Public officers cannot testify regarding confidential communications
N.D. Cent. Code § 31-01-06
in effect31-01-06. Public officers cannot testify regarding confidential communications
A person cannot be examined as a witness in the following cases:
1. Superseded by N.D.R.Ev. 501, 502.
2. Superseded by N.D.R.Ev. 501, 505.
3. Superseded by N.D.R.Ev. 501, 503.
4. A public officer cannot be examined as to communications made to the public officer in
official confidence when the public interests would suffer by the disclosure.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t31c01.pdf#nameddest=31-01-06Fetched: 10/16/2026
