North Dakota Code § 13-13-21

Confidentiality
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To promote more effective regulation and reduce regulatory burden through supervisory 
information sharing:
1. Except as otherwise provided in Public Law 110 -289, section 1512, the requirements 
under any federal law, chapter 44 -04, or section 6 -01-07.1, regarding the privacy or 
confidentiality of any information or material provided to the nationwide multistate 
licensing system and registry, and any privilege arising under federal or state law, 
including the rules of any federal or state court, with respect to information or material, 
continue to apply to information or material after the information or material has been 
disclosed to the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry. Information and 
material may be shared with all state and federal regulatory officials with mortgage 
industry oversight authority without the loss of privilege or the loss of confidentiality 
protections provided by federal law, chapter 44-04, or section 6-01-07.1.
2. For these purposes, the commissioner may enter agreements or sharing 
arrangements with other governmental agencies, the conference of state bank 

supervisors, the American association of residential mortgage regulators, or other 
associations representing governmental agencies.
3. Information or material that is subject to a privilege or confidentiality under 
subsection 1 is not subject to:
a. Disclosure under any federal or state law governing the disclosure to the public of 
information held by an officer or an agency of the federal government or the 
respective state; or
b. Subpoena or discovery, or admission into evidence, in any administrative 
process, unless with respect to any privilege held by the nationwide multistate 
licensing system and registry with respect to such information or material, the 
person to whom the information or material pertains waives, in whole or in part, in 
the discretion of the person, that privilege.
4. The commissioner shall take all necessary steps, under any applicable law or rule, to 
protect the disclosure of information or material that is subject to a privilege or 
confidentiality under subsection 1. Records subject to a privilege or confidentiality 
under subsection 1 may be required to be disclosed only pursuant to an order of the 
court. The court ordering the disclosure shall issue a protective order to protect the 
confidential nature of the records.
5. Application of chapter 44 -04 or section 6 -01-07.1, relating to the disclosure of 
confidential supervisory information or any information or material described in 
subsection 1 which is inconsistent with subsection 1, is superseded by the 
requirements of this section.

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