{"id":"DUT-ND-004","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Dakota","state":"ND","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the local boards of health and public health units)","authority":"N.D.C.C. title 23, ch. 23-35 (Public Health Units)","instrument":"N.D.C.C. 23-35-08, 23-35-09, 23-35-12, 23-35-13","title":"Boards of health - powers and duties; abatement and removal of nuisance, source of filth, and cause of sickness; local health officers; penalty","dateIssued":"2026-09-29","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-29","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","CLOSE","MASK"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or occupants of property; businesses within a public health unit\u0027s jurisdiction"],"clause":"A person who violates any order, ordinance, or rule prescribed by any board of health or health officer or any rule adopted under this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.","enforcement":"Class B misdemeanor (23-35-13): thirty days and $1,500 for an individual, $20,000 for an organization (Ex. DUT-ND-006); abatement at the owner\u0027s or occupant\u0027s expense and assessment against the property (23-35-09)","functions":[],"notes":"Each board of health \u0027May make rules regarding any nuisance, source of filth, and any cause of sickness which are necessary for public health and safety\u0027 (23-35-08(5)), \u0027May adopt confinement, decontamination, and sanitary measures... which are necessary when an infectious or contagious disease exists\u0027 ((8)), \u0027May make and enforce an order in a local matter if an emergency exists\u0027 ((9)), and \u0027May abate or remove any nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness when necessary to protect the public health and safety\u0027 ((12)); where abatement is necessary the board \u0027shall serve notice on the owner or occupant of the property requiring the owner or occupant, at the owner\u0027s or occupant\u0027s expense, to remove or abate the nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness within a time specified by the board\u0027 (23-35-09(1)).","sourceUrl":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t23c35.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":101060,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-ND","url":"/library/DUT-ND-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-ND-004","citation":"Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the local boards of health and public health units), N.D.C.C. 23-35-08, 23-35-09, 23-35-12, 23-35-13 (standing) (Ex. DUT-ND-004)","stateName":"North Dakota","related":["ND-061","ND-064","ND-073","ND-024","DUT-ND-006","DUT-ND-010"]}