republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/67/hb-1251.md

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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	67	HB 1251	North Dakota HB 1251 (67)	bill		enacted		3	16	0	2021-01-11	2021-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/1ca287b6-0921-432f-a3d7-8e1194706470	http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1251.html	c6f86c18566683fc6859371f7389523aa694599689f38991f2ab2ba6f08256b2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
3. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/1ca287b6-0921-432f-a3d7-8e1194706470. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).