North Dakota § 39-24.1-13 Fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer

North Dakota Statutes

§ 39-24.1-13 — Fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer

North Dakota § 39-24.1-13

Title 39Motor Vehicles

Ch. 39-24.1Snowmobile Operator Regulation

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N.D. Cent. Code § 39-24.1-13 (2026).

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1.Any driver of a snowmobile who willfully fails or refuses to bring the snowmobile to a stop, or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude, in any manner, a pursuing police vehicle or peace officer, when given a visual or audible signal to bring the snowmobile to a 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 complies with this section if the signal is perceptible to the driver and:

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

b.If not given from a vehicle, the signal is given by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren, and the officer is in uniform or prominentl

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1. Any driver of a snowmobile who willfully fails or refuses to bring the snowmobile to a
stop, or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude, in any manner, a pursuing police
vehicle or peace officer, when given a visual or audible signal to bring the snowmobile
to a 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 complies with this section if the signal
is perceptible to the driver and:
a. If given from a vehicle, the signal is given by hand, voice, emergency light, or
siren, and the stopping vehicle is appropriately marked showing it to be an official
police vehicle; or
b. 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.
2. Any sentence imposed under this section must include a minimum fine of at least five
hundred dollars.