North Dakota Century Code

N.D. Cent. Code § 39-07-01 (2026)

Bicycle or ridden animal to be deemed vehicle

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1. Except as provided in subsection 2, for the purposes of chapters 39-08 through 39-13, a bicycle or a ridden animal must be deemed a vehicle.

2. For purposes of section 39-08-01, a bicycle or ridden animal may not be deemed a vehicle. \n 39-07-02. Owner of property used for vehicular travel may prohibit or require additional conditions to use. The provisions of chapters 39-08 through 39-13, and chapter 39-21, may not be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel, by the permission of such owner and not as a matter of right, from prohibiting such use nor from requiring different or additional conditions other than those specified in such chapters or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner. \n 39-07-03. Through highways designated by director and local authorities - Stop and yield intersections. The director with reference to state highways, and local authorities, with reference to highways under their jurisdiction, may, by proclamation, designate as through highways, any highway, street, or part thereof, and erect stop signs or yield signs at specified entrances thereto, or may designate any intersection as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection and erect stop signs or yield signs at one or more entrances to such intersection. \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2012–2012 · leading case: Thorsrud v. N.D. Dep't of Transp., 2012 ND 136 (N.D. 2012).
Thorsrud v. N.D. Dep't of Transp., 2012 ND 136 (N.D. 2012). · cites it 28× “§ 39-01-01(95), which provides: “‘Vehicle’ includes every device in, upon, or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.” (Emphasis added.) [¶7] The…”
City of Lincoln v. Johnston, 818 N.W.2d 778 (N.D. 2012). · cites it 32× “§ 39-08-01 because N.D.C.C. § 39-07-01 provides: “For the purposes of chapters 39-08 through 39-13, a bicycle or a ridden animal must be deemed a vehicle.”
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