North Dakota Code 32-12.2-11 – Certain records relating to claims against the state or state employees privileged and exempt from open records law
1. The following records in the possession of the office of management and budget or a public entity are privileged and exempt and are not subject to section 44-04-18 or section 6 of article XI of the Constitution of North Dakota:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 32-12.2-11
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- 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
- Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
a. Records containing information relating to that portion of the funds or liability reserves of the risk management fund established for the purpose of satisfying a specific pending or reasonably predictable claim against the state or a state employee; and
b. Incident reports, investigation reports, or other risk management fund records of a pending or reasonably predictable claim against the state or a state employee.
2. The office of management and budget shall make available for public disclosure records identified in subsection 1 when disclosure of the record will not prejudice any outstanding claim or reasonably predictable claim against the state or a state employee, all civil litigation or adversarial administrative proceedings, including the exhaustion of all appellate remedies, have been completed, and, in the case of reasonably predictable claims, the applicable statute of limitations has expired.
3. Any party to an action against the state or a state employee acting within the scope of employment as defined in this chapter shall comply with applicable rules of civil procedure when requesting documents or other information in the possession or control of the state.