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Loan Periods & Limits
You can have as many as 25 total items out on a card at a time. Most items can be renewed up to two times, provided that they have not been requested by another patron. Items borrowed from other Central Dakota Library Network libraries are subject to the lending rules of the libraries from which they came.
We're fines-free!
BVMPL does not charge daily fines for overdue items, but patrons will receive overdue notices and will be billed the full cost of replacement for items that are not returned by the date they are declared lost.
| Item | Loan Period | Amount per card |
|---|---|---|
| Books | 30 days | 25 |
| Audiobooks, CDs | 30 days | 5 |
| Children's life vests, fishing poles | 14 days | 5 |
| Children's holiday books, high demand items (See Note 1) | 14 days | 25 |
| WhaZoodles | 7 days | 1 |
| DVDs, Magazines | 7 days | 5 |
| State Park Passes | 7 days | 1 |
| Gateway to Science Passes | 7 days | 1 |
| Disc Golf Sets, Pickleball Sets | 7 days | 2 |
| Video games | 7 days | 1 |
| Express shelf books (See Note 2) | 14 days | 5 |
| Binge Boxes (See Note 2) | 14 days | 1 |
| Book club kits | 60 days | 1 |
| Art prints | 60 days | 3 |
| Overhead projector, slide projector, 8mm projector, multimedia projector | 24 hours | 1 |
| Radon Testing Kits | 14 days | 1 |
| Ghost Hunting Kits (See Note 2) | 7 days | 1 |
| Board games | 7 days | 2 |
| Interlibrary Loans | Varies depending on the lending institution | 5 |
Note 1: High-demand items include any items having four or more requests.
Note 2: These items can neither be requested nor renewed.