North Dakota Century Code Title 39. Motor Vehicles § 39-10-71.1. Motor vehicle owner's responsibility regarding a driver who flees a peace officer--Exceptions

1. The owner of a motor vehicle involved in a violation of section 39-10-71 is presumed to have violated this section.

2. A peace officer may proceed in accordance with this section instead of pursuing the driver of a motor vehicle who flees or attempts to elude the peace officer after being given a visual or audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop in violation of section 39-10-71.

3. A motor vehicle owner may not be found to have violated this section if:

4. A motor vehicle owner may not be found to have violated this section, and the lessee is presumed to have violated this section, if the motor vehicle owner is a lessor of vehicles and at the time of the violation of section 39-10-71 the motor vehicle was in the possession of a lessee, and the lessor provides a peace officer with the motor vehicle's registration number and the name, address, and operator's license number of the individual renting or leasing the motor vehicle.

5. An individual may not be charged both with violating this section and section 39-10-71 for acts arising out of the same incident or occurrence.

6. This section may not apply to a motor vehicle rental company that rents motor vehicles to customers for a period of ninety days or less.