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Title.03000
Adopted by the Senate Judiciary
Committee
Sixty-ninth
April 1, 2025
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Vetter, Christianson, Murphy, Dockter, Hauck, D. Johnston, Koppelman,
Jonas, Motschenbacher
Senators Paulson, Luick
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 12.1-11-03 of the North Dakota Century Code,
relating to false information or false reports to law enforcement; and to provide a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 12.1-11-03 of the North Dakota Century Code is
amended and reenacted as follows:
12.1-11-03. False information or report to law enforcement officers or security
officials.
A person
1.An individual is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if that personindividual:
1.a.Gives false information or a false report to a law enforcement officer which that
personindividual knows to be false, and the information or report may interfere
with an investigation or may materially mislead a law enforcement officer; or
2.b.Falsely reports to a law enforcement officer or other security official the
occurrence of a crime of violence or other incident calling for an emergency
response when that personindividual knows that the incident did not occur.
"Security official" means a public servant responsible for averting or dealing
withhandling emergencies involving public safety.
2.An on duty law enforcement officer having probable cause to suspect an individual has
vexatiously provided a false report regarding another individual to a law enforcement
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officer or security official shall report the information to the state's attorney of the
county in which the violation occurs.
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