# Title 38 — Highway Patrol

## Article 38-06 — Movement of Oversize and/or Overweight Vehicles and Loads

## Chapter 38-06-03 — Permit Fees

### § 38-06-03-01. Permit fees.

The following fees are in addition to those found in North Dakota Century Code section 39-12-02:
1. The fee for a seasonal permit is fifty dollars per year. The seasonal permit is issued to vehicles
referenced in subdivision d of subsection 1 of North Dakota Century Code section 39-12-04.
2. There is a graduated fee schedule for overweight single trip movements exceeding one
hundred fifty thousand pounds [68035 kilograms] gross vehicle weight.
Gross Vehicle Weight Permit Fee
150,001 - 160,000 lbs. [68039-72574 kilograms] $30
160,001 - 170,000 lbs. [72575-77110 kilograms] $40
170,001 - 180,000 lbs. [77111-81646 kilograms] $50
180,001 - 190,000 lbs. [81647-86182 kilograms] $60
190,001 lbs. and over [86183 kilograms and over] $70
3. There is an additional ton/mile [907 kilogram/1.6 kilometers] fee of $.05 per ton per mile on all
those movements that exceed two hundred thousand pounds [90718 kilograms] gross vehicle
weight. The ton/mile [907 kilogram/1.6 kilometers] fee is only assessed upon that portion of
gross vehicle weight exceeding two hundred thousand pounds [90718 kilograms] gross
vehicle weight.
4. The superintendent shall assess a fee of fifty cents per mile [1.6 kilometers] or fifty dollars per
hour, or both, per trooper, on those movements of extraordinary size or weight when an escort
by the highway patrol is required or when the highway patrol is requested to weigh a vehicle
with portable scales.
5. The fee for an equipment approval certificate is fifteen dollars.
6. The ton-mile [907 kilogram-1.6 kilometers] fee for a vehicle or load movement that exceeds
the weight limits on highways during the spring thaw or on highways with load limits
year-round is as follows:
a. One dollar per ton-mile [907 kilogram-1.6 kilometers] when exceeding axle weight limits.
b. The fees for vehicle or vehicle combinations hauling a load and in excess of the gross
vehicle weight limit:
(1) One dollar per mile [1.6 kilometers] when the gross vehicle weight exceeds one
hundred five thousand five hundred pounds [47853 kilograms] and travel is on
highways restricted by legal weight or eight-ton [7257 kilograms] and seven-ton
[6350 kilograms] designated state highways.
(a) Vehicles authorized by the director of the department of transportation to haul
construction equipment to state highway construction projects are exempt from
one dollar per mile [1.6 kilometers] fee.

(b) The total number of single trip permits for a state highway construction project
that may be waived from the one dollar per mile [1.6 kilometers] fee may not
exceed ten single trip permits.
(2) Five dollars per ton-mile [907 kilograms-1.6 kilometers] when the gross vehicle
weight exceeds:
(a) One hundred thirty thousand pounds [58967 kilograms] on highways restricted
by legal weight.
(b) One hundred twenty thousand pounds [54431 kilograms] on eight-ton
[7257 kilograms] highways.
(c) One hundred ten thousand pounds [49895 kilograms] on seven-ton [6350
kilograms] highways.
(d) Eighty thousand pounds [36287 kilograms] on six-ton [5443 kilograms]
highways.
(3) The five dollar per ton-mile [907 kilograms-1.6 kilometers] fee for self-propelled
special mobile equipment is assessed when the gross vehicle weight exceeds:
(a) One hundred five thousand five hundred pounds [47853 kilograms] on
highways restricted by legal weight.
(b) One hundred five thousand five hundred pounds [47853 kilograms] on
eight-ton [7257 kilograms] highways.
(c) One hundred five thousand five hundred pounds [47853 kilograms] on
seven-ton [6350 kilograms] highways.
(d) Eighty thousand pounds [36287 kilograms] on six-ton [5443 kilograms]
highways.
c. Loads permitted by the one-hundred-twenty-nine-thousand-pound [58513-kilogram]
primary network permit are exempt from fees on highways restricted to legal weight.
7. The fee for a weight increase on a work-over service rig is nine hundred ninety dollars. The
fee shall be assessed on a work-over service rig that exceeds six hundred seventy pounds
[303 kilograms] per inch [2.54 centimeters] of tire width on a single or tandem axle, exceeds
sixty thousand pounds [27215 kilograms] on a triple axle, and sixty-eight thousand pounds
[30844 kilograms] on a four-axle group.
a. The weight increase is valid for three hundred sixty-five days.
b. The weight increase can only be assessed on model year 2010 work-over service rigs
and older.
8. All permit fees must be deposited into the state highway distribution fund.
History: Effective January 1, 1988; amended effective May 1, 1988; January 1, 1992; August 1, 1993;
February 1, 1999; February 1, 2000; April 1, 2008, July 1, 2013; January 1, 2016; July 1, 2019;
January 1, 2022.
General Authority: NDCC 39-12-02, 39-12-03, 39-12-04, 39-12-05.3
Law Implemented: NDCC 39-12-02, 39-12-04, 39-12-05.3
