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# Jerod E. Tufte

North Dakota Supreme Court · Justice

## Profile

- Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
- State: North Dakota
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-10-02

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Southeast District judge in 2014–2016
- He held the role of Kidder County state’s attorney from 2005, Sheridan County state’s attorney in 2011, an Army National Guard judge advocate in 2008–2016 with Kosovo service, and Governor Jack Dalrymple’s counsel in 2011–2014
- He clerked for Eighth Circuit Judge Roger Wollman in 2002–2003, then practiced in Phoenix and Steele

### Education


### Additional information

- His service includes court legislative and executive committees, and a 2025 Rodel judicial fellowship.
- Jerod E. Tufte joined the North Dakota Supreme Court in 2017 following election in 2016.
- Arizona State J.D. magna cum laude in 2002.
- Raised in West Fargo, he obtained a magna cum laude computer-engineering B.S. from Case Western Reserve in 1997, worked at Motorola

## 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/supreme-court/justices)
- [Official roster](https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/justices)
- [North Dakota Court System official judicial roster](https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/justices)
- [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 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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