RULE 7. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL SUITS
Effective Date: 1/1/2001
Obsolete Date: 7/1/2026
Communications to the commission, counsel, or their staffs relating to misconduct or incapacity and testimony given in the proceedings are absolutely privileged, and no civil proceeding based thereon may be instituted against any complainant or witness. Members of the commission, counsel, and staff are absolutely immune in any civil proceeding for all conduct in the course of their official duties.
Former Rule 5 renumbered and amended effective August 1, 1997; July 1, 2026.
Members of the commission, counsel, and staff may be entitled to the protections of N.D.C.C. ch. 32-12.2 in a civil suit for money damages if deemed a state employee as defined in N.D.C.C. § 32-12.2-01(8).
SOURCES: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of January 30, 2026, page 4; September 12, 2025, pages 5-6; Supreme Court No. 20250243.