{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-39-21-44.2","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 39-21-44.2","heading":"Drawbar or connection between vehicles - Precautions required","body":"The drawbar or other coupling device between vehicles, one of which is towing or drawing the other on a highway, must include safety chains connecting the vehicles. The drawbar or other coupling device, and the safety chains, must be of a design, strength, and construction so as to prevent the unintentional uncoupling of the vehicles. The safety chain requirement of this section does not apply to:\n1.A fifth-wheel coupling device; or\n2.A vehicle towing an implement of husbandry or an implement of husbandry towing a vehicle, when operated at a speed not exceeding twenty-five miles [40.23 kilometers] per hour.","path":["Title 39 Motor Vehicles","Chapter 39-21 Equipment Of Vehicles"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t39c21.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"2ceab6d72fa227fd3db8e4acb73ae61f0745fc9871222ca8646780ce820a6e26","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-39-21-44.1","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-39-21-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}