Title 39 — Motor Vehicles

The provisions of this chapter requiring the deposit of proof of financial responsibility for the future, subject to certain exemptions, apply with respect to any person who has been convicted of or forfeited bail for certain offenses under motor vehicle laws or who has failed to…

Repealed by S.L. 2013, ch. 291, § 62.

When any person fails within thirty days to satisfy any judgment, it is the duty of the clerk of the court, or of the judge of a court which has no clerk, in which any such judgment is rendered within this state, to forward to the director immediately after the expiration of said…

1. The director, upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment or a certified copy of the docket entries in an action resulting in a judgment for damages or a certificate of facts relative to a judgment on a form provided by the director, shall forthwith suspend the license or o…

Judgments herein referred to must, for the purpose of this chapter only, be deemed satisfied: 1. When twenty-five thousand dollars has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person as the result o…

1. A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which such judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying such judgment in installments and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgment…

Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter may be given by filing: 1. A certificate of insurance as provided in sections 39-16.1-09 and 39-16.1-10; 2. A bond as provided in section 39-16.1-14; or 3. A certificate of deposit of money or securities as provid…

1. Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the director the written or electronically transmitted certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this state certifying that there is in effect a motor vehicle liability policy for th…

1. The nonresident owner of a motor vehicle not registered in this state may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the director a written or electronically transmitted certificate of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state in which the mo…

1. A "motor vehicle liability policy" as said term is used in this chapter means an owner's or an operator's policy of liability insurance, certified as provided in sections 39-16.1-09 and 39-16.1-10 as proof of financial responsibility, and issued, except as otherwise provided i…

When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy under sections 39-16.1-09 and 39-16.1-10, the insurance carrier shall notify the director no later than ten days after cancellation or termination of the certified insurance policy by filing a notice of canc…

1. This chapter does not apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may now or hereafter be required by any other law of this state, and such policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform to the requirements of this chapter, ma…

1. Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the bond of a surety company duly authorized to transact business within this state, or a bond with at least two individual sureties each owning real estate not exempt from execution of a value twice the amount of such bond…

1. Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the certificate of the Bank of North Dakota that the person named therein has deposited with it twenty-five thousand dollars in cash, or securities such as may legally be purchased by savings banks or for trust funds of a m…

1. The director shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance or the director shall direct and the Bank of North Dakota shall return any money or securities to the person entitled thereto upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of …

Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under the provisions of this chapter no longer fulfills the purposes for which required, the director shall, for the purpose of this chapter, require other proof as required by this chapter and shall suspend the license or the …

1. The director shall upon request consent to the immediate cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance, or the director shall direct and the Bank of North Dakota shall return to the person entitled thereto any money or securities deposited pursuant to this chapter as pr…

Repealed by S.L. 2007, ch. 325, § 7.

No operator's license may be returned to an individual unless that person files with the director a verified statement confirming the person's insurance coverages as required by section 39-08-20. The verified statement must include the name of the insurance carrier and the effect…

Repealed by S.L. 2005, ch. 330, § 8.

This chapter does not apply with respect to any motor vehicle owned and operated by the United States, this state, or any political subdivision of this state or any municipality therein.

1. Any person in whose name more than twenty-five motor vehicles are registered may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the director as provided in subsection 2. 2. The director may, upon the application of any person, issue a certific…