N.D. Cent. Code § 57-38.3-01
57-38.3-01. Legislative intent - Liberal construction
57-38.3-01. Legislative intent - Liberal construction
It is the intent of the legislative assembly to establish a policy and to provide a system
whereby all claimant agencies of the state of North Dakota, in conjunction with the
commissioner, shall cooperate in identifying debtors who owe money to the state through its
various claimant agencies and who qualify for refunds approved by the commissioner. It is also
the intent of this chapter to establish procedures for setting off against any such refund the sum
of any debt owed to the state. To this end, this chapter should be liberally construed.