Grand Forks, ND Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

§ 8-0812 sets a single, citywide time limit rather than an overnight curfew: no vehicle may be left standing on any street, avenue, roadway, public way, boulevard, public property or alley in the City of Grand Forks for longer than 48 hours. The section defines what counts as "moved" precisely, to close an obvious loophole: once 48 hours have elapsed, the vehicle is treated as having remained stationary unless it has been relocated a distance of more than one block or 300 feet, whichever distance is less. That means nudging a car forward a car-length within the same block does not reset the 48-hour clock; the owner has to actually relocate it a meaningful distance. The rule sits alongside the city's snow-emergency and abandoned-vehicle provisions in the same article, and the Grand Forks Police Department typically chalks or photographs a suspected violator's tire before the 48-hour window runs so it can prove the vehicle never moved.