§ 31-09-01 Statutes, codes, decisions, when admissible as evidence of laws of foreign jurisdictions
§ 31-09-01.1 Reciprocal enforcement of tax statutes
§ 31-09-02 When copies of records and proceedings of federal, state, and territorial courts admissible in evidence
§ 31-09-03 Stenographic report or transcript as evidence
§ 31-09-04 How judicial record of foreign country proved
§ 31-09-05 Certified transcript of judge’s record admissible in courts of county
§ 31-09-06 Certified transcript of county judge’s record admissible in courts of other counties
§ 31-09-08 Entries in official books or records constitute prima facie evidence
§ 31-09-09 Entries made by or by direction of officers or boards constitute prima facie evidence
§ 31-09-10 Method of proving official documents
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 31-09 - Public Documents, Records, and Writings

  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper alone as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto. See North Dakota Code 1-01-38
  • 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
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • 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