North Dakota Code § 12.1-21-09

Tampering with, disabling, or falsely sounding a fire alarm - Tampering
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with or disabling fire suppression equipment.
1. A person may not tamper with, disable, or falsely sound an alarm signifying a fire in a 
hotel, motel, roominghouse, lodginghouse, or other place of public abode or in any 
other public place so as to endanger person or property. A person does not violate this 
subsection if that person sounds an alarm and has a reasonable belief there is a fire 
endangering person or property.
2. A person may not tamper with or disable fire suppression equipment in a hotel, motel, 
roominghouse, lodginghouse, or other place of abode or in any other public place so 
as to endanger person or property.
3. A violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor.

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