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Three rules every North Dakota page has to respect

Rule 7.1, misleading communications. A lawyer shall not make a false or misleading communication about the lawyer, a person professionally associated with the lawyer, or the lawyer's services. Under North Dakota Rule 7.1, a communication misleads if it is likely to create an unjustified expectation about results the lawyer can achieve (7.1(b)), compares the lawyer with other lawyers in a way that cannot be factually substantiated (7.1(c)), or compares services based on an honor or accolade without naming the organization and a substantiated basis (7.1(d)). Comment [2] warns that a truthful report of past results can still mislead.

Comment [3] says to correct information promptly once it becomes inaccurate, noting how easily online content changes. Comment [4] says a lawyer must avoid hidden information, such as meta tags, that would be improper if visible.

Rule 7.2(b), required content. Any communication under the rule must include the name and office address of at least one lawyer or law firm responsible for its contents.

Rule 7.4, specialist claims. A lawyer shall not state or imply being a specialist in a particular field except as the rule allows. Rule 7.4(c) permits stating certification by a named organization if the communication clearly names it. Comment [1] says a lawyer is generally permitted to say they specialize, subject to Rule 7.1.

Why this matters in AI search: an assistant may quote one sentence with nothing around it. A results claim whose qualifier sits two paragraphs away reads as a promise once lifted out alone.

Filing and review

Rules 7.1 through 7.4 contain no filing or review requirement for lawyer websites, and Rule 7.3 has no labeling requirement. Responsibility sits with the lawyer, which is why an attorney at the firm approves every page we deliver.

What the North Dakota courts have said about AI

The North Dakota Court System issued a Public Notice on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) dated June 1, 2026. It calls AI a tool only, makes filers fully responsible for their submissions, including fabricated citations, and says disclosure is not required solely because AI was used. Noncompliant filings face sanctions under N.D.R.Ct. 11.5.

The notice covers court filings, not marketing, and it is not an ethics opinion. For ethics guidance on AI tools, North Dakota lawyers can look to ABA Formal Opinion 512, released July 29, 2024. Our answer on whether lawyers can use AI to draft website copy covers how that applies to pages like yours.

North Dakota questions need North Dakota answers

National estate content tells families to "go to probate court." North Dakota has no separate probate court. Under N.D.C.C. 30.1-02-02, the district court has jurisdiction over all subject matter relating to guardianship, probate, and testamentary matters. Venue is the county where the decedent was domiciled at death under 30.1-13-01(1)(a), and informal probate applications go to the court under 30.1-14-01.

Timing matters too: N.D.C.C. 30.1-12-08 generally bars starting those proceedings more than three years after death, with listed exceptions. The estate planning guide shows how detail like this shapes a full page set.

Where North Dakota legal work concentrates

We do not publish separate market guides for North Dakota. The court system organizes its district courts into eight judicial districts within four administrative units: South Central, Northwest, North Central, East Central, Northeast Central, Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest. A page that names the district and county a case runs through beats one that names only the state.

What we build for North Dakota firms

• Practice-area pages written to Rules 7.1, 7.2 and 7.4, with results and their context kept in the same passage
• County and district pages only where you take clients, with the court named correctly
• Answer posts for the questions North Dakota clients ask, each linked to the right practice page

For family law firms, the same district court question applies to divorce and custody, so the county a client lives in shapes the page. For elder law firms, the district court's guardianship jurisdiction under 30.1-02-02 is a detail national pages skip.

Neighboring states

If you take clients from across a state line, each page should say which state's law it explains and where your attorneys are licensed. The Minnesota guide, South Dakota guide, and Montana guide show how those rules differ.

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