A judicial record of a foreign country may be proved by the attestation of the clerk with the seal of the court annexed, if there is a clerk and seal, or of the legal keeper of the record, with the seal of office annexed, if there is a seal, together with the certificate of the chief judge or presiding magistrate that the person making the attestation is the clerk of the court, or the legal keeper of the record, and in either case, that the signature of such person is genuine and that the attestation is in due form. The signature of the chief judge or presiding magistrate must be authenticated by the certificate of the minister, ambassador, or a consul, vice consul, or consular agent of the United States in such foreign country.
N.D.C.C. § 31-09-04