Title 49 — Public Utilities
33 chapters · 382 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-01 Liability of railroad for damages from fire
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Repealed by S.L. 1977, ch. 443, § 3.
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-01.1 Indemnity terms void and unenforceable
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1. Except as provided in this section, any provision of a lease, license, or other agreement for the use or occupancy of railroad right of way, or other adjoining property, between a railroad or its representative and a state or federal licensed public grain warehouse or potato w…
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-01.2 Choice-of-laws clause void
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To the extent a provision of any lease, license, or other agreement relating to the use or occupancy of railroad right of way or other adjoining property provides the indemnification provisions of section 49-16-01.1 do not apply, or another provision applies, the provision is voi…
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-02 Railroad's liability for injury or death of employee
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Every railroad corporation, while engaged in commerce to which the regulative powers of the state extend, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while that person is employed by such railroad corporation in such commerce, or in case of the death of such employe…
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-03 Contributory negligence not bar to recovery
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In all actions brought against a railroad corporation under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this chapter to recover damages for personal injuries to, or the death of, any employee, the fact that the employee had been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a reco…
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-04 Assumption of risk
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In any action brought against any railroad corporation under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this chapter to recover damages for injuries to, or death of, any of its employees, such employee shall not be held to have assumed the risk of the employee's employment in any c…
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-05 Contracts exempting railroad from liability void
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Any contract, rule, regulation, or device with the purpose or intent of enabling any railroad to exempt that railroad from any liability created by sections 49-16-01.1, 49-16-02, 49-16-03, 49-16-04, 49-16-05, and 49-16-08 to that extent is void. In any action brought against the …
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-06 Limitation of actions
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Repealed by S.L. 1977, ch. 443, § 3.
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-07 Survival of right of action
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Repealed by S.L. 1977, ch. 443, § 3.
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-08 Defenses of assumption of risk and contributory negligence barred
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Any employee of a railroad corporation who, while in the performance of the employee's duty and while engaged in any commerce subject to the regulative power of this title, may be injured or killed by any locomotive, car, structure, or obstruction used or retained contrary to the…
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-09 Personal injuries - When railroad not liable
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Repealed by S.L. 1977, ch. 443, § 3.
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-10 Liability for acts of railway police
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Repealed by S.L. 1977, ch. 443, § 3.
N.D.C.C. § 49-16-11 Liability of owner or operator of railroad limited
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Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 284, § 8.