North Dakota Century Code Title 50. Public Welfare § 50-12-16. Taking children from state for placement in family homes--Consent of department--Report

No person, partnership, voluntary association, corporation, or limited liability company may take or send any child out of the state for placement in a family home in another state without first securing the consent of the department of health and human services so to do and without first reporting to the department:

This section does not apply to a parent who personally removes the parent's child from the state.