North Dakota Code 44-09-01 – Impeachments – Reasons – Officers subject
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The governor and other state and judicial officers of the state, except municipal judges, are subject to impeachment, and may be impeached for habitual drunkenness, crimes, corrupt conduct, malfeasance, or misdemeanor in office. The articles of impeachment may contain charges and specifications, or either, predicated upon or on account of any crime, corrupt conduct, malfeasance, or misdemeanor in office committed by the accused during any previous term of the same office.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 44-09-01
- Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
- 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