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Highway patrol, DOT back bill to tighten temporary vehicle registration rules
Summary
The Transportation Committee heard testimony on House Bill 1118 to standardize where temporary registration permits must be displayed and to criminalize altered or forged temporary permits; bill received support from the Highway Patrol and Department of Transportation and drew questions about commercial vehicles, visibility and permit duration.
A bill to clarify where North Dakota’s temporary motor vehicle registration permits must be displayed and to add temporary permits to statutes governing unlawful use drew support from law enforcement and the state Department of Transportation at a House Transportation Committee hearing.
Tom Iverson, chief of operations for the North Dakota Highway Patrol, told the committee House Bill 1118 “amends North Dakota Century Code 3904.11, 390436, 390437, and 390456, pertaining to motor vehicle registration” and would require the temporary registration permit to be displayed in “the lower left of the rear window.”
The bill’s sponsors and agency witnesses said the measure responds to widespread inconsistent placement and to fraud. “When law enforcement comes across vehicles…
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