North Dakota Attorney General Opinions
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If I ask a North Dakota county for records and the records are actually held by a separate housing authority that the county appoints board members for, does the county have to track down those records for me?
No. North Dakota's open records law only requires a public entity to provide records that it actually possesses or has custody of. A housing authority is a separate public entity under N.D.C.C. § 23-1…
If a North Dakota school district can't find old bid records because the project was finished by a predecessor district before reorganization, did it violate the open records law?
No. North Dakota's open records law only requires a public entity to provide records it actually possesses. AG Wrigley concluded that Williston Basin School District #7 complied with N.D.C.C. § 44-04-…
If a state agency deletes a meeting video on a records-retention schedule and a journalist asks for it later, is that a violation of the open records law?
No. A public entity does not violate the open records law by failing to provide a record that no longer exists, when the record was deleted in accordance with a published retention schedule. The agenc…
Can the public get a list of which specific companies and how much money each individual investment manager has put the North Dakota Legacy Fund into?
No. Manager-specific position information is confidential commercial and financial information under N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18.4. The Retirement and Investment Office must publish aggregate Legacy Fund hold…
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Attorney general opinions in North Dakota are written by the North Dakota Attorney General's office in response to questions from state agencies, legislators, and prosecutors. They are not binding like court decisions, but courts and agencies treat them as persuasive guidance on how state law applies. Every opinion above has a plain-English question and short answer, plus a link to the full original text.