39-29-02. Off-highway vehicle registration.
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Except as provided in this chapter, an individual may not operate an off-highway vehicle unless it has been registered under this chapter.
39-29-03. Registration - Application - Issuance - Fees - Renewal. 1. Application for registration must be made to the department of transportation in the
form the department prescribes and furnishes. The registration must state the name
and address of every owner of the off-highway vehicle and be signed by at least one
owner. A copy of the application is evidence of registration for the first thirty days after
the date of application. 2. On receipt of an application and the appropriate fee, the department shall register the
off-highway vehicle and assign a registration number and a certificate of registration. In
addition, the department shall issue a decal made of reflectorized material which
contains the registration number or the department shall issue one distinctive number
plate upon the request of the owner. The operator of an off-highway vehicle shall
securely affix and display the decal or the plate in a position as to provide clear
legibility for identification. The certificate of registration must include information
regarding the make, year, serial number, and name and address of the owner. 3. The fee for registration of each off-highway vehicle is five dollars for a registration
period of two years. For a duplicate or replacement registration number or registration
card which is lost, mutilated, or becomes illegible, the department may charge a fee of
not more than five dollars. For each off-highway vehicle registered under this chapter,
there is an off-highway vehicle trail tax of fifteen dollars. 4. The owner of an off-highway vehicle shall renew the registration in the manner the
department prescribes and pay the registration fees and applicable tax provided in
subsection 3. 5. On application for registration as prescribed in subsection 2, and on payment of the
amounts prescribed in subsection 3, an off-highway vehicle dealer is entitled to be
issued registration numbers distinctively marked as dealer's registration numbers. The
dealer's registration numbers may be used only on off-highway vehicles owned by the
dealership.
39-29-04. Exemption from registration - Exemption from fees. 1. Registration and payment of fees is not required of:
a. Off-highway vehicles owned and used by the United States or any state or its
political subdivisions.
b. Off-highway vehicles registered in a foreign country and temporarily used in this
state.
c. Off-highway vehicles validly licensed in another state and which have not been
within this state for more than thirty consecutive days.
d. Off-highway vehicles used exclusively on private lands.
e. Off-highway vehicles used exclusively in organized track racing events. 2. If an off-highway vehicle is exempt from registration under subdivision b or c of
subsection 1, the owner shall purchase an out-of-state public trails and lands access
permit received upon payment of a ten dollar per-year fee. Dealers or other agents
authorized by the director of the parks and recreation department who sell out-of-state
public trails and lands access permits may retain one dollar of the ten dollar per-year
fee. The remainder of the fees collected under this subsection must be deposited in
the off-highway vehicle fund.
39-29-05. Disposition of registration fees and trail tax. 1. Fees from registration of off-highway vehicles must be deposited with the state
treasurer and credited to the highway tax distribution fund. 2. The off-highway vehicle trail tax must be deposited in the off-highway vehicle fund in
the state treasury. The parks and recreation department may, on appropriation by the
legislative assembly, expend from that fund moneys for establishing off-highway
vehicle facilities, use areas, and safety and education programs, and on enforcement
of this chapter. The department may also use the fund to make grants to political
subdivisions, governmental agencies, and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of
developing and improving off-highway vehicle facilities and use areas and on
promoting off-highway vehicle safety and education. The department may also use the
fund to make grants to law enforcement agencies for the purpose of enforcing laws
applicable to off-highway vehicles and to the use of off-highway vehicle facilities and
use areas.