If property stolen or embezzled comes into the custody of a magistrate, it must be delivered to the owner on satisfactory proof of the owner's title and on the owner's paying the necessary expenses incurred in its preservation, to be certified by the magistrate.
N.D. Cent. Code § 29-01-22
Delivery of stolen property by magistrate
Official source: North Dakota Legislative Branch. Reproduced from public-domain North Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.