| 1 | | - | Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota |
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| 2 | | - | In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025 |
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| 1 | + | 25.0507.01000 |
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| 2 | + | Sixty-ninth |
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| 3 | + | Legislative Assembly |
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| 4 | + | of North Dakota |
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| 5 | + | Introduced by |
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| 6 | + | Representative Koppelman |
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| 7 | + | A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 29-06-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, |
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| 8 | + | relating to when a private person may break into a building to make an arrest. |
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| 9 | + | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: |
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| 10 | + | SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 29-06-22 of the North Dakota Century Code is |
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| 11 | + | amended and reenacted as follows: |
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| 12 | + | 29-06-22. When a private person may break into a building. |
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| 13 | + | A private person, in order to make an arrest when a felony was committed in the arresting |
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| 14 | + | person's presence, as authorized in section 29-06-20, if the person is refused admittance after |
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| 15 | + | the person has announced the person's purpose and the person reasonably believes an |
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| 16 | + | individual inside is at imminent risk of serious bodily injury or death, may break open a door or |
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| 17 | + | window of any building in which the person to be arrested is, or is reasonably believed to be. |
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| 18 | + | Page No. 1 25.0507.01000 |
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| 4 | | - | (Representative Koppelman) |
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| 5 | | - | AN ACT to amend and reenact section 29-06-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to when a |
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| 6 | | - | private person may break into a building to make an arrest. |
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| 7 | | - | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: |
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| 8 | | - | SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 29-06-22 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and |
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| 9 | | - | reenacted as follows: |
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| 10 | | - | 29-06-22. When a private person may break into a building. |
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| 11 | | - | A private person, in order to make an arrest when a felony was committed in the arresting person's |
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| 12 | | - | presence, as authorized in section 29-06-20, if the person is refused admittance after the person has |
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| 13 | | - | announced the person's purpose and the person reasonably believes an individual inside is at imminent |
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| 14 | | - | risk of serious bodily injury or death, may break open a door or window of any building in which the |
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| 15 | | - | person to be arrested is, or is reasonably believed to be. H. B. NO. 1299 - PAGE 2 |
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| 16 | | - | ____________________________ ____________________________ |
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| 17 | | - | Speaker of the House President of the Senate |
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| 18 | | - | ____________________________ ____________________________ |
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| 19 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate |
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| 20 | | - | This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative |
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| 21 | | - | Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1299. |
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| 22 | | - | House Vote: Yeas 82 Nays 11 Absent 1 |
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| 23 | | - | Senate Vote:Yeas 45 Nays 1 Absent 1 |
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| 24 | | - | ____________________________ |
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| 25 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 26 | | - | Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. |
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| 27 | | - | Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025. |
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| 28 | | - | ____________________________ |
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| 29 | | - | Governor |
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| 30 | | - | Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, |
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| 31 | | - | at ________ o’clock ________M. |
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| 32 | | - | ____________________________ |
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| 33 | | - | Secretary of State |
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