{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-39-10-47","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 39-10-47","heading":"Stopping, standing, or parking outside of business or residence districts","body":"1.An individual may not stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled part of any highway if it is practicable to stop, park, or so leave the vehicle off the paved or main-traveled part of the highway. There must be an unobstructed width of the highway of not less than twelve feet [3.66 meters] opposite a standing vehicle left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of any stopped vehicle must be available from a distance of not less than two hundred feet [60.96 meters] in each direction upon the highway.\n2.Unless the vehicle is blocking the highway or is otherwise endangering public safety, this section and sections 39-10-49 and 39-10-50 do not apply to the driver of a vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-traveled portion of a highway, if stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle is unavoidable.\n3.Without the consent of the owner or driver of a vehicle and if a vehicle or any personal property or cargo spilled from the vehicle is blocking the highway or is otherwise endangering public safety, a police officer may:\na.Remove the vehicle or cause the vehicle to be removed from the highway; and\nb.Remove or cause to be removed any personal property or cargo that may have been spilled from the vehicle onto the highway.\n4.If reasonable care is used in the removal process, a police officer and the police officer's employing agency, the department of transportation or an employee of the department of transportation, or a political subdivision or employee of a political subdivision authorized by a police officer is not liable in civil damages for loss or damage to any vehicle or to any personal property or cargo that may have spilled from a vehicle that is removed from a highway under this section.\n5.The decision and method used to remove a vehicle or any personal property, or cause a vehicle or any personal property to be removed, is a discretionary decision under this section. In the event of a public necessity, a police officer, an employee of the department of transportation, or an employee of a political subdivision authorized by a police officer may take an action that may damage a vehicle or property removed under this section.","path":["Title 39 Motor Vehicles","Chapter 39-10 General Rules Of The Road"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t39c10.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"55ddf05a84ad6dbdf5990c2d54d182ad3cc07a59aba84d9d71bcc93a21e1ace0","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-39-10-46.1","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-39-10-48"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}