Title 39 — Motor Vehicles

Repealed by S.L. 1967, ch. 313, § 3.

Repealed by S.L. 1967, ch. 313, § 3.

Repealed by S.L. 1967, ch. 313, § 3.

Repealed by S.L. 2009, ch. 328, § 8.

Repealed by S.L. 2005, ch. 330, § 8.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…

Repealed by omission from this code.

Repealed by omission from this code.

Repealed by omission from this code.

Repealed by omission from this code.

Repealed by omission from this code.

Before the issuance of a mobile home or manufactured home dealer's license, the applicant for the license shall furnish a continuous surety bond executed by the applicant as principal and executed by a surety company licensed and qualified to do business within this state. The bo…

Fees from registration of dealers must be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the highway tax distribution fund. 39-18-03. Titling and licensing of mobile homes, housetrailers, and travel trailers - License fee. The owner of a travel trailer, housetrailer, or mobil…

Expired under S.L. 1997, ch. 344, § 4.

1. The owner of a park model trailer, as defined in subsection 2 of section 57-55-10, shall pay the department a fee of twenty dollars per calendar year to qualify for the exemption under section 57-55-10. The department shall issue a receipt for payment of the fee but payment of…

Any new mobile home sold in the state of North Dakota and licensed under the provisions of this chapter must be equipped with combination taillight and stoplight controlled and operated from the driver's seat of the propelling vehicle; such mobile home must further be equipped wi…

The department may suspend or revoke any dealer's license for failure of the licensee to comply with any of the laws of this state governing mobile home or manufactured home dealers, or for failure to comply with the reasonable rules and regulations of the department set up under…

Any person violating a provision of this chapter for which a penalty is not specifically provided is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. 39-18-08. Sales by real estate broker or salesperson of used mobile home or manufactured home - Penalty. Notwithstanding any other provision of la…

The director may execute agreements, arrangements, or declarations involving the reciprocal use of the highways of this state by vehicles excepted in part or in full from registration requirements or mile tax payments in lieu thereof, or involving reciprocity between this state a…

Repealed by S.L. 1971, ch. 382, § 3.

No person may operate a vehicle upon the highways of this state unless the driver is licensed to operate a motor vehicle in this state or under a reciprocal agreement, arrangement, or declaration, has paid the mile tax in lieu of registration, or has complied with the requirement…

The director may negotiate and enter into bilateral agreements with the appropriate officials of adjacent states, as provided herein: 1. The agreements may provide for the manning and operation of jointly occupied ports of entry, for the collection of highway user fees, registrat…

The director may adopt all rules necessary to enable this state to participate in the unified carrier registration system. Any moneys derived from participation in the unified carrier registration program must be deposited in the highway fund.

Repealed by S.L. 2013, ch. 288, § 4.

1. Any individual who operates a motor vehicle on a highway or on public or private areas to which the public has a right of access for vehicular use in this state is deemed to have given consent, and shall consent, subject to the provisions of this chapter, to a chemical test, o…

1. If the driver of a vehicle is involved in a crash resulting in the death of another individual, and there is probable cause to believe that the driver is in violation of section 39-08-01, a law enforcement officer shall request the driver to submit to a chemical test or tests …

Only an individual medically qualified to draw blood, acting at the request of a law enforcement officer, may withdraw blood for the purpose of determining the alcohol concentration or presence of other drugs, or combination thereof, in the individual's blood. The director of the…

Repealed by S.L. 2017, ch. 268, § 9.

If a person submits to a test under section 39-20-01 or 39-20-02 and the test shows that person to have an alcohol concentration of at least eight one-hundredths of one percent by weight or, with respect to a person under twenty-one years of age, an alcohol concentration of at le…

If a person licensed in another state refuses in this state to submit to a test provided under section 39-20-01 or 39-20-14, or who submits to a test under section 39-20-01 or 39-20-02 and the test results show the person to have an alcohol concentration of at least eight one-hun…

Any person whose operator's license or privilege has been suspended, revoked, or denied by the decision of the hearing officer under section 39-20-05 may appeal within seven days after the date of the hearing under section 39-20-05 as shown by the date of the hearing officer's de…

Upon the trial of any civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed by any individual while driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, drugs, or a combination thereof, evid…

If the person under arrest refuses to submit to the test or tests, proof of refusal is admissible in any civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle upon the publ…

This chapter does not limit the introduction of any other competent evidence bearing on the question of whether the person was under the influence of intoxicating liquor, drugs, or a combination thereof, but, if the test results show an alcohol concentration of at least eight one…

When it has been finally determined under the procedures of this chapter that a nonresident's privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been revoked or denied, the director shall give information in writing of the action taken to the official in charge of traffic con…

The provisions of this chapter also apply to prosecutions for the violation of municipal ordinances prohibiting the driving or control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, drugs, or a combination thereof.

Any individual medically qualified to draw blood or any licensed physician, nurse, technician, or an employee of a hospital who draws blood from any person pursuant to a request of any arresting officer is not liable in any civil action for damages arising out of said act except …

1. Any individual who operates a motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state is deemed to have given consent to submit to an onsite screening test or tests of the individual's breath for the purpose of estimating the alcohol concentration in the individual's breath upon …

Any driver suspended under this chapter may elect to participate in the twenty-four seven sobriety program under chapter 54-12. The director may issue a temporary restricted license that takes effect after fourteen days of the suspension have been served provided that the driver …

Subject to the exceptions for parked vehicles, every vehicle upon a highway within this state must display lighted headlamps, taillamps, and illuminating devices as required in this chapter for different classes of vehicles as follows: 1. At any time from sunset to sunrise, and e…

1. Whenever requirement is hereinafter declared as to distance from which certain lamps and devices must render objects visible or within which such lamps or devices must be visible, said provisions apply during the times stated in section 39-21-01 in respect to a vehicle without…

1. Every motor vehicle must be equipped with at least two headlamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which headlamps must comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in this chapter. 2. Every headlamp upon every motor vehicle must be lo…

1. Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles, must be equipped with at least one taillamp mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as hereinbefore required, must emit a red light plainl…

1. Every new motor vehicle hereafter sold and operated upon a highway other than a truck tractor must carry on the rear, either as a part of the taillamps or separately, two or more red reflectors, meeting the requirements of this section, except that vehicles of the type mention…

1. A person may not sell, offer for sale, or operate on the highways any motor vehicle registered in this state and manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1964, unless it is equipped with at least two stop lamps that are in good working order when lighted, are mounted on the …

1. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more backup lamps either separately or in combination with other lamps, but the backup lamp or lamps may not be lighted when the vehicle is in a forward motion. 2. Any vehicle may be equipped with one or more side marker lamps whic…

Those sections of this chapter which follow immediately, including sections 39-21-08, 39-21-09, 39-21-10, 39-21-11, and 39-21-12, relating to clearance and marker lamps, reflectors, and stoplights, apply as stated in said sections to vehicles of the type therein enumerated, namel…

In addition to other equipment required in this chapter, the following vehicles must be equipped as herein stated under the conditions stated in section 39-21-07: 1. On every bus, truck, trailer, or semitrailer there must be the following: a. On the rear, two reflectors, one at e…

1. Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle must display or reflect an amber color. 2. Rear clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear o…