North Dakota property management software.
AI-native property management for every US state. Here is the North Dakota compliance profile included with Forge -- every value cited to its statute.
Included -- every value cited to its statute.
Each value below is drawn directly from the cited statute and maintained to the best of our ability; it has not been reviewed by an attorney. Fields we could not source are left out rather than guessed. You remain responsible for complying with the current statutes -- verify before you rely on any value here.
North Dakota landlord-tenant rules Forge tracks
- Security-deposit return
- Within 30 days of move-out
- Maximum security deposit
- 1 month(s) of rent
- Deposit interest
- Interest owed to tenant (see statute for rate)
- Late-fee cap
- No statutory cap (must still be reasonable and disclosed)
- Rent-increase notice (month-to-month)
- 30 days
- Termination notice (month-to-month)
- 30 days
- Pay-or-quit / cure period
- 3 days
- Manager / broker license
- Generally required to manage for others
Extra protected classes: beyond the federal Fair Housing Act, North Dakota also protects age, marital status, public assistance recipient status. Forge's fair-housing checks account for this.
Required lease disclosures
- Move-in condition statement, signed by both parties (47-16-07.2)
- Automatic-renewal clause notice, at least 30 days before expiration, for leases of 2+ months (47-16-06.1)
Sources
- NDCC 47-16-07.1(3) (30-day deposit return)
- NDCC 47-16-07.1(1)(a)-(b) (deposit capped at 1 month; 2 months allowed only as an incentive for a tenant with a prior felony conviction, or a tenant with a prior lease-violation judgment); 47-16-07.1(2) (pet deposit separately capped at the greater of $2,500 or 2 months rent)
- NDCC 47-16-07.1(1),(3) (interest required only for occupancies of 9+ months; not required under 9 months)
- NDCC 47-16-07 (30-day rent-increase notice, written, confirmed flat)
- NDCC 47-16-15(2) ("one calendar month" termination notice, either party, confirmed flat; narrow 25-day tenant-only right when responding to the landlord's own rent-change notice, 47-16-15(3))
- NDCC 47-16-07.3 ("reasonable hours/manner" entry standard, no fixed hour count)
- NDCC 47-32-01(4), 47-32-02 (rent must be 3 days late before eviction is maintainable, then 3 days written notice of intent to evict)
- NDCC 43-23-06.1 / 43-23-07(1)(a) (broker license; owner-and-employees-only exemption, does not cover 3rd-party PM)
- NDCC 14-02.5-02 (protected classes)
Last reviewed: 2026-07-09
Software assistance, not legal advice.
Forge helps you track deadlines and generate documents, but it is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Any statutory values shown are assistive guidance we maintain to the best of our ability; you remain responsible for complying with the current North Dakota statutes whether or not our values are correct. Always verify the current statutes and consult a licensed North Dakota attorney before acting on a specific situation.
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