§ 39-16-03 — Driving records - Not admissible in evidence - Fee

North Dakota § 39-16-03

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 39: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 39-16: Financial Responsibility of Owners and Operators

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1. The director upon request shall furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating
record of any individual, source document for the abstract entry, or record of
clearance, subject to this title. The abstract must include the convictions, adjudications,
and admissions of commission of traffic offenses of any driver and suspensions,
revocations, and restrictions of an individual's operator's license. Any person, except
the subject of the record, a law enforcement agency, a judicial officer, or another
licensing jurisdiction functioning in that person's official capacity, requesting the
abstract, source documents in aggregate form, or record of clearance shall indicate in
writing the reason for the request and shall identify the person for whom or which the
request is made and the intended recipient of the record.

2. Copies of abstracts are not admissible as evidence in any civil or criminal trial arising
out of a motor vehicle accident. Upon request and subject to the provisions of this title,
the director shall furnish an operating record or complete operating record to the
subject of the record or to law enforcement or judicial officers.
3. A fee of three dollars must be paid for each abstract of any operating record, operating
record, complete operating record, or record of clearance. A reasonable fee must be
paid for each source document. The director may not assess a fee to a law
enforcement agency, a judicial officer, or another licensing jurisdiction. The director
shall send an additional copy of the abstract, source document if requested in
aggregate form, or record of clearance to the driver whose record was requested,
accompanied by a statement identifying the person making the request, identifying the
person for whom or which the request is made, identifying the intended recipient of the
record, and providing the reason for the request. An additional copy of the abstract or
record of clearance may not be sent to a driver if the request for the record was made
by the federal bureau of investigation or the United States central intelligence agency,
or agents, or by any law enforcement agency or judicial officer.
4. A requester may provide the department with a list of names of drivers and may
request any source documents from the department relating to the listed drivers for a
set time period. The department shall provide this information in hard copy or
electronic format. If in order to provide the information by electronic format the
department sets up a computer program, the department may charge a requester a
reasonable charge for a setup fee. This charge may not exceed the actual cost to set
up the computer program. A requester of source documents in aggregate form shall
pay the director a reasonable fee for making and mailing to the driver whose record
was requested an additional copy of the document as it relates to that driver.