N.D. Cent. Code § 8-05-02 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-05 / Section 8-05-02
8-05-02. Consignor liable for freightage
Status: in_force

8-05-02. Consignor liable for freightage

The consignor of freight is presumed to be liable for the freightage, but if the contract

between the consignor and the carrier provides that the consignee shall pay it and the carrier

allows the consignee to take the freight, the carrier cannot afterwards recover the freightage

from the consignor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-05-03 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-05 / Section 8-05-03
8-05-03. Consignee liable for freight
Status: in_force

8-05-03. Consignee liable for freight

The consignee of freight is liable for the freightage if the consignee accepts the freight with

notice of the intention of the consignor that the consignee should pay it.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-01-02 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-01 / Section 8-01-02
8-01-02. Classification
Status: in_force

8-01-02. Classification

Carriage is either inland or marine. Carriers upon navigable waters or rivers which are

subject to the admiralty jurisdiction of the United States are marine carriers. All others are inland

carriers.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-11 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-11
8-10-11. Interruption of telecommunications in kidnapping or hostage emergency - Duty of telecommunications company to assist - Prohibited communications - Penalty
Status: in_force

8-10-11. Interruption of telecommunications in kidnapping or hostage emergency -

Duty of telecommunications company to assist - Prohibited communications - Penalty.

1. As used in this section, "peace officer" has the same meaning as in section

12.1-01-04.

2. A peace officer with supervisory control over an incident in which that peace officer has

probable cause to believe that an individual could suffer injury or death as a result of

the incident may order a telecommunications company to cut, reroute, or divert

telecommunications transmissions for the purpose of controlling communications.

Nothing in this section may deny the telecommunications company reimbursement for

the value of services provided in or damage resulting from compliance with the

supervising peace officer's order.

3. Each telecommunications company shall designate an employee to serve as a

security official and to provide assistance as required by the supervising peace officer

under this section.

4. An individual may not initiate telecommunications with a suspected violator if that

individual knows that an order has been issued under subsection 2. Violation of this

subsection is a class B misdemeanor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-09-04 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-09 / Section 8-09-04
8-09-04. Valuables must be declared
Status: in_force

8-09-04. Valuables must be declared

A common carrier of gold, silver, platinum, or precious stones, or of imitations thereof, in a

manufactured or unmanufactured state, of timepieces of any description, of negotiable paper or

other valuable writings, or of pictures, glass, or chinaware, is not liable for more than fifty dollars

upon the loss or injury of any one package of such articles, unless the common carrier has

notice upon the common carrier's receipt thereof by mark upon the package or otherwise of the

nature of the freight.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-03-03 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-03 / Section 8-03-03
8-03-03. Carrier shall obey instructions
Status: in_force

8-03-03. Carrier shall obey instructions

A carrier shall comply with the reasonable and lawful directions of the consignor or

consignee.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-07-01 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-07 / Section 8-07-01
8-07-01. Common carrier - Definition
Status: in_force

8-07-01. Common carrier - Definition

Everyone who offers to the public to carry persons, property, or messages is a common

carrier of whatever or whomever the person offers to carry. Provided, everyone who offers to

carry persons under a ridesharing arrangement, as defined in section 8-02-07, is not a common

carrier of whomever the person offers to carry.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-09-02 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-09 / Section 8-09-02
8-09-02. When exceptions do not apply
Status: in_force

8-09-02. When exceptions do not apply

A common carrier is liable even in the cases excepted by section 8-09-01 if the common

carrier's negligence exposes the property to the cause of the loss.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-05-06 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-05 / Section 8-05-06
8-05-06. Apportionment upon acceptance of part of freight
Status: in_force

8-05-06. Apportionment upon acceptance of part of freight

If a part of the freight is accepted by a consignee without a specific objection that the rest is

not delivered, the freightage must be apportioned and paid as to that part, though not

apportioned in the original contract.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-12 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-12
8-10-12. Exemption from liability for interruption of telephone communications
Status: in_force

8-10-12. Exemption from liability for interruption of telephone communications

Good-faith reliance on an order issued under section 8-10-11 is a complete defense to any

legal action brought for interruption of telephone communications occurring because of section

8-10-11.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-06-02 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-06 / Section 8-06-02
8-06-02. Degree of care required
Status: in_force

