N.D.R.Crim.P.
RULE 55. RECORDS
The clerk of each court governed by these rules, or the magistrate where there is no clerk, shall must keep such records in of criminal proceedings as may be required by law or by rule or order of the supreme court. The clerk or magistrate must enter in the records every court order or judgment and the date of entry.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Rule 55 was amended, effective____________.
Rule 55 is an adaptation of Rule 59 of the Uniform Rules of Criminal Procedure as adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (1952) Fed.R.Crim.P. 55. The Rule rule places the responsibility of keeping the records of the court with the clerk, but recognizes that there are many of the lower courts which that are without the assistance of a clerk; in those cases the responsibility of keeping the records is upon on the magistrate. The Rule rule deals with those records which must be kept as a matter of law as well as those records which may be required by the Supreme Court supreme court.
Rule 55 was amended, effective ______________________, in response to the December 1, 2002, revision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The language and organization of the rule were changed to make the rule more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules.
SOURCES: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of ______________ pages ____; February 20-23, 1973, pages 1-2; December 10-12, 1970, pages 22-23; Wright, Federal Practice and Procedure: Criminal, § 881, page 394 (1969); 8A Moore's Federal Practice, Chapter 55, (Cipes, 2d Ed. 1971); Barron, Federal Practice and Procedure: Criminal, § 2621 (1951); Rule 59, Uniform Rules of Criminal Procedure, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (1952) Fed.R.Crim.P. 55.
STATUTES AFFECTED:
CONSIDERED: N.D.C.C. §§ 11-17-01, 27-07-28, 27-07-36, 27-07-39, 27-08-10, 27-08-13, Chapters 29-23, 33-12-02, 33-12-12, 33-12-13, 33-12-14, 33-12-15, 33-12-16, 33-12-17.