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North Dakota Duty to Inform Police Laws (2026)

Conditional: Disclosure required only ON INQUIRY, not proactively.

ConditionalVerified Jul 18, 2026

Disclosure required only ON INQUIRY, not proactively. A permitless carrier must inform an officer of the concealed firearm IF THE OFFICER ASKS (NDCC 62.1-04-04(2)); licensees must carry the license (or digital image) and give it to an officer for inspection upon request (62.1-04-04(1), noncriminal $20). The old inform-on-initial-contact rule is gone from the current Century Code.

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