North Dakota
A 2025 DOT-placement bill died on the House floor. North Dakota has no ALPR statute and no statewide removal.
North Dakota HB 1050 (69th) — license plate readers on NDDOT equipment (failed 42–51) · Fargo Police Department Policy 428 — Automated License Plate Readers · Finding Flock — ALPR laws by state (19 statutes read against official text)
- ALPR statute
- Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.
- Executive
- Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.
- Local
- Fargo PD Policy 428 (rev. March 25, 2025) governs department ALPRs: hot-list review at 30 days; captured data purged unless converted to evidence. Department policy, not a city ordinance. NDDOT historically declined pole placements for Bismarck PD, Fargo PD, and Border Patrol (HB 1050 testimony).
- Funding / grants
- Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.
- Permitting / dirt
- Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.
- Privacy
- NDCC § 29-29.4-01(8) excludes license plate readers from the UAV/robot warrant chapter. That carve-out is not an ALPR-use statute. No statewide retention cap.
Bills and memos
HB 1050 (2025)
Cooperative agreements for license plate readers on NDDOT equipment
Lost — failed on the House floor Jan. 28, 2025, 42–51 (House Transportation DO NOT PASS 14–0). Would have required DOT, on request, to place ALPRs on department infrastructure. An authorization bill, not a ban.
Comment for this state
A city fight in North Dakota is still one of 19,000. A state ban is one of 50. Sign: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/