North Dakota Code § 39-21-14

Lamps on parked vehicle
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1. Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours 
between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and in the event there 
is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of one thousand feet 
[304.8 meters] upon such street or highway, no lights need be displayed.
2. Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent 
thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between a half hour after 
sunset and a half hour before sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any 
person or object within a distance of one thousand feet [304.8 meters] upon such 
highway, the vehicle must be equipped with at least one lamp displaying a white or 
amber light visible from a distance of one thousand feet [304.8 meters] to the front of 
the vehicle. The same lamp or at least one other lamp must display a red light visible 
from a distance of one thousand feet [304.8 meters] to the rear of the vehicle, and the 
location of the lamp or lamps must always be such that at least one lamp or 
combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this section is installed as near as 
practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing traffic. Local 
authorities may provide by ordinance that no lights need be displayed upon any motor 
vehicle when parked upon a highway where the speed limit in effect does not exceed 
thirty miles [48.28 kilometers] per hour in accordance with local ordinances or where 
there is sufficient light to reveal any person within a distance of two hundred feet 
[60.96 meters] upon such highway.
3. Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle must be depressed or dimmed.

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