Title 39 — Motor Vehicles

Repealed by omission from this code. 39-06-42. Penalty for driving while license suspended or revoked - Impoundment of vehicle number plates - Authority of cities. 1. Except as provided in section 39-06.1-11, an individual who operates a motor vehicle on a highway or on public or…

1. The director upon receiving a record of the conviction of an individual upon a charge of driving a vehicle while the operator's license of the individual was suspended shall extend the period of that suspension for an additional: a. Like period not to exceed ninety days if the…

An individual may not cause or knowingly permit the individual's minor child or ward to operate a motor vehicle upon any highway if the minor is not authorized under this chapter or in violation of this chapter.

An individual may not authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by the individual or under the individual's control to be operated upon any highway by any individual who is not authorized under this chapter or in violation of this chapter.

A person may not rent a motor vehicle to an individual unless the individual has an operator's license or, in the case of a nonresident, the individual has an operator's license under the laws of the state or country of the nonresident's residence except a nonresident whose home …

A person may not rent a motor vehicle to another individual until the lessor has inspected the operator's license of the individual to whom the vehicle is to be rented, or of the individual by whom the vehicle shall be driven, and compared and verified the signature on the operat…

A person renting a motor vehicle to another person shall keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle so rented, the name and address of the lessee to whom the vehicle is rented, the number of the license of the lessee or the lessee's certified driver, and the da…

1. All money received under this chapter must be paid monthly into the highway fund in the state treasury. 2. The fee for: a. An application for a nondriver photo identification card is eight dollars. b. Written testing for an application for an operator's license is five dollars…

Repealed by S.L. 2013, ch. 291, § 62.

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 338, § 1.

Repealed by S.L. 2013, ch. 291, § 62.

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, for the purposes of chapters 39-08 through 39-13, a bicycle or a ridden animal must be deemed a vehicle. 2. For purposes of section 39-08-01, a bicycle or ridden animal may not be deemed a vehicle. 39-07-02. Owner of property used for vehicu…

Repealed by S.L. 1953, ch. 177, § 120.

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 349, § 41.

Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of chapters 39-08, 39-09, 39-10, and 39-12, except sections 39-08-01, 39-08-03, and 39-08-19, do not apply to persons, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon a highway, but do apply to such perso…

Any person violating any of the provisions of this title for which another criminal penalty is not provided specifically is guilty of an infraction. As used in this section, the phrase "another criminal penalty" includes provision for payment of a fixed fee for violating another …

1. Whenever an individual is halted for the violation of any of the provisions of chapters 39-01 through 39-13, 39-18, 39-21, and 39-24, or of equivalent city ordinances, the officer halting the individual, except as otherwise provided in section 39-07-09 and section 39-20-03.1 o…

The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been involved in a reportable accident as provided in section 39-08-09 or of being struck by any bullet shall report or cause a report to be made to a police off…

The person in charge or the operator of any commercial towing or wrecker service which causes any motor vehicle to be transported to a private residence or business other than a garage or repair shop which shows evidence of having been involved in a reportable accident as provide…

For purposes of this chapter, chapter 39-06.1, and chapter 39-20 a previous conviction does not include any prior violation of section 39-08-01 or equivalent ordinance if the offense occurred prior to July 1, 1981. 39-08-01.2. Special punishment for causing injury or death while …

1. The court shall seal an individual's criminal record in accordance with sections 12.1-32-07.1 and 12.1-32-07.2 which relates to a conviction under section 39-08-01, if the individual: a. Has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or has been found guilty of a violation under secti…

Any person is guilty of reckless driving if the person drives a vehicle: 1. Recklessly in disregard of the rights or safety of others; or 2. Without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or the property …

1. No person may engage in exhibition driving of any vehicle on a highway, street, alley, sidewalk, or any public or private parking lot or area, nor may any person engage in a race, a speed competition, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance, or exhibition…

1. The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person shall immediately stop or return with the vehicle as close as possible to the scene of the accident and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until that driver ha…

Any person who is an unpaid volunteer, who in good faith, renders emergency care or services at or near the scene of an accident, disaster, or other emergency, or en route to a treatment facility, is not liable to the recipient of the emergency care or services for any damages re…

