N.D. Cent. Code § 32-14-01
Current through the 2023 Legislative Sessions
In all cases not otherwise specially provided for by law, when a forfeiture shall be incurred by any person, and the act or omission for which the same is imposed shall not be a misdemeanor, such forfeiture may be sued for and recovered in a civil action. When such act or omission is punishable by fine and imprisonment, or by fine or imprisonment, or is specially declared by law to be a misdemeanor, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor within the meaning of this chapter. The word forfeiture as used in this chapter shall include any penalty in money or goods, other than a fine, imposed by law as a punishment for crime.
N.D.C.C. § 32-14-01