Refusing to halt
N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-08-11
in effect12.1-08-11. Refusing to halt
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.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t12-1c08.pdf#nameddest=12p1-08-11Fetched: 10/16/2026
