Title 9 — Vehicle Code
24 chapters · 264 sections in this title.
9 CMC § 2211 Driving While License Suspended or Revoked Prohibited
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2211. Driving While License Suspended or Revoked Prohibited. Any person whose operator’s license has been suspended or revoked and who drives any motor vehicle upon the highways of the Commonwealth while the license is…
9 CMC § 2212 Failure to Display Plate or Possess Card; Lending Plate or Card; Fraud in Application
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2212. Failure to Display Plate or Possess Card; Lending Plate or Card; Fraud in Application. It is unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to: (a) Operate upon a highway any motor vehicle which is not registered in t…
9 CMC § 2213 Special Accounts Funds Pursuant to Public Law 17-45
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2213. Special Accounts Funds Pursuant to Public Law 17-45. Special Accounts Funds realized under PL 17-45 shall be distributed accordingly. : (a) The Secretary of Finance shall establish separate special accounts for t…
9 CMC § 2214 False Statements and False Documents - Penalty
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2214. False Statements and False Documents – Penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person to: (a) Knowingly make a false statement in an application for an identification card. (b) Knowingly make a false statement in a…
9 CMC § 2215 Interpretation
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2215. Interpretation. This article should be construed so as to comply with the Federal Real ID Act of 2005 and the implementing regulations issued by the Department of Homeland Security. Source: PL 19-58 § 5 (Aug. 1, …
9 CMC § 2301 Operating a Vehicle for Rent or Hire Without a Taxicab Driver's License or Taxicab Registration Card
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2301. Operating a Vehicle for Rent or Hire Without a Taxicab Driver’s License or Taxicab Registration Card. (a) No person shall operate a vehicle upon a highway for rent or hire without having in his immediate possessi…
9 CMC § 2302 Display of License, Rates and Driver Identification
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2302. Display of License, Rates and Driver Identification. (a) Every person operating a vehicle registered as a taxicab shall permanently display in the interior of such vehicle, so as to be plainly visible from wherev…
9 CMC § 2303 Penalty
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2303. Penalty. Except where a different penalty is provided, a person who fails or refuses to comply with or violates any provision of this Article shall be guilty of an infraction and be subject to a fine of $500 or i…
9 CMC § 2304 Grandfather Clause; Denial of Certification
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2304. Grandfather Clause; Denial of Certification. (a) For any applicant denied a certification of fitness for a taxicab operator’s license by the Bureau of Taxicabs based on a conviction of the offenses as specified i…
9 CMC § 2401 Chauffeur's License
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2401. Chauffeur’s License. (a) No person shall operate a vehicle as a chauffeur, as defined in 9 CMC § 1102(c), without having in his immediate possession a valid chauffeur’s license issued under this article. A chauff…
9 CMC § 2411 Definitions
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2411. Definitions. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply: (a) “Approving authority” means the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety or an authorized agent of …
9 CMC § 2412 Program Certification
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2412. Program Certification. (a) All public, private or parochial college, university, or high school, or business enterprise seeking certification shall submit application, with payment of fees to the Department of Pu…
9 CMC § 2413 Student: Minimum Requirements
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2413. Student: Minimum Requirements. (a) A Driver Education Program may not enroll any student who has not attained the age of: (1) Fifteen and a half years, for course instruction for operation of motor vehicles as id…
9 CMC § 2414 Classroom Curriculum
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2414. Classroom Curriculum. (a) All driver’s education programs shall submit written classroom curriculum to the approving authority for approval. (1) No curriculum may be utilized until approved. (2) All instructors s…
9 CMC § 2415 Laboratory Curriculum
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2415. Laboratory Curriculum. (a) All driver’s education programs shall submit written laboratory curriculum to the approving authority for approval. (1) No curriculum may be utilized until approved. (2) All instructors…
9 CMC § 2416 Minimum Requirements for Instructors
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2416. Minimum Requirements for Instructors. (a) All instructors who meet the requirements of this section shall be approved by the Commissioner. (b) All instructors shall be familiar with the standards and guidelines p…
9 CMC § 2417 Insurance
