This option enables you to fax your locate requests to North Dakota One Call. This must be done on appropriate locate request forms. Call the administration office at 800-422-1242 to sign up for the fax program.

North Dakota One Call receives faxes 24 hours a day. However, if you fax North Dakota One Call a request after 2:00 p.m., your locate will be assigned a start time of 7:00 a.m. on the third business day after the request is received. For example: If you fax in your locate request at 3:30 Thursday afternoon, your locate will be assigned a start date and time of 7:00 a.m., Tuesday, of the next week.

All fax-a-locates must be typed or printed clearly, with all the appropriate information. This includes addresses, cross street information, locating instructions and township, range, section and quarter-section, the location shall be further described by coordinates measured in feet from the nearest one-fourth corner or section corner. Unreadable or incomplete requests will be returned.

No emergencies, updates or planning locate requests will be accepted. These types of requests must be done verbally with a North Dakota One Call answering attendant.