N.D. Cent. Code § 12-60-06

The attorney general shall provide the bureau with necessary furniture, fixtures, apparatus, appurtenances, appliances, materials, and equipment as the attorney general deems necessary for the collection, filing, and preservation of all records required by law to be filed with the bureau or which the attorney general may authorize to require or procure respecting the identification and investigation of criminals, the investigation of crime and detection of the perpetrators thereof, and identification and information concerning stolen, lost, found, pledged, or pawned property.