North Dakota Century Code Title 25. Mental and Physical Illness or Disability § 25-03.1-09. Review of petition for involuntary treatment--Probable cause established--Respondent notified--Rights

a. A copy of the petition and supporting documentation.

b. A notice informing the respondent of the procedures required by this chapter.

c. A notice of the respondent's right to a preliminary and a treatment hearing when in custody under section 25-03.1-25 and if mental illness or a combination of mental illness and a substance use disorder of the respondent is alleged in the petition, or, if not in custody or if in custody and a substance use disorder alone is alleged in the petition, the right to a treatment hearing; of the right to be present at the hearings; of the right to have counsel before the hearings and any court-ordered examination; of the right to an independent evaluation; and, if the respondent is indigent, of the right to counsel and to an independent expert examiner, each at the expense of the county which is the respondent's place of residence.

d. Notice that if an independent expert examiner is to be appointed, the respondent must be given an opportunity to select that examiner.