1. A registration number must be issued without the payment of a fee for snowmobiles owned by the state of North Dakota or any of its political subdivisions upon application for the registration. 2. No registration or fees may be required of: a. Snowmobiles owned and used by the United States or another state or its political subdivisions. b. Snowmobiles registered in a country other than the United States and temporarily used within this state. c. Snowmobiles validly licensed in another state and which have not been within this state for more than thirty consecutive days. d. Snowmobiles operated upon lands owned or leased by the snowmobile owner. e. Snowmobiles incapable of speeds in excess of ten miles per hour and with an engine displacement of less than one hundred cubic centimeters. f. Collector snowmobiles. The director may issue a special permit to a person to operate in a parade; organized group outings, including races, rallies, or other promotional events; and for up to ten days each year for personal transportation. The director may impose a reasonable restriction of a permittee and may revoke, amend, suspend, or modify a permit for cause. 3. If a snowmobile is exempt from registration under subdivision b or c of subsection 2, the owner is required to purchase an out-of-state public trails and lands access permit received upon payment of a twenty-five dollar per year fee. a. The permit must be displayed on the snowmobile when the snowmobile is operated on public lands within the state. b. For up to five business days after purchasing an out-of-state public trails and lands access permit, an online receipt or printed receipt may be presented in lieu of the official permit until the official permit is received. c. Dealers or other agents authorized by the director of the parks and recreation department that sell out-of-state public trails and lands access permits may retain one dollar of the twenty-five dollar per year fee and the remainder of the fees collected under this subsection must be deposited in the state snowmobile fund.
39-24-05. Disposition of registration fees and trail tax - Transfer from highway tax distribution fund. Fees from registration of snowmobiles must be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the highway tax distribution fund. The snowmobile trail tax must be deposited in a
state snowmobile fund in the state treasury. Additionally, an amount equal to the tax collected on forty gallons [151.42 liters] of motor vehicle fuel multiplied by the number of collector snowmobiles and snowmobiles registered under this chapter must be transferred annually from the highway tax distribution fund, before allocation of the fund under section 54-27-19, and credited to the state snowmobile fund. The parks and recreation department may, upon appropriation by the legislative assembly, expend from such fund moneys it deems necessary for purposes of administering snowmobile safety programs and establishing and maintaining snowmobile facilities and programs.
39-24-06. Transfer or termination of snowmobile ownership or change of address of owner. Within fifteen days after the transfer of ownership, or any part thereof, other than a security interest, or the destruction or abandonment of any snowmobile, or a change of address of the owner as listed with the application for registration, written notice thereof must be given by the owner to the director in such form as must be prescribed by the director.