8-06-02. Degree of care required

A carrier of messages for reward shall use great care and diligence in the transmission and

delivery of messages. A carrier by telegraph shall use the utmost diligence therein.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-08 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-08
8-10-08. Injury to telephone and telegraph lines
Status: repealed

8-10-08. Injury to telephone and telegraph lines

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-05-04 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-05 / Section 8-05-04
8-05-04. Natural increase - No freightage
Status: in_force

8-05-04. Natural increase - No freightage

No freightage can be charged upon the natural increase of freight.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-09-01 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-09 / Section 8-09-01
8-09-01. Inland carrier's liability - Exception
Status: in_force

8-09-01. Inland carrier's liability - Exception

Unless the consignor accompanies the freight and retains exclusive control thereof, an

inland common carrier of property is liable from the time that the common carrier accepts until

that common carrier is relieved from liability pursuant to sections 8-03-05, 8-03-06, 8-03-07, and

8-03-08 for the loss or injury thereof from any cause whatever, except from:

1. An inherent defect, vice, or weakness, or spontaneous action of the property itself;

2. The act of a public enemy of the United States or of this state;

3. The act of the law; or

4. Any irresistible superhuman cause.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-07-02 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-07 / Section 8-07-02
8-07-02. Must accept and carry
Status: in_force

8-07-02. Must accept and carry

A common carrier, if able, shall accept and carry whatever is offered to the common carrier,

at a reasonable time and place, of a kind that the common carrier undertakes or is accustomed

to carry.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-01 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-01
8-10-01. Telegraph company must maintain sufficient equipment
Status: in_force

8-10-01. Telegraph company must maintain sufficient equipment

All persons, corporations, and companies doing a public telegraph business within the state

shall maintain sufficient wires and equipment to give prompt service and dispatch.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-03-06 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-03 / Section 8-03-06
8-03-06. Place of delivery
Status: in_force

8-03-06. Place of delivery

If there is no usage to the contrary at the place of delivery, freight must be delivered as

follows:

1. If carried upon a railway owned and managed by the carrier, it may be delivered at the

station nearest the place to which it is addressed;

2. If carried by water, it may be delivered at a wharf or other suitable landing at or within

a reasonable distance from the place of address;

3. If carried by other common carrier having a fixed route, it may be delivered at the

station or airport nearest to the place which it is addressed; or

4. In other cases it must be delivered to the consignee or the consignee's agent,

personally, if either can with reasonable diligence be found.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-02-03 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-02 / Section 8-02-03
8-02-03. Safe vehicles required
Status: in_force

8-02-03. Safe vehicles required

A carrier of persons for reward shall provide vehicles safe and fit for the purposes to which

they are put and is not excused for default in this respect by any degree of care.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-12-01 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-12 / Section 8-12-01
8-12-01. Definitions
Status: in_force

8-12-01. Definitions

As used in the chapter:

1. "Autonomous vehicle" means a vehicle equipped with an automated driving system.

2. "Client" means a person requesting service from an on-demand autonomous vehicle

network. The term includes a passenger, a shipper, as defined by section 41-07-02, a

person entitled under the document, as defined by section 41-07-02, or similar

individual or commercial enterprise.

3. "On-demand autonomous vehicle network" means a transportation service network

that uses a software application or other digital means to dispatch or otherwise enable

the prearrangement of transportation with autonomous vehicles for purposes of

transporting persons or goods, including for-hire transportation, transportation for

compensation, and public transportation.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-05 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-05
8-10-05. Messages transmitted promptly
Status: in_force

8-10-05. Messages transmitted promptly

All messages left at the office of any telegraph office must be transmitted promptly if said

message is prepaid by the sender. In no case may a full-rate message remain at the telegraph

office unsent more than thirty minutes except in case of accident to the lines or during severe

storms.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-10 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-10
8-10-10. Secreting telegraphic dispatch
Status: in_force

8-10-10. Secreting telegraphic dispatch

Every person having in that person's possession any telegraphic dispatch addressed to

another, who willfully secretes, conceals, or suppresses it, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-05-05 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-05 / Section 8-05-05
8-05-05. Apportioned pursuant to contract
Status: in_force

8-05-05. Apportioned pursuant to contract

If freightage is apportioned by a bill of lading or other contract made between a consignor

and carrier, the carrier is entitled to payment according to the apportionment for so much as the

carrier delivers.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-08-11 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-08 / Section 8-08-11
8-08-11. Limitation on actions by common carriers
Status: in_force

