North Dakota Code § 53-02-08

Officer of law to be in attendance at public dance, music festival, or public
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concert.
The sheriff in any county in which any public dance, music festival, or public concert is held 
outside of an incorporated city, and the chief peace officer of the city where the dance, music 
festival, or public concert is held within the limits of a city, may police the dance, music festival, 
or public concert so that law and order are there maintained. The sheriff or the chief peace 
officer shall determine the number, if any, of deputy sheriffs, special officers, or licensed private 
security officers needed to police the dance, music festival, or public concert properly. The 
person conducting the dance, music festival, or public concert, before the dance, music festival, 
or public concert is held, shall pay to the sheriff, peace officer, or licensed private security 
provider the expense of any deputy sheriff, special officer, or licensed private security officer 
required for the proper policing of the dance, music festival, or public concert, and no dance, 
music festival, or public concert may be permitted to proceed unless the officer or officers are 
present and the fees are paid. The holding of a dance, music festival, or public concert without 
giving notice of the dance, music festival, or public concert to the sheriff of the county or the 

peace officer of the city, and without making provision for the policing of the dance, music 
festival, or public concert, is unlawful. No person, directly or indirectly interested or concerned in 
the giving, holding, or conducting of a public dance, music festival, or public concert, or 
connected with the person conducting the same, is eligible to appointment under this section as 
a special officer.

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