Hunting big game or small game other than waterfowl or cranes with motor-driven vehicles prohibited - Exception - Motor-driven vehicle use in transporting big game restricted
N.D. Cent. Code § 20.1-01-07
in effect20.1-01-07. Hunting big game or small game other than waterfowl or cranes with
motor-driven vehicles prohibited - Exception - Motor-driven vehicle use in transporting
big game restricted.
1. Except as provided in subsection 10 of section 20.1-02-05 and as otherwise provided
in this section, an individual, while hunting big game or small game, other than
waterfowl or cranes, may not use a motor-driven vehicle on any land other than an
established road or trail without the written permission of the landowner, unless that
individual has reduced a big game animal to possession and cannot easily retrieve the
big game animal, but after retrieval, the motor-driven vehicle must be returned to the
established road or trail along the same route it originally departed.
2. For purposes of safety and allowing normal travel, a motor-driven vehicle may be
parked on the roadside or directly adjacent to said road or trail.
3. No individual, while hunting big game or small game, statewide, may drive or attempt
to drive, run or attempt to run, molest or attempt to molest, flush or attempt to flush, or
harass or attempt to harass any such game with the use or aid of any motor-driven
vehicle.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t20-1c01.pdf#nameddest=20p1-01-07Fetched: 10/16/2026