North Dakota Code § 39-20-04.1

Administrative sanction for driving or being in physical control of a
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vehicle while having certain alcohol concentration.
1. After the receipt of the certified report of a law enforcement officer and if no written 
request for hearing has been received from the arrested person under section 
39-20-05, or if that hearing is requested and the findings, conclusion, and decision 
from the hearing confirm that the law enforcement officer had reasonable grounds to 
arrest the person and test results show that the arrested person was driving or in 
physical control of a vehicle while having an alcohol concentration of at least eight 
one-hundredths of one percent by weight or, with respect to a person under 
twenty-one years of age, an alcohol concentration of at least two one -hundredths of 
one percent by weight at the time of the performance of a test within two hours after 
driving or being in physical control of a motor vehicle, the director shall suspend the 
person's driving privileges as follows:
a. For ninety-one days if the person's driving record shows that, within the seven 
years preceding the date of the arrest, the person has not previously violated 
section 39-08-01 or equivalent ordinance or the person's operator's license has 
not previously been suspended or revoked under this chapter and the violation 
was for an alcohol concentration of at least eight one -hundredths of one percent 
by weight or, with respect to a person under twenty -one years of age, an alcohol 
concentration of at least two one-hundredths of one percent by weight, and under 
eighteen one-hundredths of one percent by weight.
b. For one hundred eighty days if the operator's record shows the person has not 
violated section 39 -08-01 or equivalent ordinance within the seven years 
preceding the last violation and the last violation was for an alcohol concentration 
of at least eighteen one-hundredths of one percent by weight.
c. For three hundred sixty -five days if the person's driving record shows that, within 
the seven years preceding the date of the arrest, the person has once previously 
violated section 39-08-01 or equivalent ordinance or the person's operator's 
license has once previously been suspended or revoked under this chapter with 
the last violation or suspension for an alcohol concentration under eighteen 
one-hundredths of one percent by weight.
d. For two years if the person's driving record shows that within the seven years 
preceding the date of the arrest, the person's operator's license has once been 
suspended, revoked, or issuance denied under this chapter, or for a violation of 
section 39-08-01 or equivalent ordinance, with the last violation or suspension for 
an alcohol concentration of at least eighteen one -hundredths of one percent by 
weight or if the person's driving record shows that within the seven years 
preceding the date of arrest, the person's operator's license has at least twice 
previously been suspended, revoked, or issuance denied under this chapter, or 
for a violation of section 39 -08-01 or equivalent ordinance, or any combination 
thereof, and the suspensions, revocations, or denials resulted from at least two 
separate arrests with the last violation or suspension for an alcohol concentration 
of under eighteen one-hundredths of one percent by weight.
e. For three years if the operator's record shows that within the seven years 
preceding the date of the arrest, the person's operator's license has at least twice 
previously been suspended, revoked, or issuance denied under this chapter, or 
for a violation of section 39 -08-01 or equivalent ordinance, or any combination 
thereof, and the suspensions, revocations, or denials resulted from at least two 
separate arrests and the last violation or suspension was for an alcohol 
concentration of at least eighteen one-hundredths of one percent by weight.

2. In the suspension of the person's operator's license the director shall give credit for the 
time the person was without an operator's license after the day of the offense, except 
that the director may not give credit for the time the person retained driving privileges 
through a temporary operator's permit issued under section 39-20-03.1 or 39-20-03.2.

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