North Dakota Code § 50-09-08

Investigations - Power of human service zone , state agency, and
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employees.
1. In the investigation of applications under the provisions of this chapter, the human 
service zone , the state agency, and the officials and employees of such agencies 
charged with the administration and enforcement of this chapter may:
a. Conduct examinations;
b. Require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, and 
papers; and
c. Make application to the district court of the county to compel the attendance of 
witnesses and the production of books, records, and papers.
2. The state agency may request from other state, county, human service zones, and 
local agencies information deemed necessary to carry out the child support 
enforcement program. All officers and employees of state, county, and local agencies 
shall cooperate with the state agency in locating absent parents of children to whom 
an obligation of support is owed or on whose behalf assistance is being provided and, 
on request, shall supply the state agency with available information relative to the 
location, income, social security number, and property holdings of the absent parent, 
notwithstanding any provision of law making that information confidential. Any person 
acting under the authority of the state agency who pursuant to this subsection obtains 
information from the office of the state tax commissioner, the confidentiality of which is 

protected by law, may not divulge such information except to the extent necessary for 
the administration of the child support enforcement program or when otherwise 
directed by judicial order or when otherwise provided by law.
3. The officers and employees designated by the human service zones or the state 
agency may administer oaths and affirmations.

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