North Dakota Century Code Title 14. Domestic Relations and Persons § 14-07.7-01. Definitions (Effective after December 31, 2025)

2. “Contact” means any interaction or communication with another individual, directly or indirectly, including electronic, digital, and social media communication.

3. “Disorderly conduct” means intrusive or unwanted acts, words, or gestures intended to adversely affect the safety, security, or privacy of another individual. Disorderly conduct includes human trafficking and attempted human trafficking as defined in title 12.1. Disorderly conduct does not include constitutionally protected activity.

4. “Domestic violence” includes physical harm, bodily injury, stalking, sexual activity compelled by physical force, assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, sexual activity compelled by physical force, or assault, not committed in self-defense, on the complaining family or household member.

5. “Family or household member” means a spouse, family member, former spouse, parent, child, individual related by blood or marriage, individuals who are or were in a dating relationship, individuals residing together or who have resided together in the past, individuals with a child in common regardless of relationship status and, for the purpose of the issuance of a civil protection order, any other individual with a sufficient relationship to the abusing individual as determined by the court under section 14-07.7-07.

6. “Protected individual” means the individual identified in a civil protection order issued under this chapter as the individual for whose benefit the civil protection order was issued.

7. “Sexual assault” means any nonconsensual offense in chapter 12.1-20 for which sexual act or sexual conduct, as defined in section 12.1-20-02, is an element.

8. “Stalking” has the meaning as in section 12.1-17-07.1. Domestic violence and disorderly conduct include stalking.