State record · ND · 2026-09-01 · Not yet retrieved
North Dakota
Not yet retrieved. Occupancy is listed. An ALPR-named highway form is not. Empty is honest. Do not fill it in from another state.
- Highway system Primary
- State highway system: the system of state principal roads designated by the director of the Department of Transportation, the responsibility for which is lodged in the department (N.D.C.C. § 24-01-01.1(45)). Mileage may not exceed 7,700 miles (§ 24-01-01.2). County road system and municipal streets are separate. The director is responsible for construction, maintenance, and operation of the state highway system (§ 24-01-03).
- Owner Primary
- North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT). The director, and the department acting through the director, is custodian of the state highway system (N.D.C.C. § 24-01-01) and is responsible for its construction, maintenance, and operation (§ 24-01-03).
- Right-of-way Primary
- N.D.C.C. § 24-01-01.1(38). Right of way means a general term denoting land, property, or interest therein, acquired for or devoted to highway purposes and shall include, but not be limited to publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas, sanitary facilities reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public, and tracts of land necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty adjacent to the state highway system.
- Public records Primary
- North Dakota open records law (N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18). Who may request: Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all records of a public entity are public records, open and accessible for inspection during reasonable office hours (N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18(1)). No requester-class limit is packed in that subsection. No ALPR-specific exemption was retrieved in chapter 44-04.
- Open meetings Primary
- North Dakota open meetings law (N.D.C.C. § 44-04-19)
- ALPR statute None found
- No North Dakota ALPR-use or retention statute was retrieved. NCSL’s 3 Feb 2022 list does not include North Dakota. NYU Policing Project scorecard (Aug 2026) lists North Dakota among 26 states with no ALPR-specific legislation — secondary confirmation of absence, not a packed finding that none exists later. 2025 HB 1050 (introduced at the Attorney General’s request) would have amended N.D.C.C. § 24-02-45 to require the NDDOT director, at the request of a state, county, or city law-enforcement agency or a federal border-control agency, to enter an agreement for placement of license plate readers on department-owned or department-operated equipment or infrastructure. House second reading failed, yeas 42 nays 51 (28 Jan 2025). It is a failed bill, not packed law. Current § 24-02-45 is generic cooperative agreements with counties or cities and does not mention license plate readers. N.D.C.C. § 29-29.4-01 (Surveillance by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle; 2025 HB 1613 / ch. 313) excludes “a law enforcement in-car camera or license plate reader” from the definition of robot. That is an exclusion from UAV/robot warrant rules, not an ALPR-use or retention statute. Do not pack 29-29.4 as the ALPR law. Empty beats inventing a cite.
- ROW permit Primary
- Utility Occupancy Application and Permit (SFN 7995) — not an ALPR-named instrument. Who may apply: NDDOT’s utility-permit-information page: parties interested in installing, replacing or maintaining utilities in a state right-of-way must contact NDDOT for permission and permitting before conducting any type of utility work. Contact the City/District Coordinator about Utility Occupancy Application and Permits. The forms list (SFN 7995 rev. 4/15/2026) is Design / Permits. Related ROW forms on the same list — SFN 5918 driveway, SFN 50909 / 50910 drainage, SFN 19721 utility-permit cancellation — also do not name ALPR. No ALPR applicant class was retrieved. 2025 HB 1050 would have been a director-agreement path for LPRs on NDDOT equipment or infrastructure; it failed and is not this form.. Primary occupancy only. SFN 7995 is a utility occupancy permit. Generic occupancy is not enough for live. Do not copy Florida GUP, Minnesota OLPA, Utah Special Use, or Johnson City TN. NDDOT SMART-grant one-pagers list “purchase or lease of a license plate reader” as an ineligible federal cost — that is not an NDDOT ALPR program.
NYU is a lead. HB 1050 is a failed NDDOT-hosting bill. § 29-29.4-01 is a robot/UAV exclusion. None of those is packed as an ALPR statute.
