N.D. Cent. Code § 12-45-06
The officer holding the inquest shall make an itemized statement and report, verified by the officer's oath, showing in detail the expenses of the inquest and for what and to whom all items of fees, services, or supplies are payable. The fees of the officer holding the inquest and of the jurors, witnesses, and physicians shall be the same as in other cases of inquest, but no officer or inmate of the penitentiary or North Dakota youth correctional center shall be entitled to any fee or other allowance on account of any service rendered at the inquest. The expense of the burial of the body, exclusive of the fees allowed by law to officers, jurors, physicians, and witnesses, shall not exceed the sum allowed to bury public welfare cases in accordance with section 23-06-03. All claims arising out of such inquest shall be audited and separate warrants shall be drawn upon the state treasurer for the amount allowed to each person named in the statement and report of the officer conducting the inquest, and the warrants shall be paid out of the state treasury.
N.D.C.C. § 12-45-06