North Dakota Code § 28-21-25

Limitation on bond requirements in litigation
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1. In civil litigation under any legal theory, the supersedeas bond to be furnished to stay 
the execution of the judgment during the entire course of appellate review must be set 
in accordance with applicable laws or court rules, except that the total supersedeas 
bond that is required of all appellants collectively may not exceed twenty -five million 
dollars, regardless of the amount of the judgment.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, if an appellee proves by a preponderance of the 
evidence that an appellant is dissipating assets outside the ordinary course of 
business to avoid payment of a judgment, a court may require the appellant to post a 
supersedeas bond in an amount up to the total amount of the judgment.

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