North Dakota Code 39-06.2-09 – Commercial driver’s license
1. The commercial driver’s license must be marked “commercial driver’s license”, and must be, to the maximum extent practicable, tamper proof. The license must include the following information:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 39-06.2-09
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Sex: means the biological state of being male or female, based on the individual's nonambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous hormone profiles at birth. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
a. The name and residential address of the individual; b. The individual’s color photograph; c. A physical description of the individual, including sex, height, and eye color; d. Date of birth; e. A distinguishing number assigned to the individual; f. The individual’s signature; g. The class or type of commercial motor vehicle or vehicles which the individual is authorized to drive together with any endorsements or restrictions; h. The name of this state; and
i. The dates between which the license is valid.
2. The director may issue a nondomiciled commercial driver’s license under the limitations of 49 C.F.R. § part 383 including waiving the social security number requirement.
The face of the license must be marked “nondomiciled” in accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 383.153(c).
3. Commercial driver’s licenses may be issued with the following classifications, endorsements, and restrictions. The holder of a valid commercial driver’s license may drive all vehicles in the class for which that license is issued and all lesser classes of vehicles except motorcycles. Vehicles for which an endorsement is required may not be driven unless the proper endorsement appears on the license. The requirements of placarding vehicles transporting hazardous materials under subparagraph b of paragraph 3 of subdivision a and the endorsement required under paragraph 1 of subdivision b do not apply to the operator of a farm vehicle if the vehicle is controlled and operated by a farmer and used to transport hazardous materials in the form of farm supplies within one hundred fifty miles [241.40 kilometers] of the farm and is not used in the operations of a common or contract carrier.
a. The classifications of commercial driver’s licenses are:
(1) A class A license. This license allows the operation of any combination of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than twenty-six thousand pounds [11793.40 kilograms], if the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicles being towed is in excess of ten thousand pounds [4535.92 kilograms].
(2) A class B license. This license allows the operation of a single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than twenty-six thousand pounds [11793.40 kilograms], and this vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of ten thousand pounds [4535.92 kilograms].
(3) A class C license. This license allows the operation of a single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand pounds [11793.40 kilograms] or less or this vehicle towing a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating not in excess of ten thousand pounds [4535.92 kilograms] comprising: (a) Vehicles designed to transport sixteen or more passengers, including the driver; and
(b) Vehicles used in the transportation of hazardous materials which requires the vehicle to be placarded under 49 C.F.R. part 172, subpart F.
b. Endorsements and restrictions include:
(1) “H” that authorizes the driver to drive a vehicle transporting hazardous materials.
(2) “T” that authorizes driving double and triple trailers.
(3) “P” that authorizes driving vehicles carrying passengers. (4) “N” that authorizes driving tank vehicles.
(5) “X” that authorizes driving combinations of tank vehicles and hazardous material vehicles.
(6) “S” that authorizes driving a schoolbus.
c. Other restrictions may be placed upon a commercial driver’s license, under section 39-06-17. The applicant shall pay a fee listed in section 39-06.2-19 for each endorsement.
4. Before issuing a commercial driver’s license, the director shall obtain driving record information through the commercial driver’s license information system, the national driver’s register, and from each state in which the individual has been licensed.
5. Within ten days after issuing a commercial driver’s license, the director shall notify the commercial driver’s license information system of that fact, providing all information required to ensure identification of the individual.
6. A commercial driver’s license issued under this chapter expires in the manner provided for operator’s licenses under section 39-06-19.
7. An individual applying for renewal of a commercial driver’s license must complete the application form required by subsection 1 of section 39-06.2-08, and provide updated information and required certifications. For an applicant to retain a hazardous materials endorsement, the applicant must take and pass the written test for a hazardous materials endorsement.
8. A class A, B, or C license may not be issued to an individual under eighteen years of age, except a class A, B, or C type license specially restricted to use for custom harvest purposes must be issued to an individual at least sixteen years of age who satisfactorily completes the appropriate examinations.