§ 211. Official Seal

TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS § 211. Official Seal. The official seal of the Commonwealth shall consist of a circular field of ocean blue having in its center a white star superimposed on a gray latte stone, surrounded by the traditional Carolinian mwáár consisting of the flowers langi- lang, flores mayo (seyúr), angagha, and teibwo, on the outer border, and the words encircling the mwáár, “Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands” and “Official Seal.” Source: PL 1-10, § 2; amended by PL 6-11, § 2. Commission Comment: PL 1-10, the “Commonwealth Seal Act of 1978,” took effect August 18, 1978. PL 6-11, § 2 conformed the statutory description with 1985 Constitutional Amendment 43, which specified a seal with a new design, as depicted below; see N.M.I. Const. art. XXII, § 1.


Source: CNMI Law Revision Commission