Drawbar or connection between vehicles - Precautions required
N.D. Cent. Code § 39-21-44.2
in effect39-21-44.2. Drawbar or connection between vehicles - Precautions required
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:
1. A fifth-wheel coupling device; or
2. 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.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t39c21.pdf#nameddest=39-21-44p2Fetched: 10/16/2026