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2417. Insurance. (a) All programs shall file with the Commissioner evidence of liability insurance obtained from a company licensed to do business in the Commonwealth. (1) Evidence of insurance shall be in the form of …
9 CMC § 2418 Surety
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2418. Surety. (a) All commercial driver education programs shall file with the approving authority evidence of surety company bond for the protection of the contractual rights of students obtained from a company licens…
9 CMC § 2419 Records
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2419. Records. (a) Commercial driver education programs shall maintain a contract file for a minimum of five years containing the original and subsequent contracts and renewal agreements by and between the student and …
9 CMC § 2420 Rule-making Authority
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2420. Rule-making Authority. Within nine months of this Act becoming law, the Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Act. Such rules and regulations …
9 CMC § 2421 Driver Education Program: Authorization
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2421. Driver Education Program: Authorization. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles is hereby authorized to establish a Driver Education Program, for people in the Commonwealth to meet the needs of people who are of driving ag…
9 CMC § 2422 Education Program: Eligibility
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2422. Education Program: Eligibility. Persons between the age of 15 and above who are first time driver's and are in the CNMI shall be eligible for the Driver Education Program. Source: PL 17-45, § 2(C) (June 13, 2011)…
9 CMC § 2430 Short Title
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2430. Short Title. This article shall be known as the Motorcycle Safety Education Program Act. Source: PL 19-12, § 2(101) (Oct. 15, 2015), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission substituted “This Act” with “This …
9 CMC § 2431 Purpose
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2431. Purpose. For the purposes of this article: “Motorcycle Safety Education Program” is a safety course designed to educate competency in operating a motorcycle upon public streets and highways with safety to himself…
9 CMC § 2432 Motorcycle Endorsement
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2432. Motorcycle Endorsement. (a) No person shall drive or operate a motorcycle or a motor scooter upon a public street or highway within the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands without first securing a regula…
9 CMC § 2433 Motorcycle Safety Education Program
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2433. Motorcycle Safety Education Program. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall develop standards for, establish and administer the CNMI motorcycle safety education program. (b) The program shall include rider tra…
9 CMC § 2434 Motorcycle Safety Education Program Course Fee
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2434. Motorcycle Safety Education Program Course Fee. An applicant for a Motorcycle Safety Education Program course shall pay at least twenty dollars course fee. Increase of Motorcycle Safety Education Program course f…
9 CMC § 2435 Exemption
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2435. Exemption. The requirement of a Motorcycle Safety Program may be waived if: (a) The operator has in his or her immediate possession a valid motorcycle operator’s license or a valid driver’s license that is endors…
9 CMC § 2436 Penalties
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2436. Penalties. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article or standards hereby adopted or fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any orders made thereunder, or shall buil…
9 CMC § 2437 Disposition of Fees. 9 CMC § 5708(a) Inclusive
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2437. Disposition of Fees. 9 CMC § 5708(a) Inclusive. Notwithstanding 9 CMC § 5708(a) or any laws or provisions to the contrary, the Motorcycle Safety Education Program course fee and fines collected pursuant to this a…
9 CMC § 5201 Director to Erect and Maintain Signs and Markers
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5201. Director to Erect and Maintain Signs and Markers. After consultation with the director, the Director of Public Works shall, by regulation, cause appropriate signs to be erected and maintained designating business, school…
9 CMC § 5202 Obedience to Traffic Signs
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5202. Obedience to Traffic Signs. It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to disobey the instructions of any official traffic sign placed pursuant to these provisions unless otherwise directed by a police officer. Sourc…
9 CMC § 5203 Interference With Official Traffic Signs
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5203. Interference With Official Traffic Signs. It is unlawful for any person to deface, injure, knock down or remove any official traffic sign placed or erected as provided in this division. Source: PL 3-61, § 1 (§ 507).