8-08-11. Limitation on actions by common carriers

A common carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the public service

commission shall begin a civil action to recover charges for transportation provided by the

carrier within three years after the claim accrues.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-08-05 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-08 / Section 8-08-05
8-08-05. Carrier shall provide sufficient vehicles and seats
Status: in_force

8-08-05. Carrier shall provide sufficient vehicles and seats

A common carrier of persons shall provide a sufficient number of vehicles to accommodate

all the passengers who can be reasonably expected to require carriage at any one time and

shall provide every passenger with a seat. A common carrier of persons must not overload the

common carrier's vehicle by receiving and carrying more passengers than its rated capacity

allows.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-09-06 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-09 / Section 8-09-06
8-09-06. Must prove delivery to connecting carriers
Status: in_force

8-09-06. Must prove delivery to connecting carriers

If freight addressed to a place beyond the usual route of the common carrier who first

received it is lost or injured, the common carrier, within a reasonable time after demand for proof

that the loss did not occur while the goods were under the common carrier's control, shall give

satisfactory proof to the consignor that the loss or injury did not occur while it was in the

common carrier's charge, or the common carrier will be liable therefor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-09 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-09
8-10-09. Disclosing telegraph and telephone messages - Penalty
Status: in_force

8-10-09. Disclosing telegraph and telephone messages - Penalty

Every person who willfully obtains any knowledge of a telegraphic or telephonic message,

by connivance with a clerk, operator, messenger, or other employee of a telegraph or telephone

company, and every clerk, operator, messenger, or other employee who willfully divulges to any

but the person for whom it was intended, the contents of any telephonic or telegraphic message

entrusted to that person for transmission or delivery, or the nature thereof, or who willfully

refuses or fails to duly transmit or deliver any such message, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-07-08 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-07 / Section 8-07-08
8-07-08. Carrier's right to modify obligations restricted
Status: in_force

8-07-08. Carrier's right to modify obligations restricted

A passenger, consignor, or consignee, by accepting a ticket, bill of lading, or written contract

for carrying with a knowledge of its terms, assents to the rate of hire, and the time, place, and

manner of delivery therein stated. A person's assent to any other modification of the carrier's

rights or obligations contained in such instrument can only be manifested by that person's

signature to the same.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-05-07 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-05 / Section 8-05-07
8-05-07. Apportionment according to distance
Status: in_force

8-05-07. Apportionment according to distance

If a consignee voluntarily receives freight at a place short of the one appointed for delivery,

the carrier is entitled to a just proportion of the freightage, according to the distance. If the

carrier, being ready and willing, offers to complete the transit, the carrier is entitled to the full

freightage. If the carrier does not thus offer completion and the consignee receives the freight

only from necessity, the carrier is not entitled to any freightage.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-07-03 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-07 / Section 8-07-03
8-07-03. Preference to United States and state
Status: in_force

8-07-03. Preference to United States and state

A common carrier shall always give a preference in time and may give a preference in price

to the United States and to this state.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-05-08 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-05 / Section 8-05-08
8-05-08. Extra carriage - No additional freightage
Status: in_force

8-05-08. Extra carriage - No additional freightage

If freight is carried further or more expeditiously than was agreed upon by the parties, the

carrier is not entitled to additional compensation and cannot refuse to deliver it on the demand

of the consignee at the place and time of its arrival.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-03-01 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-03 / Section 8-03-01
8-03-01. Definitions - Freight, freightage, consignor, and consignee
Status: in_force

8-03-01. Definitions - Freight, freightage, consignor, and consignee

Property carried is called freight; the reward, if any, to be paid for its carriage is called

freightage; the person who delivers the freight to the carrier is called the consignor; and the

person to whom it is to be delivered is called the consignee.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-08-08 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-08 / Section 8-08-08
8-08-08. Ejection of passengers
Status: in_force

8-08-08. Ejection of passengers

A passenger who refuses to pay the passenger's fare or to conform to any lawful regulation

of the carrier may be ejected from the vehicle by the carrier. This must be done with as little

violence as possible and at any usual stopping place or near some dwelling house. After having

ejected the passenger, a carrier has no right to require the payment of any part of that

passenger's fare.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-09-08 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-09 / Section 8-09-08
8-09-08. Carriers cannot limit common-law liability
Status: in_force

