Nd who cannot get license — North Dakota Permit Test
Nd who cannot get license on the North Dakota permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A person whose license is revoked or suspended in North Dakota or any other state cannot get a North Dakota license.
Moving across a state line should not wipe out a loss of license earned by unsafe driving somewhere else.
People whose licenses are revoked or suspended in this or any other state.
A person with a history of seizures or blackouts may get a license only after at least six consecutive months with no seizures and a willingness to take the required medical examination.
A seizure at the wheel leaves a car with no one in control, so the state waits until the condition has been steady for months.
Exception to #4: The person in question has had no seizures for at least six consecutive months, and is willing to submit to the required medical examination.
Applicants found to be addicted to drugs or alcohol, or considered a hazard on the roads because of a mental or physical disability, cannot get a North Dakota license.
A driver who cannot stay sober or stay in control puts everyone else on the road at risk.
Applicants who have been determined to be addicted to drugs or alcohol, or those considered to be a hazard to public safety on our roadways because of mental or physical disability.
On the test
A person whose license is suspended in another state applies in North Dakota. What happens?
They cannot get a license. Moving across a state line should not wipe out a loss of license earned by unsafe driving somewhere else. North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, p.3: “People whose licenses are revoked or suspended in this or any other state.”
How this works
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All North Dakota permit topics
Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, published by the North Dakota Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ND.pdf (North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025-2027, Revised 2025, North Dakota Department of Transportation, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ND.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- https://www.dot.nd.gov/driver/noncommercial-driver-license-manual (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)
- https://www.dot.nd.gov/driver/driver-license (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark for the Class D knowledge test)
- https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/37-03-01.pdf (N.D. Admin. Code chapter 37-03-01 and the rest of article 37-03, read 2026-10-04; states no knowledge-test figure)
- https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t39c06.pdf (NDCC chapter 39-06, read 2026-10-04; section 39-06-13 sets what the examination covers and states no figure)