North Dakota Code § 12.1-20-13

Bigamy
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1. A person who marries another person, while married to another person, is guilty of a 
class C felony.
2. Subsection 1 does not extend to:
a. A person whose spouse has been absent for five successive years and is 
believed by him or her to be dead.
b. A person whose spouse has voluntarily absented himself and has continually 
remained without the United States for the space of five successive years.
c. A person whose former marriage has been pronounced void, null, or dissolved by 
the judgment of a competent court.

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