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North Dakota room rental agreement
Written for North Dakota law, checked October 1, 2026 General information, not legal advice
Rentari offers a general room-rental agreement form, but it is not tailored to North Dakota or every local rule. Review the room, shared spaces, occupancy requirements, and applicable North Dakota and city rules before using a form. The state table below covers selected deposit and entry rules, not every room-rental requirement.
North Dakota rules that apply
- Security deposit limit
- 1 month's rent
- two months for a felony conviction or a prior rental judgment
- N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.1(1)
- Pet deposit cap
- $2,500 or 2 months
- whichever is greater, under its own statutory cap
- N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.1(2)
Security deposit limit
You may not demand or receive security, however it is labeled, of more than one month's rent. A pet security deposit is capped by its own rule: the greater of $2,500 or two months' rent.
N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.1(1) N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.1(2)
More detail (3)
- You may take up to two months' rent from a tenant convicted of a felony offense, as an incentive to rent to that tenant, or from a tenant against whom a judgment was entered for violating a previous rental agreement. N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.1(1)
- No pet security deposit may be charged for a service animal or a companion animal that a tenant with a disability needs as a reasonable accommodation. N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.1(2) See Fair housing and assistance animals on the North Dakota page
- A party who was induced to enter a lease by fraudulent misrepresentations may end it and recover any security deposit with its accrued interest. N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.4
The lease states the one-month limit, both two-month exceptions and the separate pet deposit cap, and Rentari will not prepare a North Dakota lease with a security deposit above one month's rent or a pet deposit above the cap.
Landlord entry
N.D.C.C. 47-16-07.3 sets no notice period in hours. Outside the listed exceptions, enter only during reasonable hours and in a reasonable manner and, unless it is impractical, only after notifying the tenant and getting consent to a time certain, which the tenant may not unreasonably withhold.
More detail (5)
- You may enter at any time in an emergency, or when you reasonably believe the tenant has abandoned the home or is in substantial violation of the lease. N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.3
- Entry is for inspecting, making necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations or improvements, supplying necessary or agreed services, or showing the home to actual or potential purchasers, insurers, mortgagees, real estate agents, tenants, workers or contractors. N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.3
- Consent is presumed if the tenant does not object after notice of your intent to enter at a time certain. N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.3
- Notice may be given by personal service, by posting it in a conspicuous place in or about the home for a reasonable time, or by any other method that gives the tenant actual notice. N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.3
- You may not abuse the right of access or use it to harass or intimidate the tenant. N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.3 See Retaliation on the North Dakota page
The lease restates these rules and, as a lease term, promises notice of at least the number of hours you set, 24 unless you choose otherwise.