N.D. Cent. Code § 54-11-12

Every person who while treasurer of this state, or the deputy or clerk of such treasurer, directly or indirectly, buys or traffics in, or becomes a party to the purchase of, any state warrant, order, or scrip, or any bill, account, claim, or evidence of indebtedness against the state, for any sum less than the full face value thereof, is guilty of an infraction.