North Dakota (statewide): North Dakota Court System: Public Notice on the Use of Artifici…
Issued by the North Dakota Court System · North Dakota Court System
Verified September 28, 2026
- Citation
- North Dakota Court System: Public Notice on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Order date
- June 1, 2026
Status and scope
No AI-specific filing obligation: in force, but it imposes no disclosure, verification, or use restriction on attorney filings beyond existing rules. It provides: 'The use of AI tools is not prohibited in matters before the North Dakota courts. However, AI is a tool only. The responsibility for all court filings, arguments, representations, and other work product rests entirely with the attorney or self-represented litigant who submits them.'
What the instrument provides
- 'The use of AI tools is not prohibited in matters before the North Dakota courts. However, AI is a tool only. The responsibility for all court filings, arguments, representations, and other work product rests entirely with the attorney or self-represented litigant who submits them.'
- 'At this time, the North Dakota courts do not require disclosure of AI use in court filings solely because AI was used. Nevertheless, disclosure may be required or appropriate under existing rules or orders in specific circumstances.'
- Any submission, 'whether or not AI was used in its preparation', must comply with N.D.R.Civ.P. 11 and be accurate, grounded in law, properly cite legal authority and the record, and comply with court rules and ethical obligations.
- 'Attorneys and self-represented litigants are fully accountable for the final content of all submissions, including any errors, omissions, misstatements of law or fact, or fabricated citations generated by AI tools.'
- Courts expect that factual representations are verified against the record and that 'citations to statutes, rules, and case law are independently confirmed.'
- The court retains authority under N.D.R.Ct. 11.5 to reject or strike inaccurate, misleading, or noncompliant filings, impose sanctions, and require corrections or additional verification.
Practice areas: state civil, state criminal, state family
What the notice says
On June 1, 2026 the North Dakota Court System published a “Public Notice on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)”. It describes itself as “intended to provide transparency and guidance regarding the permissible use of AI in court filings and proceedings.”
AI is permitted, and disclosure is not required. “The use of AI tools is not prohibited in matters before the North Dakota courts.” And “at this time, the North Dakota courts do not require disclosure of AI use in court filings solely because AI was used,” though “disclosure may be required or appropriate under existing rules or orders in specific circumstances.”
Responsibility stays with the filer. Every submission, “whether or not AI was used in its preparation,” must comply with N.D.R.Civ.P. 11: accurate and truthful, grounded in existing law or a good-faith argument for changing it, properly citing legal authority and the record, and compliant with court rules and ethical obligations. “Attorneys and self-represented litigants are fully accountable for the final content of all submissions, including any errors, omissions, misstatements of law or fact, or fabricated citations generated by AI tools.”
No delegation of judgment. Courts expect legal analysis to reflect the filer’s own judgment, factual representations to be “verified against the record,” and “citations to statutes, rules, and case law” to be “independently confirmed.”
Confidentiality. AI tools should not be used in ways that compromise confidential communications, personal identifying information, protected health information, juvenile, sealed, or restricted records, or other protected information.
Court authority. Under N.D.R.Ct. 11.5 a court may reject or strike noncompliant filings, impose sanctions, require corrections or additional verification, and take other authorized action.
The notice also ties AI use to the Rules of Professional Conduct on competence (1.1), candor (3.3), supervision (5.1 and 5.3), and meritorious claims (3.1).
How the tracker treats it
The notice is listed as advisory. It creates no disclosure or certification step. It does state an expectation of verification (facts checked against the record, citations independently confirmed), but it grounds that expectation in rules that already apply. It matters as a statement of how North Dakota courts expect those rules to apply to AI-assisted filings.
Primary source
North Dakota Court System, Public Notice on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (June 1, 2026) (PDF)