Use-of-Force Continuum: North Dakota Statutory Definitions

View Use-of-Force: North Dakota Training Requirements here.

Training

Citation

First enacted and effective 1877

Summary and Notes

This statute prohibits the use of unnecessary or unreasonable force.

Relevant Excerpt

"A person who is arrested may not be subjected to unnecessary or unreasonable force, nor to any greater restraint than is necessary for the person's detention."

N.D. Cent. Code Ann. § 29-06-13

First enacted and effective 1877

This section sanctions the use of "all necessary means" to effect arrest of a fleeing arrestee.

"If, after notice of intention to arrest the defendant, the defendant either flees or forcibly resists, the officer may use all necessary means to effect the arrest."

Return to Use-of-Force Continuum Database