Primary occupancy only. SFN 7995 is a utility occupancy permit. Generic occupancy is not enough for live. Do not copy Florida GUP, Minnesota OLPA, Utah Special Use, or Johnson City TN. NDDOT SMART-grant one-pagers list “purchase or lease of a license plate reader” as an ineligible federal cost — that is not an NDDOT ALPR program.
Install process in this state
Highway owner and records law are primary. No ALPR-named NDDOT instrument. Steps are negative findings, not an install recipe.
- This is North Dakota state-highway-system ROW under N.D.C.C. ch. 24-01, with NDDOT’s director as custodian. County roads and city streets are not that system. Do not import Florida GUP, FAC 14-20.010, Minnesota OLPA, or Utah Special Use.
- No North Dakota ALPR-use or retention statute was retrieved. Do not invent retention days. Do not treat N.D.C.C. § 29-29.4-01 (UAV/robot chapter; LPR excluded from “robot”) as the ALPR statute.
- NDDOT’s retrieved instrument is SFN 7995 Utility Occupancy Application and Permit, written for utilities in state right-of-way. It does not name ALPR. Empty beats treating SFN 7995 as an ALPR install path.
- 2025 HB 1050 would have required the director to agree to place license plate readers on NDDOT equipment or infrastructure. House failed it 42–51. Current § 24-02-45 does not mention readers. Do not pack the failed bill as current law.
- City or county ALPR buys still produce open-records / open-meetings files at the auditor, purchasing, and police desks (N.D.C.C. §§ 44-04-18, 44-04-19). That is not an NDDOT install pack. Do not copy Johnson City TN dollar figures or FDOT EOM 26-01.
Primary
Where to ask
City or county auditor
Minutes, resolutions, vote records (open meetings + open records)
Purchasing / finance
Contract, amendments, invoices — if a public contract exists. None packed.
Police records
Local use policy and logs if created — no statewide ALPR-file mandate packed
NDDOT district / Design permits
SFN 7995 utility-occupancy file if one was issued — not an ALPR-named file
North Dakota has no packed statewide ALPR-use or retention statute as of 1 Sept 2026.
Supported as a none-found hunt (NCSL 2022; NYU scorecard is a lead; 2025 HB 1050 failed). A later session law would reopen this. Do not treat § 29-29.4-01 as the ALPR statute.
SFN 7995 is NDDOT’s ALPR right-of-way instrument.
The form is a utility occupancy permit. The NDDOT page does not name ALPR. Generic occupancy is not enough.
N.D.C.C. § 29-29.4-01 is North Dakota’s ALPR statute.
§ 29-29.4-01 excludes a law-enforcement license plate reader from the definition of robot in the UAV/robot surveillance chapter. Packing that exclusion as an ALPR-use or retention statute would be wrong.
Sources in this pack
N.D.C.C. ch. 24-01 — State highway system (custodian, definitions, responsibility) primary
North Dakota Legislative Council · accessed 2026-09-01
https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t24c01.pdfN.D.C.C. § 24-02-45 — Cooperative agreements with counties or cities primary
North Dakota Legislative Council · accessed 2026-09-01
https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t24c02.pdfGeneric cooperative-agreement power. Does not mention license plate readers. HB 1050 would have added LPR placement and failed.
N.D.C.C. §§ 44-04-18, 44-04-19 — Access to public records; access to public meetings primary
North Dakota Legislative Council · accessed 2026-09-01
https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t44c04.pdfN.D.C.C. ch. 29-29.4 — Surveillance by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (§ 29-29.4-01 robot definition) primary
North Dakota Legislative Council · accessed 2026-09-01
https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t29c29-4.pdfLicense plate reader is excluded from “robot.” Not packed as an ALPR-use or retention statute. 2025 HB 1613 / ch. 313.
HB 1050, 69th Legislative Assembly (2025) — cooperative agreements regarding license plate readers (failed) primary
North Dakota Legislative Assembly · accessed 2026-09-01
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8034-01000.pdfIntroduced text 25.8034.01000, requested by the Attorney General. Overview https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1050.html : second reading failed, yeas 42 nays 51 (28 Jan 2025). Bill, not law.
