North Dakota Century Code Title 25. Mental and Physical Illness or Disability § 25-03.3-08. Sexually dangerous individual--Procedure on petition--Detention

1. Upon the filing of a petition pursuant to this chapter, the court shall determine whether to issue an order for detention of the respondent named in the petition. The petition may be heard ex parte. The court shall issue an order for detention if there is cause to believe that the respondent is a sexually dangerous individual. If the court issues an order for detention, the order must direct that the respondent be taken into custody and transferred to an appropriate treatment facility or local correctional facility to be held for subsequent hearing pursuant to this chapter. Under this section, the department of health and human services shall pay for any expense incurred in the detention or evaluation of the respondent.

2. If the state's attorney knows or believes the respondent named in the petition is an individual with an intellectual disability, the state's attorney shall notify the court in the petition and shall advise the court of the name of the legal guardian of the respondent or, if none is known, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem for the respondent. Before service of the notice required in section 25-03.3-10, the court shall appoint an attorney for the respondent. An individual with an intellectual disability may be detained in a correctional facility before the probable cause hearing only when no other secure facility is accessible, and then only under close supervision.