North Dakota rental housing laws

What North Dakota has enacted on rental housing, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. North Dakota is one of 42 states that enacted a rental housing law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
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Past committee
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Most recent action
24 April 2025most recent action

Rental housing laws enacted in North Dakota

3 rental housing laws enacted in the North Dakota Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • SB 2385AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 23 and a new section to chapter 47-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to receivers for mobile home parks and a defense to an eviction from a mobile home; to amend and reenact sections 23-10-03, 23-10-04, 23-10-06, 23-10-06.2, 23-10-12, and 47-10-28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licensure and regulation of mobile home parks; and to provide a penalty.Enacted 24 April 2025

    What it requires: Mobile home park owners must provide tenants with lease summaries, ownership information, and advance notice of rule changes. Owners must designate local offices with contact information, acknowledge tenant complaints within two business days, and may not charge excessive late fees or utility fees without individual meters. Owners must provide right of first refusal to residents before sale.

    Eviction procedure, Habitability and repairs

  • HB 1610AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 47-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibited lease provisions in a contract to lease real property.Enacted 2 April 2025

    What it requires: A landlord may not charge a tenant a fee to accept cash, a check, a money order, or similar instrument for the payment of rent or any other payment required by the landlord under a lease for real property.

  • SB 2238AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 47-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sealing of eviction records.Enacted 27 March 2025

    What it requires: A person subject to a court order for eviction may move to expunge all court records relating to the eviction proceedings seven years after the order has been satisfied. An individual evicted due to domestic violence may move to expunge such records upon conviction of the assailant for domestic violence or issuance of a restraining order or protection order against the assailant.

    Eviction procedure

Rental housing in North Dakota, by topic

Rental housing bills in North Dakota

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

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8 bills in scope

Past committee

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HB 1395A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 47-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to landlords and criminal background checks.Passed chamber

What it would do: Requires landlords who require criminal, credit, or other background checks for rental leases to provide proof of the completed check to the tenant within seven days, and mandates refund of all fees if the landlord fails to timely furnish proof.

HB 1496A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 47-16-13.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to landlord obligations owed to a tenant.Passed chamber

What it would do: Amends landlord obligations for residential dwellings to require compliance with building codes, habitability maintenance, common area upkeep, working utilities and appliances, waste removal, and running water and heat. Allows written agreements for tenants to perform certain maintenance in single-family or other residences under specified conditions.

HB 1272A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 47-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to move-in and post move-out inspections of leased property; and to amend and reenact section 47-16-07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to tenant security deposits.Passed committee

What it would do: Requires landlords and tenants to conduct written move-in and move-out inspections of leased premises, with the move-out inspection documenting estimated costs to be withheld from security deposits. Modifies security deposit rules to require delivery of itemized deductions within thirty days after the move-out inspection.

SB 2366A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 47-32-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the contents of a notice of intention to evict.Passed committee

What it would do: Amends the notice of intention to evict requirement to include information about legal services availability, including contact information for nonprofit organizations providing legal assistance to low-income and elderly residents.

SB 2237A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 34-05 and a new subsection to section 34-05-01.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the labor commissioner's oversight of certain landlord-tenant disputes.Passed committee

What it would do: Authorizes the labor commissioner to receive and investigate tenant complaints and take disciplinary action against landlords who fail to comply with sections 47-16-20 and 47-32-02, requiring written notice and opportunity to correct violations before action is taken.

Bill titles link to the North Dakota Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as rental housing legislation

In scope: Rent caps and stabilization; eviction procedure; fees, screening and rent pricing; security deposits; habitability and repairs; and short-term rentals.

Questions

Does North Dakota have a rental housing law?

Yes. North Dakota enacted 3 rental housing laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them SB 2385, HB 1610 and SB 2238. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

Which rental housing bills are moving in North Dakota?

5 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along HB 1395 (passed chamber), HB 1496 (passed chamber) and HB 1272 (passed committee).

What does North Dakota legislate on most in rental housing?

Eviction procedure (3 bills), Habitability and repairs (2 bills) and Fees, screening and rent pricing (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Rental housing bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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