N.D. Cent. Code § 39-29-04 (2025)
1. Registration and payment of fees is not required of: a. Off-highway vehicles owned and used by the United States or any state or its political subdivisions. b. Off-highway vehicles registered in a foreign country and temporarily used in this state. c. Off-highway vehicles validly licensed in another state and which have not been within this state for more than thirty consecutive days. d. Off-highway vehicles used exclusively on private lands. e. Off-highway vehicles used exclusively in organized track racing events.
2. If an off-highway vehicle is exempt from registration under subdivision b or c of subsection 1, the owner shall purchase an out-of-state public trails and lands access permit received upon payment of a ten dollar per-year fee. Dealers or other agents authorized by the director of the parks and recreation department who sell out-of-state public trails and lands access permits may retain one dollar of the ten dollar per-year fee. The remainder of the fees collected under this subsection must be deposited in the off-highway vehicle fund.