North Dakota Century Code Title 18. Fires § 18-08-12. Periodic fire inspection of state buildings and institutions

1. The state fire marshal, or the state fire marshal's designee, shall inspect annually the state penitentiary, the James River correctional center, the Missouri River correctional center, the North Dakota youth correctional center, the life skills and transition center, the state veterans' home, and the state hospital. The inspection of all other state institutions and occupied state-owned buildings, except residential buildings, must be made by the state fire marshal, or the state fire marshal's designee, at least once every three years. The officer in charge of the institution or building shall prepare a response to the report based upon the findings of the fire inspection. Inspection and reporting under this section for residential buildings must be performed annually. The report, which must contain specifications of any violations, must be submitted to the responsible board, agency, or commission and a copy of the response to the report must be submitted to the state fire marshal by the officer in charge of the state institution or building. All violations in the report must be corrected within the current budget of the responsible board, agency, or commission, and action to correct the violations, unless good cause can be demonstrated to the attorney general, must be initiated within thirty days of receipt of the report by the responsible board, agency, or commission.

2. For purposes of this section, a “fire inspection” is a procedure performed in accordance with standards set forth in the state building code, the fire protection code of the local jurisdiction, or the rules set forth in North Dakota Administrative Code chapter 10-07-01.

3. For purposes of this section, “residential building” includes all state-owned buildings used in whole or in part for providing overnight sleeping accommodations to one or more persons on a regular or occasional basis, except for single-family dwellings.