Title 53 — Sports and Amusements
18 chapters · 153 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 53-03-01 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Carnival" means an aggregation of attractions including any show, circus, act, game, vending device, or amusement device, whether conducted under one management or more, or independently, temporarily se…
N.D.C.C. § 53-03-02 Carnivals - When permitted - Prohibitions
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No person may set up, run, operate, or conduct within this state any itinerant carnival except within the limits of an incorporated municipality, or within the limits or upon the grounds of a state or county fair association, and then only when such person shall have procured and…
N.D.C.C. § 53-03-03 Permit required - Terms upon which granted
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A permit to conduct a carnival must be granted upon the condition, and the contract must state, that there may not be: 1. Set up or operated any gambling device, lottery, number or paddlewheel, number board, punchboard, or other game of chance or skin game of any kind, except as …
N.D.C.C. § 53-03-04 Powers and duties of governing body or fair board
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No governing body or fair board may grant a permit to operate a carnival until it shall have investigated the same and shall have become satisfied that, if a permit is granted, it will be operated according to law, and that none of the illicit or unlawful acts mentioned in the co…
N.D.C.C. § 53-03-05 Authority of governing body and fair board
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If a governing body or fair board determines that an application for a permit should be granted, it shall: 1. Enter into a contract such as is prescribed by section 53-03-02; 2. Issue a permit to operate a carnival; 3. Collect such permit fees as are necessary to pay the expenses…
N.D.C.C. § 53-03-06 Board to enforce provisions - Free access of officers
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The governing body or fair board shall enforce the provisions of the carnival contract, of this chapter, and of any ordinances of the municipality regulating carnivals. Each permit must contain a provision that sheriffs and police officers shall have free access to the grounds an…
N.D.C.C. § 53-03-07 Permit in possession of board - To be shown
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The contract and permit authorized by this chapter must be made in duplicate. One must be in the possession of the governing body or fair board and the other in the possession of the manager of such carnival, and in either case, upon request of an officer or citizen, must be prod…
N.D.C.C. § 53-03-08 Penalty
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.