Period of preservation
N.D. Cent. Code § 31-08.1-02
in effect31-08.1-02. Period of preservation
Unless a specific period is designated by law for preservation, any business record that
state law requires a person to keep or preserve may be destroyed after the expiration of three
years from the making of the record without constituting an offense under state law. This section
does not apply to any minute book of any corporation or to any record of sales or other
transactions involving a weapon, poison, or other dangerous article or substance capable of use
in the commission of a crime.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t31c08-1.pdf#nameddest=31-08p1-02Fetched: 10/16/2026
