North Dakota Code 36-01-36 – Premises identification, animal identification, and animal tracking – Open records – Exception
1. The board shall maintain the confidentiality of information created, collected, or maintained by the state veterinarian for purposes of premises identification, animal identification, or animal tracking, including the name and address of the owner or lessee of the property where an animal found, is located.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 36-01-36
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
2. The information described in subsection 1 is not subject to section 44-04-18 and may not be disclosed unless:
a. Every individual who is the subject of the information provides written consent to the release of information; b. The disclosure is authorized pursuant to federal law; c. The disclosure is necessary to provide a state or federal agency with information to assist in animal disease control or tracing an animal disease; d. The disclosure is to the attorney general or to law enforcement to assist in a criminal investigation; e. A court of competent jurisdiction orders the disclosure; or
f. The disclosure is to provide the North Dakota stockmen’s association with information pursuant to section 4.1-72-05.
3. A person violating this section is subject to the remedies set forth in section 44-04-21.2. For purposes of applying section 44-04-21.2, “public entity” includes any person that has contracted with the state for the provision of services related to a premises identification, animal identification, or animal tracking database program.