N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. & Ord. 7

As amended through March 18, 2024

Rule 7 - Designation of Judgeships and Chambers with Assignments

(a) Each office of the district judge is a separate office. Judgeships and chambers within each judicial district are established with assignment of judges and chambers as follows:

(1)Northwest Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Williston.

Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Williston.

Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Williston.

Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Watford City.

Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Watford City.

Judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Williston.

(2)North Central Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Minot.

Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Minot.

Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Minot.

Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Minot.

Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Minot.

(3)Northeast Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Devils Lake.

Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Rugby.

Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Bottineau.

Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Devils Lake.

Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Cavalier-Langdon.

Judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Grafton.

(4)Northeast Central Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Grand Forks.

Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Grand Forks.

Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Grand Forks.

Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Grand Forks.

Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Grand Forks.

Judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Grand Forks.

(5)East Central Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Fargo.

Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Fargo.

Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Fargo.

Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Fargo.

Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Fargo.

Judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Fargo.

Judgeship No. 7, with chambers at Hillsboro.

Judgeship No. 8, with chambers at Fargo.

Judgeship No. 9, with chambers at Fargo.

judgeship No. 10, with chambers at Fargo.

judgeship No. 11, with chambers at Fargo.

(6)Southeast Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Jamestown.

Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Valley City.

Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Wahpeton.

Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at New Rockford.

Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Ellendale.

Judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Valley City.

Judgeship No. 7, with chambers at Jamestown.

(7)South Central Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Bismarck.

Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Bismarck.

Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Washburn.

Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Bismarck.

Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Bismarck.

Judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Bismarck.

Judgeship No. 7, with chambers at Mandan.

Judgeship No. 8, with chambers at Linton.

Judgeship No. 9, with chambers at Mandan.

Judgeship No. 10, with chambers at Mandan.

(8)Southwest Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Dickinson.

Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Dickinson.

Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Dickinson.

Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Dickinson.

(b) It is the intent of the supreme court that the residents of the various counties within a judicial district receive judicial services as provided by law in their own county.

(c) The respective chambers within each district to which each district judge is assigned will be listed on the supreme court website.

N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. & Ord. 7

SOURCE: AR 7-1979 effective 7/1/1979; AR 7-1980 effective 5/16/1980; AR 7-1981 effective 7/1/1981; AR 7-1981 effective 9/3/1981; AR 7 amended Nov. 8, 1985; Sec. 27-05-08(2) N.D.C.C..; S.L.1979, Ch. 76, Sec. 4; S.L.1981, Ch. 36, Sec. 3; AR 7-1987 amended Nov. 12, 1987; AR 7-1989 amended Feb. 20, 1989; AR 7 amended January 31, 1990; Sec. 27-05-00.1(3), N.D.C.C.; S.L.1991, Ch. 326, Sec. 1(3); AR 7 amended effective 1/1/1995; 3/16/1995; 5/1/1995; 1/10/1996; April 1, 1998; 1/1/2001; 12/14/2001; 7/2/2003; 1/1/2007; 1/27/2010; 1/1/2014; amended effective 2/1/2018; 8/7/2019; amended effective 8/11/2021; amended effective 11/16/2023.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Northwest Judicial District

Effective 1/1/2014, the Northwest Judicial District was divided into a Northwest Judicial District and a North Central Judicial District. Judgeship Nos. 2, 4, 7, 8 and 9, with chambers at Minot, in the former Northwest Judicial District were transferred to the new North Central Judicial District. Judgeship Nos. 1, 5, 10 and 11, with chambers at Williston and Watford City, in the former Northwest Judicial District were redesignated Judgeship Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the new Northwest Judicial District to accurately reflect the number of current judgeships in the district.

Under N.D.C.C. § 27-05-02.1, Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Minot in the former Northwest Judicial, was abolished effective 1/1/1999; Judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Minot in the former Northwest Judicial District, was transferred to the East Central Judicial District effective 12/14/2001; Judgeship No. 7, with chambers at Stanley in the former Northwest Judicial District, was transferred to Minot effective 1/1/2007; Judgeship No. 9, with chambers at Minot in the former Northwest Judicial District, was created by the 61st Legislative Assembly, 2009 N.D. Sess. Laws, Ch. 261; and Judgeship Nos. 10 and and 11 with chambers at Williston and Watford City, were created by the 63rd Legislative Assembly, 2013 N.D. Sess. Law, Ch. 33.

Judgeship No. 5, with chambers in Watford City, and Judgeship No. 6, with chambers in Williston, were created by the 64th Legislative Assembly, 2015 N.D. Sess. Law, Ch. 2.

North Central Judicial District

Northeast Judicial District

Effective 1/1/2014, Judgeship No. 7 is redesignated Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Rugby, in the Northeast Judicial District, to accurately reflect the number of current judgeships in the district.

Under N.D.C.C. § 27-05-02.1, Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Grafton, was abolished effective 1/1/1995. East Central Judicial District

Northeast Central Judicial District

judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Grand Forks, was created by the 68th

Legislative Assembly, 2023 N.D. Sess. Laws, Ch. 1.

Judgeship No. 9, with chambers at Fargo, was created by the 63rd Legislative Assembly, 2013 N.D. Sess. Laws, Ch. 33.

Judgeship Nos. 10 and 11, with chambers at Fargo, were created by the 68th Legislative Assembly, 2023 N.D. Sess. Laws, Ch. 1.

Southeast Judicial District

Effective 1/1/2014, Judgeship Nos. 8, 9 and 10 were redesignated as Judgeship Nos. 3, 1 and 7 to accurately reflect the number of current judgeships in the district.

Under N.D.C.C. § 27-05-02.1, Judgeship No. 7, with chambers at Lisbon, was abolished effective 1/1/1995; Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Wahpeton was abolished effective 1/3/1996; and Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Jamestown, was abolished effective 2/3/1998. Judgeship No. 10, with chambers at Jamestown, was created by the 61st Legislative Assembly, 2009, N.D. Sess. Laws, Ch. 261.

South Central Judicial District

Effective 1/1/2014, Judgeship No. 9, with chambers at Washburn is redesignated Judgeship No. 3 to accurately reflect the current number of judgeships in the district.

Under N.D.C.C. § 27-05-02.1, Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Mandan, was abolished effective 3/11/1998.

Judgeship No. 9, with chambers at Mandan, was created by the 64th Legislative Assembly, 2015 N.D. Sess. Law, Ch. 2.

Judgeship No. 10, with chambers at Mandan, was created by the 66th Legislative Assembly, 2019 N.D. Sess. Law, Ch. 2.

Southwest Judicial District

Effective 1/1/2014, Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Dickinson is redesignated Judgeship No. 2 to accurately reflect the current number of judgeships in the district.

Under N.D.C.C. § 27-05-02.1, Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Hettinger, was transferred to the South Central Judicial District effective 5/1/1995; and Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Bowman, was abolished effective 12/31/2000.

Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Dickinson, was created by the 64th Legislative Assembly, 2015 N.D. Sess. Law, Ch. 2.