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The City of Bismarck did not violate the law when it declined to provide certain police records relating to 2016 protests in Morton county, because at the time of the request there were related criminal cases still open or subject to appeal in Morton County.

A public entity is authorized by law to charge $25 per hour, after the first hour, for locating records and may require payment of any estimated charges before locating, redacting, making, or mailing the requested records.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem participated in a multistate action against pharmaceutical companies over pricing of a name brand drug and generic versions. Settlement checks were issued earlier this week to individuals with qualifying claims. 

A Pennsylvania man who operates a questionable discount travel service under several fictitious names has been banned from doing business in North Dakota for violating the state’s consumer fraud, transient merchant, and business licensing laws. 

County Sheriffs have specific statutory authority to charge a higher amount for copies of public records than is set out in the open records laws. 

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem applauds the US Supreme Court’s unanimous decision this morning recognizing that federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear legal challenges to the “Waters of the US” Rule (WOTUS). 

One in four consumer complaints in 2017 was about an illegal robocall, announced Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. 

An individual who meets the qualifications for constitutional carry in North Dakota may carry a loaded gun in a vehicle but must provide law enforcement with the proper identification upon a traffic stop.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced that the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota today issued a preliminary injunction blocking the proposed merger between Sanford Health and Mid Dakota Clinic until the Federal Trade Commission administrative hearing in January 2018. 

Although the Legislature repealed the initiated measure 5, the replacement Compassionate Care Act retains initiated measure status and any amendments within seven years would require a two-thirds vote of the Legislative Assembly.