North Dakota Code § 44-04-18.7

Criminal intelligence information and criminal investigative information -
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Nondisclosure - Record of information maintained.
1. Active criminal intelligence information and active criminal investigative information are 
not subject to section 44 -04-18 and section 6 of article XI of the Constitution of North 
Dakota. A criminal justice agency shall maintain a list of all files containing active 
criminal intelligence and investigative information which have been in existence for 
more than one year. With respect to each file, the list must contain the file's number or 
other identifying characteristic and the date the file was established. The list required 
under this subsection is subject to section 44 -04-18. Personal information of any 
person contained in an active or nonactive file is an exempt record as defined in 
subsection 5 of section 44-04-17.1.
2. "Criminal intelligence and investigative information" does not include:
a. Arrestee description, including name, date of birth, address, race, sex, physical 
description, and occupation of arrestee.
b. Facts concerning the arrest, including the cause of arrest and the name of the 
arresting officer.
c. Conviction information, including the name of any person convicted of a criminal 
offense.
d. Disposition of all warrants, including orders signed by a judge of any court 
commanding a law enforcement officer to arrest a particular person.
e. A chronological list of incidents, including initial offense report information 
showing the offense, date, time, general location, officer, and a brief summary of 
what occurred.

f. A crime summary, including a departmental summary of crimes reported and 
public calls for service by classification, nature, and number.
g. Radio log, including a chronological listing of the calls dispatched.
h. General registers, including jail booking information.
i. Arrestee photograph, if release will not adversely affect a criminal investigation.
3. "Criminal intelligence information" means information with respect to an identifiable 
person or group of persons collected by a criminal justice agency in an effort to 
anticipate, prevent, or monitor possible criminal activity. Criminal intelligence 
information must be considered "active" as long as it is related to intelligence gathering 
conducted with a reasonable good -faith belief it will lead to detection of ongoing or 
reasonably anticipated criminal activities. Criminal intelligence information also 
includes training materials and information obtained by a criminal justice agency 
regarding prospective criminal activities which impact officer safety until the 
information is publicly disclosed.
4. "Criminal investigative information" means information with respect to an identifiable 
person or group of persons compiled by a criminal justice agency in the course of 
conducting a criminal investigation of a specific act or omission, including information 
derived from laboratory tests, reports of investigators or informants, or any type of 
surveillance. Criminal investigative information must be considered "active" as long as 
it is related to an ongoing investigation that is continuing with a reasonable good -faith 
anticipation of securing an arrest or prosecution in the foreseeable future.
5. "Criminal justice agency" means any law enforcement agency or prosecutor. The term 
also includes any other unit of government charged by law with criminal law 
enforcement duties or having custody of criminal intelligence or investigative 
information for the purpose of assisting law enforcement agencies in the conduct of 
active criminal investigations or prosecutions.
6. "Personal information" means a person's medical records or medical information 
obtained from the medical records ; motor vehicle operator's identification number; 
social security number; any credit, debit, or electronic fund transfer card number; 
month and date of birth; height; weight; home street address; home telephone number 
or personal cell phone number; and any financial account numbers.
7. A computerized index created by a criminal justice agency of names included in 
criminal files, whether active or inactive, is an exempt record.
8. Crime scene images of a victim of a homicide or sex crime or any image of a minor 
victim of any crime is an exempt record as defined in subsection 5 of section

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