N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-01-05
12.1-01-05. Crimes defined by state law shall not be superseded by city or county ordinance or by home rule city's or county's charter or ordinance
12.1-01-05. Crimes defined by state law shall not be superseded by city or county
ordinance or by home rule city's or county's charter or ordinance.
Except as provided in section 40-05-06, an offense defined in this title or elsewhere by law
may not be superseded by any city or county ordinance, or city or county home rule charter, or
by an ordinance adopted pursuant to such a charter, and all such offense definitions shall have
full force and effect within the territorial limits and other jurisdiction of home rule cities or
counties. This section does not preclude any city or county from enacting any ordinance
containing penal language when otherwise authorized to do so by law.