North Dakota Century Code Title 27. Judicial Branch of Government § 27-24-04. Compensation and expenses of person appointed temporary judge

1. A temporary judge appointed as provided in section 27-24-01 must receive as compensation for each day of service in the performance of duties under the appointment an amount equal to five percent of the gross monthly salary of a regularly elected or appointed judge of the court in which the temporary judge is to serve, or one-half of that daily compensation for services of one-half day or less. The compensation must be paid upon the certificate of the temporary judge that the services were performed for the number of days shown in the certificate and must be paid in the same manner as the salaries of the regularly elected or appointed judges are paid.

2. A temporary judge appointed as provided in section 27-24-01 or assigned as provided in section 27-24-02 to serve outside the county in which the judge resides or maintains an office must receive, in addition to daily compensation, reimbursement for travel expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of duties as temporary judge. The expenses must be reimbursed upon the certification by the temporary judge that the expenses were actually incurred, in the same manner as like expenses of regularly elected or appointed judges are paid.