Seat Belts
N.D.C.C. § 39-21-41.4 — every occupant of a vehicle built for fewer than eleven passengers wears a fastened belt
A driver may not drive a motor vehicle built for fewer than eleven passengers, made with safety belts, unless each occupant wears a properly adjusted and fastened belt.
- Children in a car seat under the child restraint section are covered there.
- Rural mail carriers on duty, farm equipment drivers, and occupants with a written medical exemption are excepted.
- Not wearing a belt is not, by itself, evidence of negligence, and the violation is admissible only in a case charging it.
Sources for this section (1)
- N.D.C.C. § 39-21-41.4 — Use of safety belts required in certain motor vehicles - Enforcement - Evidence
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed North Dakota attorney.