8-09-08. Carriers cannot limit common-law liability

Whenever any property is received by any common carrier to be transported from one place

to another within this state, it is unlawful for the carrier to limit in any way, except as stated in the

common carrier's classification schedule, the common carrier's common-law liability with

reference to such property while in the common carrier's custody as a common carrier. Such

liability must include the absolute responsibility of the common carrier for the acts of the

common carrier's agents in relation to such property.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-02-05 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-02 / Section 8-02-05
8-02-05. Treatment of passengers
Status: in_force

8-02-05. Treatment of passengers

A carrier of persons for reward shall give to passengers all such accommodations as are

usual and reasonable and must treat them with civility and give them a reasonable degree of

attention.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-02-08 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-02 / Section 8-02-08
8-02-08. Safety standards for passenger contract carriers - Penalty
Status: repealed

8-02-08. Safety standards for passenger contract carriers - Penalty

Repealed by S.L. 2021, ch. 280, § 7.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-06-01 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-06 / Section 8-06-01
8-06-01. Delivery of message
Status: in_force

8-06-01. Delivery of message

A carrier of messages for reward shall deliver a message at the place to which it is

addressed or to the person for whom it is intended.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-03-04 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-03 / Section 8-03-04
8-03-04. Conflict of orders
Status: in_force

8-03-04. Conflict of orders

When the directions of a consignor and consignee are conflicting, the carrier shall comply

with those of the consignor in respect to all matters except the delivery of the freight. As to

delivery of the freight, the carrier shall comply with the directions of the consignee, unless the

consignor has specially forbidden the carrier to receive orders from the consignee inconsistent

with the consignor's own.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-07-07 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-07 / Section 8-07-07
8-07-07. Contracts against certain liabilities void
Status: in_force

8-07-07. Contracts against certain liabilities void

A common carrier cannot be exonerated from liability for the negligence, fraud, or other

wrongful act of the common carrier or the common carrier's servants by any agreement made in

anticipation thereof.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-03-09 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-03 / Section 8-03-09
8-03-09. Unclaimed property - When sale permitted
Status: in_force

8-03-09. Unclaimed property - When sale permitted

Whenever any trunk, valise, bundle, package, or article of property transported or coming

into the possession of any railroad, or express company, or any other common carrier in the

course of business as common carrier, remains unclaimed and the legal charges thereon

unpaid during the space of six months after its arrival at the point to which it has been directed,

and the owner or person to whom the same is consigned cannot be found upon diligent inquiry,

or, being found and notified of the arrival of such article, refuses or neglects to receive the same

and pay the legal charges thereon for the space of three months, it is lawful for such common

carrier to sell such article at public auction after giving the owner or consignee fifteen days'

notice of the time and place of sale through the post office and by advertising in a newspaper

published in the county where such sale is made and out of the proceeds of such sale to pay all

legal charges on such article, and the amount over, if any, must be paid to the owner or

consignee upon demand.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-03-05 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-03 / Section 8-03-05
8-03-05. Manner of delivery
Status: in_force

8-03-05. Manner of delivery

A carrier of property shall deliver it to the consignee, at the place to which it is addressed, in

the manner usual at that place.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-07-05 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-07 / Section 8-07-05
8-07-05. Rates must be reasonable - Payment refused
Status: in_force

8-07-05. Rates must be reasonable - Payment refused

A common carrier is entitled to a reasonable compensation which the common carrier may

require to be paid in advance. If payment is refused, the common carrier may refuse to carry.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-01-03 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-01 / Section 8-01-03
8-01-03. Gratuitous carriers - Obligation
Status: in_force

8-01-03. Gratuitous carriers - Obligation

Carriers without reward are subject to the same rules as employees without reward, except

so far as is otherwise provided by this title.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-08-03 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-08 / Section 8-08-03
8-08-03. Luggage - Carriage and delivery
Status: in_force

8-08-03. Luggage - Carriage and delivery

A common carrier shall deliver every passenger's luggage immediately upon the arrival of

the passenger at the passenger's destination, and unless the vehicle would be overcrowded or

overloaded thereby, shall carry it on the same vehicle by which the common carrier carries the

passenger to whom it belongs.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-08-01 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-08 / Section 8-08-01
8-08-01. Carrier may make rules
Status: in_force

8-08-01. Carrier may make rules

A common carrier of persons may make rules for the conduct of the common carrier's

business and may require passengers to conform to them if they are lawful, public, uniform in

their application, and reasonable.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-03 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-03
8-10-03. Order of transmission of messages other than telegraph
Status: in_force

