Title 9, Vehicle Code

Accident Report. The operator of any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injuries or death to any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of $250 or more shall, within 24 hours or before 4:30 p.m. of the next working day, make a written report of the …

False Reports. Any person who gives information in oral or written reports as required in this division knowing or having reason to believe that the information is false shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by imprisonment for not more than…

Suspension and Penalty for Failure to Report. The director shall suspend the license, permit or nonresident operating privileges of any person failing to report an accident as provided in this division until the report has been filed. The director may extend that suspension not t…

Police to Report. (a) Every department officer who investigates a vehicle accident as to which a report is required by this division, or who otherwise prepares a written report as a result of an investigation either at the time of and at the scene of the accident or thereafter by…

Accident Report Forms. The bureau shall prepare and supply forms for written accident reports as required in this division, suitable with respect to the persons required to make the reports and the purposes to be served. The written reports shall call for sufficiently detailed in…

Vehicle Identification. (a) Every person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells or offers for sale, or has in his possession any motor vehicle, or motor removed from a motor vehicle, from which the manufacturer’s serial or motor number or other distinguishing number or …

Theft of Vehicle. (a) Every person who operates or takes a vehicle without the consent of the owner, and with intent to permanently deprive the owner of his or her title to or possession of that vehicle, whether with or without intent to steal the same, and every person who is a …

Tampering with Vehicle. Every person who either individually or in association with one or more other persons willfully damages or tampers with any vehicle or its contents, or breaks or removes any part or parts of the vehicle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a misde…

Reckless Driving. (a) Every person who drives or operates any vehicle upon a highway in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving which is a misdemeanor. Any person convicted under this section may be punished upon a first con…

Driving While Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs. (a) A person shall not drive, operate or be in actual physical control of any vehicle while: (1) Having a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.08 percent or more as measured by a breath or blood test; or (2) Under the influ…

Implied Consent of Operator to Submit to Test. (a) Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon the highways within the Commonwealth shall be deemed to have given his or her consent, subject to the provisions of this division, to a test of his or her breath; provided, that if a p…

Chemical and Other Tests. (a) Upon the trial of any civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed by any person while driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, evidence of the conc…

Hearing and Appeal. (a) A suspension or revocation of a license under 9 CMC § 7106 shall not become effective until the person is notified in writing and given an opportunity for hearing. (b) The hearing shall be held within 30 days after receipt of a request for a hearing. A rec…

Penalties for Driving Under the Influence of Drugs or Alcohol. (a) Every person who is convicted of a violation of 9 CMC § 7105 shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 72 hours nor more than one year, and by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, and the p…

Homicide by Vehicle. (a) Whoever shall unlawfully and unintentionally cause the death of another person while engaged in the violation of any law applying to the operation or use of a vehicle or to the regulation of traffic shall be guilty of homicide when the violation is the pr…

Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer. (a) Any operator of a motor vehicle who willfully fails or refuses to bring his vehicle to a stop, or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude a pursuing police vehicle, when given visual or audible signals to bring the vehicle to …

Penalty: General. (a) Except where a different penalty is provided, every person who fails or refuses to comply with or violates any provision of this title is guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $250 for the first conviction and for a second or any subs…

Community Service. In any case where the prescribed penalty for a violation of any provision of this title is not more than $500 or not more than six months imprisonment or by both such fine and imprisonment, if the court finds that the nature or extent of the violation and the d…

Impoundment. (a) For any violation of any provision of this title, if the court finds that the nature or extent of the violation and the defendant’s circumstances warrant it, the court may impound the vehicle involved in the violation of this title for a period of time commensura…

Report of Accident Required. (a) The operator of every motor vehicle which is in any manner involved in any accident within the Commonwealth which accident has resulted in damage to the property of one person in excess of $250 or in bodily injury or the death of any person, shall…

Penalty. Any person who willfully fails, refuses, or neglects to report any accident as required in 9 CMC § 8101(a) is guilty of a misdemeanor. Source: PL 3-61, § 1 (§ 802); repealed by PL 11-55, § 5; section 8109 (enacted by PL 3-61, § 1 (§ 809)) renumbered as section 8102 by PL…