---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to actions having twenty‑year limitations, docketing judgments, renewal of judgments by affidavit, and cancellation of judgment of record; to repeal sections 28‑20‑21, 28‑20‑22, and 28‑20‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to renewal of judgments by affidavit; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to actions having twenty‑year limitations, docketing judgments, renewal of judgments by affidavit, and cancellation of judgment of record; to repeal sections 28‑20‑21, 28‑20‑22, and 28‑20‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to renewal of judgments by affidavit; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1251"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1251 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ca287b6-0921-432f-a3d7-8e1194706470"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1251.html"
source_hash: "c6f86c18566683fc6859371f7389523aa694599689f38991f2ab2ba6f08256b2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota HB 1251 (67) — Relating to actions having twenty‑year limitations, docketing judgments, renewal of judgments by affidavit, and cancellation of judgment of record; to repeal sections 28‑20‑21, 28‑20‑22, and 28‑20‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to renewal of judgments by affidavit; and to provide an effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0551-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0551-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0551-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Lefor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-25** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2021-01-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2021-03-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Returned to House
- **2021-03-19** Signed by President
- **2021-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Governor 03/25 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ca287b6-0921-432f-a3d7-8e1194706470`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).