January 18, 2024 CONTACT: Suzie Weigel, 701.328.2210 snweigel@nd.gov Bismarck, ND - Attorney General Drew Wrigley joined a coalition of 25 states in a petition asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to declare the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule unlawful. The new...
January 9, 2024 Request: Whether the Board properly denied a request for an executive session recording. Conclusion: The Board properly denied Dr. Schmitz’s request for a portion of the recording of an executive session held for attorney consultation, negotiation, and, as stated on the original notice, review...
January 9, 2024 Request: Whether the Board properly denied a request for a licensed chiropractor's response to a complaint in a pending discipline case. Conclusion: While the Board’s decision to deny the records was reasonable given the confidentiality provisions in its statute, absent a peer review committee,...
January 3, 2024 Request: Whether the Mandan Fire Department violated the open records law by denying a record request. Conclusion: The Mandan Fire Department Chief’s personal water bill was not a record of the Mandan Fire Department. The record request was properly denied. You can view this opinion...
January 3, 2024 Request: Whether the Board of Equalization violated open records law when it failed to provide records. Conclusion: The Board violated open records law when it did not respond to a request for records. You can view this opinion at: 2024-O-01. [print-me] ...
December 27, 2023 Request: Whether the Morton County Sheriff’s Office violated open records law when it failed to provide records. Conclusion: The Morton County Sheriff’s Office should have informed the requester that requested records did not exist. You can view this opinion at: 2023-O-09. [print-me] ...
December 22, 2023 CONTACT: Suzie Weigel, 701.328.2210 snweigel@nd.gov Bismarck, ND - Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley announced that North Dakota will be part of a 21-state coalition challenging a new Biden Administration rule from the Department of Transportation mandating that all States with National Highway System mileage...
November 20, 2023 Request: Did Ramsey County conduct its 2022 annual tax lien foreclosure sale in accordance with N.D.C.C. title 57-28 in that it did not qualify bidders prior to the auction sale and did not provide a contract for deed template prior upon demand? Conclusion: Ramsey...
November 20, 2023 Request: Whether three entities violated the open records law by failing to respond to requests for records. Conclusion: Neither the Governor’s Office, the Agriculture Department, nor the NDIT violated the open records law when they failed to respond to a request for records that...
November 20, 2023 Request: Whether the Morton County State’s Attorney violated the open records law by denying a record request. Conclusion: The State’s Attorney’s personal water bill was not a record of the Morton County State’s Attorney’s Office. The record request to the Morton County State’s Attorney’s...