North Dakota Eviction Notice

North Dakota notice periods

Each period is the one LeaseCraft's record of the statute holds. Read it with the conditions under it: some periods are minimums and some apply unless the lease sets another. "Lease controls" means the record holds no statutory period for that situation, and "No pre-suit notice" means it holds no notice before filing. The source column shows the law and the date LeaseCraft read it on the official site (most recently 2026-09-27).

What the North Dakota statute says

Unpaid rent: 3 calendar days

• Ground exists only once the lessee 'fails to pay rent for three days after the rent is due' (N.D.C.C. § 47-32-01(4)); then 'three days' written notice of intention to evict must be given ... before proceedings can be instituted' (§ 47-32-02).
• ND Courts Self Help instructions: count from the day after service, three calendar days including weekends/holidays, extending to the next business day if day 3 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or state holiday; for nonpayment the notice gives the tenant 3 days to pay the full amount due or move out.

Lease violation: 3 calendar days

• Material violation of a written lease (§ 47-32-01(8)) requires the same three days' written notice of intention to evict under § 47-32-02; the statute provides no right to cure — the notice is a notice to vacate.

Ending the tenancy without a chance to cure: No pre-suit notice

• Unreasonable disturbance of other tenants' peaceful enjoyment (§ 47-32-01(7)) is NOT among the grounds (4, 5, 6, 8) for which § 47-32-02 requires the three-day notice of intention to evict; the landlord may commence the action without pre-suit notice.
• Material lease violations (ground 8) still require the 3-day notice.

Ending a month-to-month tenancy: 30 calendar days

• In tenancies from month to month, unless the parties agreed in writing to a longer notice period, 'either party may terminate the tenancy by giving at least one calendar month's written notice at any time' (§ 47-16-15); rent is due through the termination date.
• Leases converted to month-to-month under § 47-16-06/06.1 may be terminated 'on the last day of a month with at least one calendar month's notice'.
• Statute says 'one calendar month'; recorded as 30 for registry purposes.

Exceptions

• Leases for a term not specified: notice at least as long before expiration as the term of the hiring, not exceeding one calendar month.

Tenant staying after the lease ends: 3 calendar days

• Holding over 'after the termination of the lease or expiration of the lessee's term' is ground 4 (§ 47-32-01(4)) and therefore requires the three days' written notice of intention to evict before suit (§ 47-32-02).
• If the lessor accepts rent after a residential lease expires, the tenancy is presumed renewed month to month (§ 47-16-06) and the one-calendar-month notice under § 47-16-15 applies.

Delivery, form and other North Dakota rules

How the notice may be delivered

The notice of intention to evict 'may be served and returned as a summons is served and returned' (N.D.R.Civ.P. 4 methods) or, if the party cannot be found, by the county sheriff or a process server posting the notice conspicuously upon the premises (N.D.C.C. § 47-32-02); ND Courts guidance: any adult non-party may serve it, and posting follows a failed attempt including one between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

N.D.C.C. § 47-32-02; N.D.R.Civ.P. 4 · read 2026-09-27

Required form or contents

No mandatory statutory form; the ND Legal Self Help Center publishes optional 'Notice of Intention to Evict: Demand for Rent or Possession' (Form 1a) and 'Notice of Intention to Evict' (Form 1b) — https://www.ndcourts.gov/Media/Default/Legal%20Resources/Legal%20Self%20Help/Eviction/3-day-notice-to-evict.pdf

N.D.C.C. § 47-32-02; ND Legal Self Help Center eviction packet · read 2026-09-27

Statewide just-cause rule

No statewide just-cause requirement

• No statewide just-cause requirement; month-to-month tenancies end on one calendar month's written notice by either party (§ 47-16-15) and eviction grounds are listed in § 47-32-01.

N.D.C.C. §§ 47-16-15, 47-32-01 · read 2026-09-27

Preparing the notice

The form asks for the tenancy, the kind of notice and the dates, and the notice ends with a Certificate of Service to record how you delivered it. Beside the finished notice you get a North Dakota checklist of the period, form and delivery rules LeaseCraft recorded. The period in the notice is the one you choose; where LeaseCraft has verified the North Dakota period and your deadline is too soon, the document is not prepared until you move it.

Create a North Dakota eviction notice

A notice is not a court order and does not by itself remove a tenant. Cities and counties can add rules. LeaseCraft is not a law firm and this is not legal advice.

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