Title 18, Fires
15 chapters · 153 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 18-08-01 Penalty for setting prairie fire
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Any person who sets or causes to be set on fire any woods, marsh, prairie, hay, weeds, or any grass or stubble lands, except as hereinafter provided, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
N.D.C.C. § 18-08-02 Burning grass or stubble
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A person may set any grass or stubble lands on fire at the time the person commences to break or plow such lands if, at the time the fire is set, there is a strip at least fifty feet [15.24 meters] wide of well-plowed or burned land completely encompassing the land where the fire…
N.D.C.C. § 18-08-04 Accidental damage from lawfully set fire - Liability
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If a fire which is lawfully set to burn grass or stubble land accidentally and without any negligence on the part of the person setting the fire gets beyond the person's control, the person is liable only in a civil action to the person damaged for the amount of the damage.
N.D.C.C. § 18-08-07 Penalty for failure to extinguish camp or other fire
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A person who makes a camp or other fire, or causes the same to be made, and leaves such fire without having thoroughly extinguished it, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
N.D.C.C. § 18-08-08 Occupant may recover damages caused by fire
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In any action to recover damages under the provisions of this chapter, the person injured by the fire need not allege or prove title to the real property over which the fire has spread. It is sufficient in any such action to allege and prove that the person injured was in the occ…
N.D.C.C. § 18-08-09 Misconduct at fires - Penalty
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1. Every person who, at any unwanted fire, disobeys the lawful orders of a public officer or firefighter, or resists or interferes with the lawful efforts of any firefighter or company of firefighters to extinguish the fire, or acts in a manner calculated to prevent the fire from…
N.D.C.C. § 18-08-10 Prohibiting sale, distribution, and possession of fire extinguishers containing certain toxic and poisonous vaporizing liquids
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No person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company may sell, distribute, or purchase any fire extinguisher if the extinguisher contains any of the following liquids: Carbon tetrachloride CCl4 Chlorobromomethane CH2BrC1 Azeotropic chlormethane CM7…
N.D.C.C. § 18-08-11 Penalty
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Any person violating the provisions of section 18-08-10 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
N.D.C.C. § 18-08-12 Periodic fire inspection of state buildings and institutions
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1. The state fire marshal, or the state fire marshal's designee, shall inspect annually the state penitentiary, the James River correctional center, the Missouri River correctional center, the North Dakota youth correctional center, the life skills and transition center, the stat…