North Dakota § 39-21-44.2 Drawbar or connection between vehicles - Precautions required

North Dakota Statutes

§ 39-21-44.2 — Drawbar or connection between vehicles - Precautions required

North Dakota § 39-21-44.2

Title 39Motor Vehicles

Ch. 39-21Equipment of Vehicles

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Bluebook

N.D. Cent. Code § 39-21-44.2 (2026).

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The drawbar or other coupling device between vehicles, one of which is towing or drawing the other on a highway, must include safety chains connecting the vehicles. The drawbar or other coupling device, and the safety chains, must be of a design, strength, and construction so as to prevent the unintentional uncoupling of the vehicles. The safety chain requirement of this section does not apply to:

1.A fifth-wheel coupling device; or

2.A vehicle towing an implement of husbandry or an implement of husbandry towing a vehicle, when operated at a speed not exceeding twenty-five miles [40.23 kilometers] per hour.

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The drawbar or other coupling device between vehicles, one of which is towing or drawing
the other on a highway, must include safety chains connecting the vehicles. The drawbar or
other coupling device, and the safety chains, must be of a design, strength, and construction so
as to prevent the unintentional uncoupling of the vehicles. The safety chain requirement of this
section does not apply to:
1. A fifth-wheel coupling device; or
2. A vehicle towing an implement of husbandry or an implement of husbandry towing a
vehicle, when operated at a speed not exceeding twenty-five miles [40.23 kilometers]
per hour.