12.1-31-05. Child procurement - Penalty

12.1-31-05. Child procurement - Penalty Except with respect to fees and charges authorized by law or approved by a court in a proceeding related to the placement of a minor child for adoption or related to the adoption of a minor child, a person is guilty of child procurement, a class C felony, if the person knowingly offers, gives, or agrees to give to another or solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept from another, a thing of value as consideration for the recipient's furnishing or aiding another to furnish a minor child for the purposes of adoption. This section does not apply to parties to any agreement in which a woman agrees to become a surrogate, as defined in section 14-18-01, or to relinquish her rights and duties as parent of a child conceived through assisted reproduction, as defined in section 14-20-02.