Government","Chapter 27-20.2 Juvenile Court Act"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t27c20-2.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"22f8304ab4a7965cf213b7e0771cfe9552a762fcdffd385e3c346d19fe753044","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-27-20.2-15","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-27-20.2-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}