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Administrative Rule 40 - ACCESS TO AUDIOTAPES OF PROCEEDINGS IN DISTRICT COURT

Effective Date: 3/6/1996

Obsolete Date: 1/1/1997

SECTION 1. Authority

Under Article VI, Section 3 of the North Dakota Constitution, the supreme court has the authority to establish policies and procedures to be followed by all courts of the state. The court also has specific authority to establish policies relating to court records under 27-02-05.2, NDCC.

SECTION 2. Public Access to Audiotapes

1. Copies of the audiotaped recording of trial court proceedings made under this rule shall not be made available to the public. Persons wishing to listen to the recording of a proceeding may make arrangements to do so or make arrangements for a transcript of the proceeding.

2. Each district shall establish procedures to ensure appropriate access to audiotapes.

3. Video or electronic media coverage, if granted, is governed by Administrative Rule 21.

Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota, March 6, 1996.

Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice
Herbert L. Meschke, Justice
William A. Neumann, Justice
Dale V. Sandstrom, Justice

ATTEST:
Penny Miller, Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court

[Adopted effective January 17, 1996, subject to comment; final adoption effective March 6, 1996.] 

Adopted effective January 17, 1996, subject to comment; final adoption effective March 6, 1996; amended effective January 1, 1997; October 1, 2016; August 11, 2021; March 1, 2023; March 1, 2024; March 1, 2025.

SOURCES: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of April 26, 2023, page 9; April 28, 2023, page 13; January 27, 2022, pages 17-19.

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03/01/2024 02/28/2025 View
03/01/2023 03/01/2024 View
08/11/2021 03/01/2023 View
10/01/2016 08/11/2021 View
01/01/1997 10/01/2016 View
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