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# Jay Knudson

North Dakota Northeast Central Judicial District Court · District Judge

## Profile

- Court: North Dakota Northeast Central Judicial District Court
- State: North Dakota
- Role: District Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-10-02

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Jay Dennis Knudson is a District Court Judge for the Northeast Central Judicial District #3 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, appointed in 2017 by Governor Doug Burgum
- His career encompassed Grand Forks private practice at Reichert Armstrong in 2005–2011, indigent defense in 2011–2015, service as judicial referee/magistrate in 2015–2016 and Zimney Foster practice in 2017

### Education

- University of North Dakota School of Law — J.D. (2004)
- Raised near Clifford, he earned University of North Dakota economics and law degrees in 2001 and 2004, entering the state bar in 2004.

### Additional information

- Jay Knudson serves in North Dakota’s Northeast Central Judicial District, judgeship3, following Governor Doug Burgum’s November 2017 appointment after Jon Jensen moved to the Supreme Court.
- held the role of Judicial Referee/Magistrate Judge for NECJD (2015–2016)
- Born in 1979, Knudson grew up on a farm near Clifford, ND
- His legal work covered criminal, civil, family, juvenile, immigration and financial matters.
- He also taught as an adjunct at UND’s law school.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### remote hearing and evidence

Scope: statewide

North Dakota Administrative Rule 52 permits reliable electronic-means proceedings in district and municipal courts on the court's or a party's motion; a party seeking the proceeding must give notice and obtain court approval.

Evidence excerpt: Parties seeking to hold an electronic means proceeding must provide notice to the other parties and obtain approval from the court.

[North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 52: Reliable Electronic Means Proceedings](https://www.ndcourts.gov/news/north-dakota/north-dakota-supreme-court/general-news/remote-proceedings-by-electronic-means-a-useful-tool)
Source checked: 2026-07-27

### remote hearing and evidence

Scope: statewide

North Dakota's official Rule 52 guidance states that in civil actions a court may conduct a hearing, conference, other proceeding, or take testimony by reliable electronic means.

Evidence excerpt: In a civil action, the court may conduct a hearing, conference, or other proceeding, or take testimony, by reliable electronic means.

[North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 52: Reliable Electronic Means Proceedings](https://www.ndcourts.gov/news/north-dakota/north-dakota-supreme-court/general-news/remote-proceedings-by-electronic-means-a-useful-tool)
Source checked: 2026-07-27


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.ndcourts.gov/court-locations/northeast-central)
- [Official roster](https://www.ndcourts.gov/court-locations/northeast-central)
- [North Dakota Court System official judicial roster](https://www.ndcourts.gov/court-locations/northeast-central)
- [North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 52: Reliable Electronic Means Proceedings](https://www.ndcourts.gov/news/north-dakota/north-dakota-supreme-court/general-news/remote-proceedings-by-electronic-means-a-useful-tool)
- [North Dakota Court System official judicial roster](https://www.ndcourts.gov/court-locations/northeast-central)
- [North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 52: Reliable Electronic Means Proceedings](https://www.ndcourts.gov/news/north-dakota/north-dakota-supreme-court/general-news/remote-proceedings-by-electronic-means-a-useful-tool)

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