North Dakota § 12.1-08-11 Refusing to halt

North Dakota Statutes

§ 12.1-08-11 — Refusing to halt

North Dakota § 12.1-08-11

Title 12.1Criminal Code

Ch. 12.1-08Obstruction of Law Enforcement - Escape

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N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-08-11 (2026).

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Any person, other than the driver of a motor vehicle under section 39-10-71, who willfully fails or refuses to stop or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude, in any manner, a pursuing peace officer, when given a visual or audible signal to stop, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor for a first or second offense and a class A misdemeanor for a subsequent offense. A signal to stop complies with this section if the signal is perceptible to the person and:

1.If given from a vehicle, the signal is given by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren, and the vehicle is appropriately marked showing it to be an official law enforcement vehicle; or

2.If not given from a vehicle, the signal is given by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren, and the officer is in uniform or prominently displays the o

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Any person, other than the driver of a motor vehicle under section 39-10-71, who willfully
fails or refuses to stop or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude, in any manner, a pursuing
peace officer, when given a visual or audible signal to stop, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor
for a first or second offense and a class A misdemeanor for a subsequent offense. A signal to
stop complies with this section if the signal is perceptible to the person and:
1. If given from a vehicle, the signal is given by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren,
and the vehicle is appropriately marked showing it to be an official law enforcement
vehicle; or
2. If not given from a vehicle, the signal is given by hand, voice, emergency light, or
siren, and the officer is in uniform or prominently displays the officer's badge of office.