North Dakota Century Code Title 14. Domestic Relations and Persons § 14-07.7-03. Civil protection order--General provisions--Confidentiality (Effective after December 31, 2025)

1. A civil protection order must contain a conspicuous notice to the respondent providing:

2. The court may amend an order following a motion filed by either party.

3. An order entered under this chapter expires on the expiration date provided in the order at eleven fifty-nine p.m. central standard time.

4. No order under this chapter affects title to real property.

5. A court record maintained in relation to a civil protection order is open to inspection by a law enforcement officer.

6. The name of a protected individual in a case involving domestic violence or sexual assault under this chapter is confidential and must be redacted from a record accessible to the public. Any record that may reveal the identity or location of a protected individual in a case involving domestic violence or sexual assault under this chapter is confidential.

7. A hearing on a petition for a domestic violence protection order filed under section 14-07.7-07 or a sexual assault restraining order filed under section 14-07.7-09 is closed to the public. The court shall allow to be present the parties, the parties' attorneys, the state's attorney, the protected individual, any witness, and a certified domestic violence sexual assault advocate, as defined under the North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rules. The court may allow to be present any other individual the court determines has a proper interest in the hearing.