Document Citation: N.D. Cent. Code, § 39-06.2-06

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NORTH DAKOTA CENTURY CODE
TITLE 39 Motor Vehicles
CHAPTER 39-06.2 Commercial Driver's Licenses

Date:
08/31/2009

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39-06.2-06. Commercial driver's license required.

1. Except when driving under a commercial driver's instruction permit and accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver's license valid for the vehicle being driven, no person may drive a commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this state unless the person holds and is in immediate possession of a commercial driver's license with applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle the person is driving. This subsection does not apply:

a. When the vehicle being driven is a house car or a vehicle towing a travel trailer being used solely for personal rather than commercial purposes.

b. When the vehicle being driven constitutes emergency or firefighting equipment necessary to the preservation of life or property.

c. When the vehicle is being driven for military purposes, subject to any limitations imposed by 49 CFR part 383.3(c).

2. No person may drive a commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this state while the person's driving privilege is suspended, revoked, or canceled, while subject to a disqualification.

3. The provisions of this chapter are waived, as to farm-to-market operations by farmers, but limited to those operators of a farm vehicle that is:

a. Controlled and operated by a farmer.

b. Used to transport either agricultural products, including trees, farm machines, farm supplies, or both, to or from a farm.

c. Not used in the operations of a common or contract carrier.

d. Used within one hundred fifty miles [241.40 kilometers] of the person's farm.

4. The provisions of this chapter are waived as to an individual employed by and operating a vehicle at the request of and within a political subdivision, with a population of less than three thousand, during an emergency declared by that political subdivision for the removal of snow and ice. This waiver only applies when the regularly employed driver is unavailable or the employing political subdivision determines that additional assistance is required.

5. Pursuant to the limitations imposed by 49 CFR part 383.3, the required knowledge and skills tests may be waived and a restricted commercial driver's license issued to employees of agrichemical businesses, custom harvesters, farm retail outlets and suppliers, including retailers and suppliers of trees, and livestock feeders.