The driver of any vehicle involved in a crash resulting only in property damage to the driver's vehicle or any other vehicle shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the crash or as close to the scene of the crash as possible but shall return to and remain at the scene …

The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or the death of any person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall give the driver's name and address, and the name of the motor vehicle insurance policy carrier of the drive…

The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of the vehicle of the name and address, as well as the name of the motor vehicle insurance policy carrier, …

The driver of any vehicle involved in a crash resulting only in damage to highway fixtures or other property shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of the property of the damage. The driver shall provide the driver's name, address, and regi…

1. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any individual, or property damage to an apparent extent of at least four thousand dollars, shall immediately give notice of the accident to the local police department if the accident occurs wi…

Every law enforcement officer, who in the regular course of duty investigates a motor vehicle crash required to be reported as provided in section 39-08-09 either at the time and at the scene of the crash or thereafter by interviewing the participants, or witnesses, shall make an…

1. In the event of serious injury to or death of any person, under circumstances leading to the notification of a law enforcement agency, the investigating law enforcement agency shall, upon positive identification of the person or persons involved, be responsible for immediately…

1. A crash notice is not required from any person who is physically incapable of making the report during the period of such incapacity. 2. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving an immediate notice of a crash and there was another occupant in the vehi…

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.

1. The director shall prepare and supply to law enforcement agencies, garages, and other suitable agencies or individuals forms for crash reports required by law, appropriate with respect to the purposes to be served. The reports to be made by investigating officers shall call fo…

1. All crash reports made by persons involved in crashes or by garages shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the department or other state agencies having use for the records for crash prevention purposes, or for the ad…

Any incorporated city or other municipality may by ordinance require that the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash shall file with a designated city department a report of such crash or a copy of any report herein required to be filed with the director. All such reports must b…

Repealed by S.L. 1981, ch. 386, § 3.

1. A person may not drink or consume alcoholic beverages, as defined in section 5-01-01, in or on any motor vehicle when the vehicle is upon a public highway or in an area used principally for public parking. A person may not have in that person's possession on that person's pers…

Any person operating a motorcycle, snowmobile, or other motor vehicle who willfully harasses or frightens any domestic animal, is, upon conviction, guilty of a class B misdemeanor. If injury or death results to the animal due to such action, such person is liable for the value of…

1. A person may not drive, or the owner may not cause or knowingly permit to be driven, a motor vehicle in this state without a valid policy of liability insurance in effect in order to respond in damages for liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of that mot…

If a person causes damage to another or another's property with a motor vehicle while in violation of section 39-08-20, at minimum the court shall order that person to pay to the other person the amount of the deductible on that person's insurance.

Special mobile equipment is not subject to the requirement of a motor vehicle liability policy under section 39-08-20. However, special mobile equipment must be covered under a liability policy. Failure to provide satisfactory evidence of liability coverage required under this se…

Notwithstanding the adoption by the superintendent of the state highway patrol of federal motor carrier safety regulations pursuant to subsection 3 of section 39-21-46, the provisions of 49 CFR 391.41(b)(1)-(11) do not apply to a person who is qualified through a state medical wa…

1. For a theft offense in violation of chapter 12.1-23 which involves a person who leaves the premises of an establishment at which motor fuel is offered for retail sale after motor fuel was dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle that that person drove away without havin…

1. The operator of a motor vehicle that is part of traffic may not use a wireless communications device to compose, read, or send an electronic message. 2. Under this section: a. "Electronic message" means a self-contained piece of digital communication that is designed or intend…

An individual at least sixteen and under eighteen years of age who has been issued a class D license may not operate an electronic communication device to talk, compose, read, or send an electronic message while operating a motor vehicle that is in motion unless the sole purpose …

1. An operator of a motor vehicle may not fail to maintain control of that motor vehicle. An individual is in violation of this section if that individual: a. Commits an offense under this title and, at the time of the offense, the individual was engaged in the operation of a mot…

1. An individual may not drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and shall drive with regard to existing actual and potential hazards. An individual shall drive at a safe and appropriate speed when approaching and crossing an interse…

Any person driving a vehicle upon a highway shall drive the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner, having due regard to the traffic, surface, and width of the highway and other conditions then existing, and shall give such warnings as are reasonably necessary for safe operation…