NDDOT forms — SFN 7995 Utility Occupancy Application and Permit primary
North Dakota Department of Transportation · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.dot.nd.gov/dot/view/forms.aspxRevision date on the list: 4/15/2026. Design / Permits. Not ALPR-named. Nearby: SFN 5918 driveway, 50909/50910 drainage, 19721 cancellation.
NDDOT Utility Permit Information — state highway right-of-way occupancy primary
North Dakota Department of Transportation · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.dot.nd.gov/construction-and-planning/transportation-plans-programs/utility-permit-informationParties installing, replacing, or maintaining utilities in a state ROW must contact NDDOT. City/District Coordinator. Does not name ALPR.
Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes (updated 3 Feb 2022) secondary
National Conference of State Legislatures · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/automated-license-plate-readers-state-statutesNorth Dakota is not on the 2022 express-ALPR list.
ALPR Scorecard — North Dakota among 26 states with no ALPR-specific legislation secondary
Policing Project at NYU School of Law · accessed 2026-09-01
https://alprscorecard.com/Aug 2026 scorecard. Lead only. Not a packed finding that none exists later.
What was checked
2026-09-01
https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t24c01.pdf
Primary: §§ 24-01-01 custodian; 24-01-01.1(38) right of way; 24-01-01.1(45) state highway system; 24-01-01.2 7,700-mile cap; 24-01-03 director responsible for SHS construction, maintenance, and operation.
2026-09-01
https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t24c02.pdf (§ 24-02-45)
Primary: § 24-02-45 cooperative agreements with counties or cities for joint administration that will enhance SHS efficiency. No license plate reader, ALPR, or camera. Terms may supersede §§ 24-02-36 and 24-02-37 highway-fund rules.
2026-09-01
https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t44c04.pdf
Primary: § 44-04-18 open records (all records of a public entity; no requester-class limit in (1)); § 44-04-19 open meetings. No ALPR-specific exemption packed in the chapter.
2026-09-01
https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t29c29-4.pdf (ch. 29-29.4 Surveillance by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)
Primary: § 29-29.4-01 “robot” does not include a law enforcement body-worn camera, a law enforcement in-car camera or license plate reader, or any other law enforcement camera that does not require a search warrant. Exclusion from UAV/robot rules, not an ALPR-use or retention statute. 2025 HB 1613 / ch. 313 enacted the robot amendments.
2026-09-01
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8034-01000.pdf and /bill-overview/bo1050.html (HB 1050)
Primary introduced text: amend § 24-02-45; at LE or federal border-control request the director shall agree to place license plate readers on department-owned or department-operated equipment or infrastructure. Requested by the Attorney General. Official overview: second reading failed, yeas 42 nays 51 (28 Jan 2025). Not packed as law.
2026-09-01
https://www.dot.nd.gov/dot/view/forms.aspx and /construction-and-planning/transportation-plans-programs/utility-permit-information
Primary forms list: SFN 7995 Utility Occupancy Application and Permit (Design / Permits, rev. 4/15/2026). Driveway 5918, drainage 50909/50910, cancellation 19721 — none name ALPR. Utility-permit-information page retrieved: NDDOT manages state highway ROW; parties installing, replacing, or maintaining utilities in a state ROW must contact NDDOT; City/District Coordinator. No ALPR-named instrument.
2026-09-01
NDDOT site hunt: ALPR / LPR / license plate reader; SMART-grant one-pagers
No NDDOT ALPR permit page retrieved. FY24 SMART Grant one-pager lists “purchase or lease of a license plate reader” as an ineligible federal cost — not an NDDOT ALPR program. Empty beats treating a grant ineligibility line as an install path.
2026-09-01
ALPR statute hunt: NCSL 3 Feb 2022; NYU Policing Project scorecard (Aug 2026 / alprscorecard.com); NDCC search; 2025 HB 1050; 2025 HB 1613
None found as enrolled ALPR-use or retention text. NCSL 2022 listed none. Scorecard lists North Dakota among 26 no-statute states (secondary lead). HB 1050 failed. § 29-29.4-01 is a robot/UAV exclusion. Packed cite: null. Status unpublished.