8-10-03. Order of transmission of messages other than telegraph

A common carrier of messages otherwise than by telegraph shall transmit messages in the

order in which the carrier receives them, except that priority must always be given to messages

on public business from agents of the United States or this state. The carrier may fix upon

certain times for the simultaneous transmission of messages previously received.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-02-02 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-02 / Section 8-02-02
8-02-02. Carrier for reward - Degree of care required
Status: in_force

8-02-02. Carrier for reward - Degree of care required

A carrier of persons for reward shall use the utmost care and diligence for their safe

carriage, shall provide everything necessary for that purpose, and shall exercise to that end a

reasonable degree of skill.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-03-02 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-03 / Section 8-03-02
8-03-02. Care required
Status: in_force

8-03-02. Care required

A carrier of property for reward shall use at least ordinary care and diligence in the

performance of all of the carrier's duties. A carrier of property without reward shall use at least

slight care and diligence.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-07.3 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-07.3
8-10-07.3. Unlawful publication of telecommunications credit card numbers or codes
Status: in_force

8-10-07.3. Unlawful publication of telecommunications credit card numbers or codes

Every person who willfully publishes the number or code of an existing, canceled, revoked,

expired, or nonexistent credit card, or the numbering or coding which is employed in the

issuance of credit cards, with the intent that it be used or with knowledge or reason to believe

that it will be used to avoid the payment of any lawful telecommunications toll charge is guilty of

a class A misdemeanor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-02-04 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-02 / Section 8-02-04
8-02-04. Overloading prohibited
Status: in_force

8-02-04. Overloading prohibited

A carrier of persons for reward must not overcrowd nor overload the vehicle used for

carriage.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-07.2 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-07.2
8-10-07.2. Unlawful use of telecommunications devices - Penalty
Status: in_force

8-10-07.2. Unlawful use of telecommunications devices - Penalty

A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if the person willfully:

1. Makes or possesses any device adapted or which can be adapted to obtain

telecommunications services, or to conceal from any supplier of telecommunications

services the existence, place of origin, or the destination of any telecommunications;

2. Sells, gives, or otherwise transfers to another, such a device; or

3. Offers or advertises such a device for sale, or offers or advertises plans or instructions

for making or assembling the same;

under circumstances evincing intent to use such a device, or to allow such a device, or plans or

instructions therefor, to be used, or knowing or having reason to believe that the same is

intended to be used to fraudulently obtain telecommunications services.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-02-06 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-02 / Section 8-02-06
8-02-06. Rate of speed - Delays
Status: in_force

8-02-06. Rate of speed - Delays

A carrier of persons for reward shall travel at a reasonable rate of speed without any

unreasonable delay or deviation from the proper route.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-07-04 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-07 / Section 8-07-04
8-07-04. Starting - When and where
Status: in_force

8-07-04. Starting - When and where

A common carrier shall start at such time and place as the common carrier announces to

the public unless detained by accident or the elements or in order to connect with carriers on

other lines of travel.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-06 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-06
8-10-06. Transfer of messages
Status: repealed

8-10-06. Transfer of messages

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-08-09 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-08 / Section 8-08-09
8-08-09. Carrier's lien on luggage
Status: in_force

8-08-09. Carrier's lien on luggage

A common carrier has a lien upon the luggage of a passenger for the payment of such fare

as the common carrier is entitled to from that passenger. This lien is regulated by title 35.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-03-07 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-03 / Section 8-03-07
8-03-07. Freight not delivered to consignee - Obligation of carrier
Status: in_force

8-03-07. Freight not delivered to consignee - Obligation of carrier

If for any reason a carrier does not deliver freight to the consignee or the consignee's agent

personally, the carrier shall give notice to the consignee of its arrival and keep the same in

safety, upon the carrier's responsibility as a warehouseman, until the consignee has had a

reasonable time to remove it. If the place of residence or business of the consignee is unknown

to the carrier, the carrier may give the notice by letter dropped in the nearest post office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-09-05 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-09 / Section 8-09-05
8-09-05. Delivery of freight beyond usual route - Carrier exonerated
Status: in_force

8-09-05. Delivery of freight beyond usual route - Carrier exonerated

If a common carrier accepts freight for a place beyond the common carrier's usual route, the

common carrier, unless the common carrier stipulates otherwise, shall deliver it at the end of the

common carrier's route in that direction to some other competent carrier carrying to the place of

address or connected with those who thus carry, and the common carrier's liability ceases upon

making such delivery.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-03-10 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-03 / Section 8-03-10
8-03-10. Perishable property - When sale permitted
Status: in_force

