23.8071.01000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1094
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Industry, Business and Labor Committee
(At the request of the Insurance Commissioner)
1 A BILL for an Act to create and enact section 26.1-02.1-02.2 of the North Dakota Century
2 Code, relating to the prosecution of insurance fraud.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. Section 26.1-02.1-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and
5 enacted as follows:
6 26.1-02.1-02.2. Venue for filing criminal charges.
7 If a person commits a fraudulent insurance act or any crime associated with a fraudulent
8 insurance act, the venue for charging the crime may be any county in which the offense, any
9 element of the offense, or payment related to the offense was perpetrated, received, produced,
10 prepared, instigated, procured, promoted, or aided. If a person commits a fraudulent insurance
11 act and commits additional crimes in the commission of a fraudulent insurance act or as part of
12 a scheme associated with a fraudulent insurance act, venue need only be established for one
13 offense. All offenses associated with a fraudulent insurance act may be charged in the same
14 venue as established in one of the counts.
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