North Dakota Century Code Title 25. Mental and Physical Illness or Disability § 25-03.3-24. Postcommitment community placement--Penalty

1. Following commitment of a sexually dangerous individual, the commissioner may conduct a risk management assessment of the committed individual for the purpose of determining whether the individual may be treated safely in the community on an outpatient basis. The commissioner may place a committed individual in the community for treatment on an outpatient basis only pursuant to a court order. The commissioner may petition the court at any time for community placement. The commissioner shall give the state's attorney of the county of community placement notice of any petition for community placement the commissioner files with the court. Before the petition is granted, the state's attorney has the right to be heard by the court. The state's attorney may waive this right. At any hearing held pursuant to a petition by the commissioner for the community placement of a committed individual, the burden of proof required of the commissioner is a preponderance of the evidence. The court's order of community placement must contain appropriate restrictions and requirements for the committed individual, including:

2. Violation by a committed individual of a court order issued pursuant to this section is a class C felony.