N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-08-11

Current through 2023 Legislative Sessions

Section 12.1-08-11 - Refusing to halt

Any person, other than the driver of a motor vehicle under section 39-10-71, who willfully fails or refuses to stop or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude, in any manner, a pursuing peace officer, when given a visual or audible signal to stop, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor for a first or second offense and a class A misdemeanor for a subsequent offense. A signal to stop complies with this section if the signal is perceptible to the person and:

1. If given from a vehicle, the signal is given by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren, and the vehicle is appropriately marked showing it to be an official law enforcement vehicle; or

2. If not given from a vehicle, the signal is given by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren, and the officer is in uniform or prominently displays the officer's badge of office.

N.D.C.C. § 12.1-08-11

Amended by S.L. 2011, ch. 281 (HB 1262),§ 1, eff. 8/1/2011.

Effective after December 31, 2009