=== References ===

===== Research (auto-generated) =====

== History ==
  * 1889 (as adopted) (current text)
  * Originally § 196 (1889 numbering); renumbered 1981.

== Citing cases (auto) ==
  * Snortland v. Crawford, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2033689/snortland-v-crawford/|1981 ND 91]] (1981)

== Attorney General opinions (auto) ==
  * [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/82-54.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 82-54 (1982)]]