Title 23.1 — Environmental Quality
18 chapters · 217 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 23.1-15-01 Definitions
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For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Abandoned motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle, as defined in section 39-01-01, that has remained for a period of more than forty-eight hours on public property illegally or lacking parts that are essential …
N.D.C.C. § 23.1-15-02 Penalty for abandoning a motor vehicle
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Any person that abandons a motor vehicle on any public or private property, without the consent of the person in control of the property, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
N.D.C.C. § 23.1-15-03 Custody of abandoned motor vehicle
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Units of government may take into custody and impound or request and authorize a commercial towing service to take into custody an abandoned motor vehicle. If requested by an owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant of private property, a commercial towing service may remove and take i…
N.D.C.C. § 23.1-15-05 Notice to owner and law enforcement of abandoned vehicle
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1. When an abandoned motor vehicle does not fall within the provisions of section 23.1-15-04, the unit of government or commercial towing service taking it into custody shall give notice of the taking within ten days or within ten days after communications from the owner, lienhol…
N.D.C.C. § 23.1-15-06 Right of owner to reclaim abandoned vehicle
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1. The owner, secured parties, or a lienholder of an abandoned motor vehicle has a right to reclaim such vehicle from the unit of government taking the motor vehicle into custody upon payment of all towing and storage charges resulting from taking the vehicle into custody within …
N.D.C.C. § 23.1-15-07 Disposal of vehicle - Disposition of proceeds
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1. For any abandoned motor vehicle valued at more than one thousand dollars taken into custody by a unit of government and not reclaimed under section 23.1-15-06, the license plates displayed on the abandoned motor vehicle must be removed and destroyed and thereafter the unit of …
N.D.C.C. § 23.1-15-08 Disposal of abandoned motor vehicles not sold
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When no bid has been received for an abandoned motor vehicle, the unit of government or a commercial towing service that is a permitted scrap iron processor may dispose of the abandoned motor vehicle pursuant to section 23.1-15-09. 23.1-15-09. Disposal services - Issuance of perm…
N.D.C.C. § 23.1-15-10 Abandoned motor vehicle disposal fund
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The abandoned motor vehicle disposal fund is established in the state treasury. All moneys derived from the investment of the fund are to be credited to the fund.
N.D.C.C. § 23.1-15-11 Tax on initial motor vehicle certificates of title
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A tax of one dollar and fifty cents is imposed on each initial North Dakota certificate of title issued to a passenger motor vehicle or a truck motor vehicle. The proceeds of the tax must be paid into the abandoned motor vehicle disposal fund. No registration plates or title cert…
N.D.C.C. § 23.1-15-12 Storage of vehicles by collector - Limitations
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A collector may store unlicensed, operable or inoperable, vehicles and parts cars on the collector's property provided the vehicles and parts cars and the outdoor storage area are maintained so they do not constitute a health hazard and are screened from ordinary public view by m…