North Dakota Code § 39-21-40

Restrictions as to tire equipment
Open in Lexace · Ask the AI about this section
1. Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle must have rubber on its entire traction surface at 
least one inch [2.54 centimeters] thick above the edge of the flange of the entire 
periphery.
2. No person may operate or move on any highway any motor vehicle, trailer, or 
semitrailer having any metal tire in contact with the roadway.
3. No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway may have on its periphery any block, stud, 
flange, cleat, or spike or any other protuberance of any material other than rubber 
which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire, except that it is 
permissible to use farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure 
the highway, and except also that it is permissible to use tire chains of reasonable 
proportions. It is also permissible to use, from October fifteenth to April fifteenth, 
pneumatic tires which have metal studs which do not project more than one -sixteenth 
of an inch [1.59 millimeters] beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire, except 
that it is permissible to use such tires on schoolbuses at any time during the year.

‹ Prev All North Dakota sections Next ›


Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.