8-03-10. Perishable property - When sale permitted

A carrier, in the exercise of a reasonable discretion, may sell any perishable property which

has been transported to its destination, at public or private sale without advertising, if the

consignee, on being notified of its arrival, refuses or neglects to receive the same and pay the

legal charges thereon, or if upon diligent inquiry, the carrier is unable to find the consignee. The

proceeds of such sale, after deduction of the freight charges and expenses of sale, must be

paid to the owner or consignee upon demand.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-08-04 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-08 / Section 8-08-04
8-08-04. Liability for luggage
Status: in_force

8-08-04. Liability for luggage

The liability of a carrier for luggage received by the carrier with a passenger is the same as

that of a common carrier of property.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-08-07 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-08 / Section 8-08-07
8-08-07. Fare - When payable
Status: in_force

8-08-07. Fare - When payable

A common carrier may demand the fare of passengers either at starting or at any

subsequent time.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-05-01 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-05 / Section 8-05-01
8-05-01. When freightage to be paid
Status: in_force

8-05-01. When freightage to be paid

A carrier may require the carrier's freightage to be paid upon the carrier's receiving the

freight. If the carrier does not demand it then, the carrier cannot demand it until the carrier is

ready to deliver the freight to the consignee.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-05-09 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-05 / Section 8-05-09
8-05-09. Carrier's lien for freightage
Status: in_force

8-05-09. Carrier's lien for freightage

A carrier has a lien for freightage which is regulated by title 35.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-08-02 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-08 / Section 8-08-02
8-08-02. Obligation to carry luggage
Status: in_force

8-08-02. Obligation to carry luggage

A common carrier of persons, unless the common carrier's vehicle is fitted for the reception

of passengers exclusively, shall receive and carry a reasonable amount of luggage for each

passenger without any charge.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-02 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-02
8-10-02. Order of transmission and delivery of telegraph messages
Status: in_force

8-10-02. Order of transmission and delivery of telegraph messages

A carrier of messages by telegraph, if it is practicable, shall transmit every such message

immediately upon its receipt and shall promptly deliver all messages received in any telegraph

office within the state if it is in the power of the telegraph company to locate the party to whom

the message is addressed. If this is not practicable and several messages accumulate upon the

carrier's hands, the carrier shall transmit and deliver them in the following order:

1. Messages on public business from public agents of the United States or this state.

2. Messages intended in good faith for immediate publication in newspapers and not for

any secret use.

3. Messages giving information relating to the sickness or death of any person.

4. Other messages in the order in which they were received.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-07 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-07
8-10-07. Unlawful use of telegraph or telephone lines
Status: repealed

8-10-07. Unlawful use of telegraph or telephone lines

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-01-04 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-01 / Section 8-01-04
8-01-04. Gratuitous carrier - Obligation where carriage begun
Status: in_force

8-01-04. Gratuitous carrier - Obligation where carriage begun

A carrier without reward, who has begun to perform the carrier's undertaking, shall complete

it in like manner as if the carrier had received a reward, unless the carrier restores the person or

thing carried to as favorable a position as before the carrier commenced the carriage.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-12-02 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-12 / Section 8-12-02
8-12-02. General provisions
Status: in_force

8-12-02. General provisions

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may operate an on-demand

autonomous vehicle network. An on-demand autonomous vehicle network may

provide transportation of persons or goods, including:

a. For-hire transportation;

b. Public transportation; and

c. Transportation for multiple passengers who agree to share the ride.

2. An on-demand autonomous vehicle network may connect passengers to autonomous

vehicles without human drivers in compliance with subsection 3 of section 39-01-01.2

exclusively, or as part of a digital network that also connects passengers to human

drivers who provide transportation services, consistent with applicable law.

3. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter and notwithstanding any other provision of

law, autonomous vehicles and automated driving systems without human drivers are

governed by subsection 3 of section 39-01-01.2.

a. A state agency or political subdivision may not impose requirements, including

performance standards specific to the operation of an autonomous vehicle or

automated driving systems without human drivers in compliance with

subsection 3 of section 39-01-01.2.

b. A state or local agency or political subdivision may not impose a tax, fee, or other

requirement specific to the operation of an autonomous vehicle that is in

compliance with subsection 3 of section 39-01-01.2, an automated driving

system, or an on-demand vehicle network. This prohibition does not affect vehicle

registration and titling fees otherwise required by law.

