North Dakota Century Code Title 12. Corrections, Parole, and Probation § 12-48-20. Disposition of earnings of prisoner who escapes or violates parole

The money in a prisoner's penitentiary or Bank of North Dakota two-signature account or any property belonging to a prisoner who escapes or violates the prisoner's parole shall be forfeited and used to pay the expense of the prisoner's apprehension and capture. Any of the prisoner's funds or property that is not required to pay for the prisoner's apprehension and return to the penitentiary may be transferred by the warden into the penitentiary inmate betterment fund.