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The Northern Mariana Islands

Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, the basic document governing the relationship between the Northern Marianas and the United States, in PDF format, from the Commonwealth Law Revision Commission. Also available (in HTML) by clicking the "Notes" link at the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School.

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Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, from the Commonwealth Law Revision Commission.

The Commonwealth Code was formerly available in its entirety on the web pages of the Commonwealth Law Revision Commission. Regrettably, that very useful online version has been missing for some time now. The Commission's site notes that the Code is available for purchase in CD-ROM and paper versions.

Public laws of the Northern Mariana Islands enacted since May 1994, from the Commonwealth Law Revision Commission. The laws are listed in .html format; the text of each law is a separate PDF document:

Laws enacted from	June 1994 – February 1996
	February 1996 – March 1998
	March 1998 – March 2000
	March 2000 - February 2002
	February 2002 - February 2004
	March 2004 to date

Public laws of the Northern Mariana Islands enacted from the Fourth Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature (1984) to date. The laws are listed in .html format; the text of each law is a separate PDF document

Bills and resolutions pending in the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth, with text, information on status, and committee reports when available; the text of each document is in PDF.

Commonwealth Supreme Court decisions from June 1996, from the Commonwealth Law Revision Commission. The decisions are listed in .html format; the text of each decision is a separate PDF document:

Commonwealth Superior Court opinions from August 1999, from the Commonwealth Law Revision Commission. The decisions are listed in .html format; the text of each decision is a separate PDF document.

Commonwealth Court Rules, including the Rules of Civil Procedure, from the Commonwealth Law Revision Commission. In PDF format.

Commonwealth administrative rules and regulations - both proposed and adopted -, public notices, emergency declarations, and other executive branch legal documents published in the Commonwealth Register are available from the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney General from November 2004. In PDF format. Older Commonwealth Registers and the predecessor Territorial Register (of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) may be purchased on CD from the Commonwealth Law Revision Commission.

Decisions of the Commonwealth’s Public Auditor from April 1997. Earlier decisions are listed and may be obtained by filling out a request form.

Reports of the Commonwealth’s Public Auditor from April 1997. Earlier reports are listed and may be obtained by filling out a request form. The decisions are listed in .html format; the text of each decision is a separate PDF document.

Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. In PDF format (235 kb).

United States laws particularly applicable to the Northern Mariana Islands, collected in title 48 of the United States Code, from the the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School.

Links to other research sites for the Northern Mariana Islands.

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