Operators must be licensed - Additional licensing - Penalty
N.D. Cent. Code § 39-06-01
in effect39-06-01. Operators must be licensed - Additional licensing - Penalty
1. An individual, unless exempted in this section, may not drive any motor vehicle on a
highway or on public or private areas to which the public has a right of access for
vehicular use in this state unless the individual has a valid license as an operator
under this chapter or a temporary operator's permit issued under chapter 39-20. An
individual may not receive an operator's license or a nondriver identification card until
that individual surrenders to the director all operator's licenses, permits, and nondriver
photo identification cards issued to that individual by any state or country. If a license
issued by another state is surrendered, the director shall notify the issuing state of the
surrender. An individual may be issued either a valid operator's license or a nondriver
identification card at any one time, but not both.
2. An individual licensed as an operator may exercise the privilege granted by the license
on any highway in this state and may not be required to obtain any other license to
exercise the privilege by any political subdivision having authority to adopt police
regulations, except that municipalities may regulate occupations and may regulate the
operation of taxicabs under subsection 27 of section 40-05-01.
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