The governor and other state and judicial officers of the state, except municipal judges, are subject to impeachment, and may be impeached for habitual drunkenness, crimes, corrupt conduct, malfeasance, or misdemeanor in office. The articles of impeachment may contain charges and specifications, or either, predicated upon or on account of any crime, corrupt conduct, malfeasance, or misdemeanor in office committed by the accused during any previous term of the same office.
N.D.C.C. § 44-09-01