North Dakota Century Code Title 29. Judicial Procedure, Criminal § 29-29.1-01.1. Warrant for electronic communication information

1. As used in this section, “Electronic communication information” means any information about an electronic communication or the use of an electronic communication service, limited to the contents of electronic communications and precise or approximate location of the target sender or target recipient at any point during the communication.

2. Notwithstanding chapter 29-29, any official or employee of the state or of a unit of county or local government of the state may, under the conditions specified in this section, obtain a warrant requiring disclosure of electronic communication information.

3. A warrant issued under this section may authorize the seizure of electronic storage media or the seizure or copying of electronically stored information. Unless otherwise specified, the warrant authorizes a later review of the media or information consistent with the warrant.

4. Under this section, the time for executing the warrant refers to the seizure or onsite copying of the media or information, and not to any later offsite copying or review.

5. The issuing magistrate may grant an extension of a warrant on the owner or the possessor of electronic communication information upon an application under oath stating the owner or the possessor has not produced the requested electronic communication information within ten days and that an extension is necessary to achieve the purposes for which the search warrant was granted. An extension may not exceed thirty days.