9 CMC § 5204 Display of Unauthorized Traffic-Control Devices, Signs, or Signals
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5204. Display of Unauthorized Traffic-Control Devices, Signs, or Signals. (a) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or i…
9 CMC § 5205 Traffic Signals
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5205. Traffic Signals. (a) It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to disobey the directions of any official traffic signal placed in accordance with the provisions of this division unless otherwise directed by a police…
9 CMC § 5206 Flashing Signals
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5206. Flashing Signals. When a red or yellow flashing light is used as a traffic signal it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows: (a) Flashing Red (Stop Signal). When a red flashing light is used as a traffic…
9 CMC § 5251 Speed Limits
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5251. Speed Limits. (a) All motor vehicles traveling upon the public highway shall be operated at a careful, prudent rate of speed not greater than nor less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the surface of th…
9 CMC § 5252 Minimum Speed Limit
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5252. Minimum Speed Limit. (a) No person may operate a motor vehicle so slowly as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. (b)…
9 CMC § 5253 Racing on Highways
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5253. Racing on Highways. (a) No person may operate any vehicle upon any highway in any race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance, exhibition of speed or acceleration, or…
9 CMC § 8201 Definitions
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 8: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS § 8201. Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall be interpreted as follows unless the specific context clearly requires otherwise: (a) “ARP” means the Assigned Risk Plan created by this chapt…
9 CMC § 8202 Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Required for Registration
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 8: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS § 8202. Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Required for Registration. No motor vehicle shall be registered or re-registered under 9 CMC, Division 2, Chapter 1 [9 CMC §§ 2101 to 2111] unless the application for registr…
9 CMC § 8203 Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Required for Operation of Vehicle on Public Roads
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 8: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS § 8203. Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Required for Operation of Vehicle on Public Roads. No person shall operate any motor vehicle on the public roads or highways of the Commonwealth unless during such operation,…
9 CMC § 8204 Possession of Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Required for Operation of Vehicle on Public Roads
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 8: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS § 8204. Possession of Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Required for Operation of Vehicle on Public Roads. No person shall operate any motor vehicle on the public roads or highways of the Commonwealth unless at the t…
9 CMC § 8205 Regulation of Motor Vehicle Insurance Policies
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 8: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS § 8205. Regulation of Motor Vehicle Insurance Policies. All motor vehicle liability insurance policies that provide coverage for the operation of any motor vehicle within the Commonwealth are hereby required by law t…
9 CMC § 8206 Regulation of Insurance Providers
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 8: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS § 8206. Regulation of Insurance Providers. (a) No person shall engage in the business of providing any kind of motor vehicle liability insurance for the operation of any motor vehicle within the Commonwealth unless t…
9 CMC § 8207 Assigned Risk Plan (ARP)
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 8: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS § 8207. Assigned Risk Plan (ARP). The Insurance Commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations, to have the force and effect of law, to create an Assigned Risk Plan for motor vehicle liability insurance. Such ru…
9 CMC § 8208 Assigned Risk Plan - Enforcement and Statutory Causes of Action
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 8: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS § 8208. Assigned Risk Plan - Enforcement and Statutory Causes of Action. (a) A court of competent jurisdiction shall order, by way of injunction, in whatever manner the court deems just and proper, any company, busin…
9 CMC § 8209 Civil Traffic Citations for Violations of 9 CMC §§ 8203 and 8204
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 8: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS § 8209. Civil Traffic Citations for Violations of 9 CMC §§ 8203 and 8204. Any person who operates a motor vehicle in violation of 9 CMC § 8204 shall be issued a civil traffic citation by the Department of Public Safe…
9 CMC § 8210 Penalties for Violations of 9 CMC §§ 8203 and 8204
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 8: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS § 8210. Penalties for Violations of 9 CMC §§ 8203 and 8204. (a) Civil Fines. (1) Notwithstanding any other laws or provisions to the contrary, any person who violates 9 CMC § 8204 by failing to produce proof of insur…
9 CMC § 8211 Suspension of Driver's License for Failure to Report Compliance With this Chapter
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 8: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS § 8211. Suspension of Driver's License for Failure to Report Compliance With this Chapter. Any person who receives notice of the cancellation or termination of their motor vehicle liability insurance as required unde…