PROCESS UPON INFORMATION AND INDICTMENT CHAPTER 29-12 29-12-01. Presence enforced by direction of court
Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rule 10
29-12-02. Warrant of arrest
Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rule 46
29-12-03. Warrant, clerk to issue
Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rule 9
29-12-04. Warrant, form - Felony
Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rules 9, 58
29-12-05. Bench warrant, misdemeanor, infraction, or bailable felony
If an offense is a misdemeanor, an infraction, or a bailable felony, the bench warrant issued must be in a form similar to form 12 as contained in the appendix to the North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure but must add to the body thereof a direction to the following effect: "or if the person requires it, that you take the person before any magistrate of that county or in the county in which you arrest the person, that the person may give bail to answer the information (or indictment)"
29-12-06. Court must fix amount of bail
Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rule 9
29-12-07. Arrest upon bench warrant offense not bailable - Custody
A defendant, when arrested under a bench warrant for an offense not bailable, must be held in custody by the sheriff of the county in which the information is filed or the indictment found
29-12-08. Warrant served in any county
Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rule 9
29-12-09. Magistrate taking bail - Procedure
If a defendant is brought before a magistrate of another county under a bench warrant for the purpose of giving bail, the magistrate shall proceed in respect thereto in the same manner as if the defendant had been brought before the magistrate upon a warrant of arrest, and the same proceedings may be had thereon
29-12-10. Felony, bail given - Increased amount
When an information or indictment is for a felony, and the defendant, before the filing or finding thereof, has given bail for the defendant's appearance to answer the charge, the court to which the information or indictment is presented, or sent, or removed for trial, may order the defendant to be committed to actual custody either without bail, or until the defendant gives bail in an increased amount, to be specified in the order
29-12-11. Procedure - Defendant present, defendant absent
If a defendant is present when an order for a bench warrant is made, the defendant must be committed forthwith. If the defendant is not present, a bench warrant must be issued and proceeded upon in the manner provided in this chapter
29-12-12. Appearance of corporation charged with offense - Pleas
Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rule 43
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If an information is filed without a preliminary examination, or an indictment is returned against a corporation or limited liability company, the clerk of the district court shall issue a summons in the corporate name of the corporation or limited liability company in the form prescribed in rule 4 of the North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure commanding it to appear and answer the information or indictment. Such summons must be served as a summons in a civil action is served
29-12-14. Default of a corporation or limited liability company - Plea - Fine collected
Whenever a sheriff or other officer returns a summons issued as is provided in section 29-12-13 with the officer's certificate showing due service thereof, the corporation or limited liability company, if it does not appear on and after the day appointed in such summons for its appearance, must be considered in default and the court shall order the clerk to enter a plea of not guilty for said corporation or limited liability company in the minutes of the court, and all further proceedings must be had in said action as if the corporation or limited liability company had appeared and pleaded not guilty to the information or indictment. If upon the trial the corporation or limited liability company is found guilty, the court shall impose a fine upon it as prescribed by law and shall enter judgment for the amount of such fine and the costs of said action in the same manner as on a judgment in a civil action
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