N.D. Cent. Code § 29-01-26

The clerk, magistrate, or other person to whom property is delivered, as provided in section 29-01-25, shall record every amount of money and a description of every article of property taken from each person arrested, attach a number to every amount of money and every article of property, and make a corresponding entry thereof. Sufficient compliance with this section is met if the entries are made in the docket of the magistrate after the receipt and property are delivered to a magistrate, as provided in section 29-01-25.