If any portion of the militia is employed in aid of the civil authority, the governor, if in the governor's judgment the maintenance of law and order will be promoted thereby, may declare by proclamation the county or city in which the troops are serving, or any specified portion thereof, to be in a state of insurrection.
N.D. Cent. Code § 37-01-08
Proclamation of state of insurrection - Governor may proclaim
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