§ 24-09-01.1 Standard railroad crossing warning systems – Survey for additional warning systems
§ 24-09-02 Uniform warning systems at railroad crossings
§ 24-09-03 Railroads to establish signs
§ 24-09-04 Advance warning signs – Exceptions
§ 24-09-05 Stop signs may be required
§ 24-09-08 Additional safeguards at crossings may be required
§ 24-09-08.1 Department of transportation to apportion cost – Exception
§ 24-09-09 Warning devices must be approved by department of transportation
§ 24-09-10 Changing or closing railroad crossing – Power of public service commission – Hearing
§ 24-09-11 Overhead and underground railroad crossings may be required
§ 24-09-12 Advertising signs not to obstruct or resemble crossing signs
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 24-09 - Railroad Crossings

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Commission: means the public service commission of the state of North Dakota. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of transportation of this state as provided by section 24-02-01. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
  • Director: means the director of the department of transportation of this state, acting directly or through authorized agents as provided in section 24-02-01. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Grade crossing: means the intersection of a public highway and of the track or tracks of any railroad, however operated, on the same plane or level, other than a street railway within the limits of a city. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, organization, or business trust. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Roadway: means in general, the portion of a highway, including shoulders, for vehicular use. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37