N.D. Cent. Code § 39-04-10.10
North Dakota veterans' number plates
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Current — March 1, 2022
As of December 1, 2021
(1) The director may issue distinctive number plates to individuals eligible for interment in the North Dakota veterans’ cemetery. The director shall issue a number plate under this section upon receiving: Payment of all other fees required under this chapter for registration of a motor vehicle;
(2) Payment of an initial fee of fifteen dollars of which ten dollars is to be deposited in the highway tax distribution fund and five dollars is to be deposited in the veterans’ cemetery maintenance fund unless for a plate issued to a veteran who has been awarded the purple heart, then there is not an initial fee; and
(3) Verification of subsequent payments of an annual surcharge of ten dollars paid to the adjutant general unless for a plate issued to a veteran who has been awarded the purple heart, then there is not an annual surcharge.
(4) The department shall collect the fees and the ten dollar surcharge under this section. The department shall report to the legislative assembly on the funds collected under this section during each legislative session. The department shall pay the funds collected under subdivisions b and c of subsection 1 to the adjutant general monthly, who then, within ten days of receipt of the funds, shall deposit five dollars of each initial fee in the veterans’ cemetery maintenance fund and the ten dollar surcharge shall be divided with five dollars being deposited in the veterans’ cemetery trust fund and five dollars being deposited in the veterans’ cemetery maintenance fund in the state treasury. Investment of the fund is the responsibility of the state treasurer who shall have full authority to invest the fund only in the same manner as the state investment board is authorized to make investments. At the request of the adjutant general, the interest in the veterans’ cemetery trust fund must be deposited in the veterans’ cemetery maintenance fund for the purpose of funding salaries and maintenance of the veterans’ cemetery.
(5) The veterans’ cemetery trust fund may accept funds from private and federal sources.
A person who owns a motor vehicle that is at least twenty-five years old but that is not eligible for registration under section 39-04-10. 4 may register that motor vehicle as a collector’s motor vehicle. The motor vehicle is eligible for collector’s registration if it is owned and operated solely as a collector’s item and if the owner owns another motor vehicle the owner uses for general transportation. A motor vehicle qualifies as a collector’s item under this section only if it is operated on public streets and highways for the purpose of driving the vehicle to and from active entry and participation in parades, car shows, car rallies, other public gatherings held for the purpose of displaying or selling the vehicle, and to and from service or storage facilities. An applicant for registration of a vehicle as a collector’s motor vehicle shall file an affidavit with the director that states the owner’s name and address, the make, year, and the manufacturer’s identification number of the motor vehicle, and a statement that the motor vehicle is owned and operated solely as a collector’s item and not for general transportation purposes. If the director is satisfied that the affidavit is true and correct, the director shall register the motor vehicle as a collector’s motor vehicle on the payment of a registration fee of sixty dollars. The registration is valid as long as the collector’s motor vehicle is owned by the person who applied for the registration under this section. The director shall design and issue distinctive number plates for collector’s motor vehicles registered under this section. In lieu of the distinctive number plates, the owner of the motor vehicle, at the discretion of the director, may display on the motor vehicle number plates from the year in which the motor vehicle was manufactured. The number plates from the year of manufacture may not be used in lieu of distinctive number plates when it would create a duplication of a number in the recordkeeping system of the department. Number plates from the year of manufacture must be legible and must be restored to the satisfaction of the department. A person violating this section or a department rule regarding this section forfeits the right to the registration provided in this section and any registration fees that have been paid.
Official source: North Dakota Legislative Branch. Reproduced from public-domain North Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.