North Dakota Code § 40-42-05

Nonliability of municipality for damages caused by snow and ice on
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sidewalks - Exception - Actual knowledge required.
All municipalities in this state shall be exempt from all liability to any person for damages for 
injuries suffered or sustained by reason of the accumulation of snow and ice upon the sidewalks 
within the municipality unless actual knowledge of the defective, unsafe, or dangerous condition 
of the sidewalk or crosswalk shall have been possessed by the executive officer, governing 
body, police officer, or marshal of the municipality at least forty -eight hours previous to the 
damage or injury. Actual knowledge shall not be presumed from the fact of the existence of the 
condition, but it shall be proved as an independent fact. No municipality in this state shall be 
liable in damages for any injury occasioned through the mere slippery condition of the sidewalk 
or crosswalk due to the presence of frost or loose snow thereon.

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