North Dakota Century Code Title 39. Motor Vehicles § 39-16.1-19. Cancellation of bond or return of deposit

1. The director shall upon request consent to the immediate cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance, or the director shall direct and the Bank of North Dakota shall return to the person entitled thereto any money or securities deposited pursuant to this chapter as proof of financial responsibility, or the director shall waive the requirement of filing proof, in any of the following events:

2. The director may not consent to the cancellation of any bond or the return of any money or securities in the event any action for damages upon a liability covered by such proof is then pending or any judgment upon any such liability is then unsatisfied, or in the event the person who has filed such bond or deposited such money or securities has, within one year immediately preceding such request, been involved as an operator or owner in any motor vehicle accident resulting in injury or damage to the person or property of others. An affidavit of the applicant as to the nonexistence of such facts, or that the applicant has been released from all of the applicant's liability, or has been finally adjudicated not to be liable, for such injury or damage, is sufficient evidence thereof in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of the director.

3. Whenever any person whose proof has been canceled or returned under subdivision c of subsection 1 applies for a license within a period of one year from the date proof was originally required, the application must be refused. The person's operator's license and driving privileges remain under suspension or revocation until the applicant re-establishes proof for the remainder of the one-year period.