4. This chapter may not be construed to modify, limit, or restrict any statutory provision

affecting liability, including chapter 26.1-40, 26.1-41, 28-01.3, 32-03.2, or 39-16.1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-07.1 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-07.1
8-10-07.1. Telephone calls with intent to annoy - Misdemeanor
Status: repealed

8-10-07.1. Telephone calls with intent to annoy - Misdemeanor

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-09-03 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-09 / Section 8-09-03
8-09-03. Liability for delay
Status: in_force

8-09-03. Liability for delay

A common carrier is liable for delay only when it is caused by the common carrier's want of

ordinary care and diligence.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-01-01 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-01 / Section 8-01-01
8-01-01. Contract for carriage defined
Status: in_force

8-01-01. Contract for carriage defined

The contract of carriage is a contract for the conveyance of property, persons, or messages

from one place to another.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-07-06 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-07 / Section 8-07-06
8-07-06. Obligations limited only by contract
Status: in_force

8-07-06. Obligations limited only by contract

The obligation of a common carrier cannot be limited by general notice on the common

carrier's part but may be limited by special contract.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-03-08 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-03 / Section 8-03-08
8-03-08. How carrier may terminate liability
Status: in_force

8-03-08. How carrier may terminate liability

If a consignee does not accept and remove freight within a reasonable time after the carrier

has fulfilled the carrier's obligation to deliver or has duly offered to fulfill the same, the carrier

may eliminate further liability for the carrier by placing the freight in a suitable warehouse on

storage on account of the consignee and giving notice thereof to the consignee.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-02-01 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-02 / Section 8-02-01
8-02-01. Gratuitous carrier - Degree of care required
Status: in_force

8-02-01. Gratuitous carrier - Degree of care required

A carrier of persons without reward shall use ordinary care and diligence for their safe

carriage, except as the carrier's liability is limited by the provisions of title 39.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-08-06 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-08 / Section 8-08-06
8-08-06. Vehicles to be disinfected - Misdemeanor
Status: repealed

8-08-06. Vehicles to be disinfected - Misdemeanor

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-04 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-10 / Section 8-10-04
8-10-04. Damages when message is refused or delayed
Status: in_force

8-10-04. Damages when message is refused or delayed

Every person whose message is refused, postponed, or delayed contrary to the provisions

of sections 8-10-02 and 8-10-03 is entitled to recover from the carrier that person's actual

damages and additional damages for mental distress and anguish caused by the refusal, delay,

or postponement.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-09-07 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-09 / Section 8-09-07
8-09-07. Services other than carriage and delivery
Status: in_force

8-09-07. Services other than carriage and delivery

In respect to any service rendered by a common carrier about freight, other than its carriage

and delivery, the common carrier's rights and obligations are defined by titles 34 and 60.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-08-10 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-08 / Section 8-08-10
8-08-10. Taxis and buses must be equipped with shatterproof glass
Status: repealed

8-08-10. Taxis and buses must be equipped with shatterproof glass

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-02-07 — ND Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-02 / Section 8-02-07
8-02-07. Ridesharing arrangement - Definition
Status: in_force

8-02-07. Ridesharing arrangement - Definition

1. "Carpool" means a ridesharing arrangement in a private passenger automobile or

station wagon by two or more persons, regardless of their relationship to each other, to

and from common or nearby employment sites. The term includes:

a. Shared-driving, in which the car of each person in the arrangement is used and

alternated on an agreed-upon schedule; and

b. Shared-riding, in which the same car is used during the arrangement and each

member contributes an agreed-upon amount to compensate for the cost of

operating the pool.

2. "Ridesharing arrangement" means the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle

where the transportation is incidental to another purpose of the driver or owner and is

not provided for pecuniary gain. The term shall include ridesharing arrangements

known as carpools and vanpools.

3. "Vanpool" means a ridesharing arrangement by a prearranged membership group

whose members are picked up at specified points to be taken to and from common or

nearby employment sites. The vanpool members each contribute an agreed-upon

amount to compensate for the cost of operating the pool, the motor vehicle used is

other than a passenger automobile or station wagon, and is manufactured and

equipped to carry not more than fifteen persons, including the driver. The vanpool may

be owner-operated or employer-sponsored.