North Dakota Century Code Title 12.1. Criminal Code § 12.1-17-06. Criminal coercion

a. Commit any crime;

b. Accuse anyone of a crime;

c. Expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or false, tending to subject any person, living or deceased, to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to impair another's credit or business repute; or

d. Take or withhold official action as a public servant or cause a public servant to take or withhold official action.

a. That the primary purpose of the threat was to cause the other to conduct himself in his own best interest; or

b. That a purpose of the threat was to cause the other to desist from misbehavior, engage in behavior from which he could not lawfully abstain, make good a wrong done by him, or refrain from taking any action or responsibility for which he was disqualified.