N.D. Cent. Code § 12-47-02
12-47-02. Jurisdiction over penitentiary and affiliated facilities
12-47-02. Jurisdiction over penitentiary and affiliated facilities
The penitentiary and the grounds and premises thereof, for the purpose of all judicial
proceedings, is within and a part of the county of Burleigh, and the courts of that county have
jurisdiction of all crimes or public offenses committed within the penitentiary. The jurisdiction of a
crime or public offense committed within an affiliated facility of the penitentiary is in the county
where the affiliated facility is located.