North Dakota Door-to-Door Home Improvement Contract

North Dakota Door-to-Door Home Improvement Contract

Before signing: Use for a personal, family, or household home-improvement sale over $50, solicited in person and signed at Buyer's North Dakota residence, when both chapter 51-18 and the federal Cooling-Off Rule apply. Confirm the listed statutory and federal exceptions, including immediate-work and financing rules. Give Buyer a complete signed agreement with two completed North Dakota cancellation forms and two completed federal cancellation forms at signing. Use the language principally used in the oral presentation. Print the federal statement beside Buyer's signature and both federal notices in bold type of at least 10 points. Explain cancellation orally at signing.

Transaction and signing date: [__/__/____]

Buyer legal name and residence/work site: [NAME; STREET ADDRESS, CITY, NORTH DAKOTA ZIP]

Seller/contractor legal name: [________________________________]

Seller's permanent business and cancellation address: [STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE ZIP]

Seller's email for cancellation and telephone: [EMAIL; NUMBER]

Seller representative: [NAME; TITLE]. Place of solicitation and signing: Buyer's residence at [ADDRESS].

Buyer age 65 or older: ☐ Yes ☐ No. If yes, this contract grants cancellation through midnight of the fifteenth business day after signing; the same period also applies by statute to a qualifying product sale over $50. Complete the senior deadline on both North Dakota forms. The federal notice copies state the separate federal three-business-day period.

Coverage checked: ☐ North Dakota personal solicitation sale ☐ Federal covered door-to-door sale ☐ No chapter 51-18 or federal exception removes the transaction.

1. Work and materials

Seller shall provide the labor, services, materials, equipment, and supervision described in Exhibit A at the residence above. The exhibit lists each work area, task, material or part, quantity, specification, and exclusion. Seller shall perform the agreed work in a workmanlike manner and obtain the permits assigned to it below.

Permits and inspections: Seller obtains [LIST] at its expense of $[AMOUNT]; Buyer obtains [LIST / NONE] at Buyer's expense of $[AMOUNT / 0]. Trade license or registration, if applicable: [NAME; NUMBER; AUTHORITY / NONE].

Work outside Exhibit A requires a written change order signed by both parties before the changed work starts, stating the scope, price, and schedule change.

2. Schedule and access

Start date: [__/__/____]. Estimated completion: [__/__/____]. Work hours: [HOURS AND DAYS]. Buyer shall provide reasonable access and make selections identified in Exhibit A by the listed dates. Seller shall give prompt written notice of a material delay and proposed revised date; a change to the agreed date requires a signed change order.

3. Price and payment

Total price, including labor, materials, tax, and all charges: $[AMOUNT]. Estimate charge: $[AMOUNT / 0], [INCLUDED / SEPARATE]. No additional charge is due without a signed change order.

Total scheduled payments: $[AMOUNT], equal to the total price. Finance and insurance charges under this agreement: $[AMOUNT / 0]. Seller shall provide a separate, legally required credit disclosure if credit is offered. Seller shall give an itemized invoice at each payment event. Buyer may identify a disputed amount in writing and pay the undisputed balance.

4. Completion and ordinary termination

At completion, the parties will inspect the work and list incomplete or defective items with an agreed correction date. Additional workmanship warranty, if offered: [TERM AND REMEDY / NONE BEYOND APPLICABLE LAW]. Product warranties apply only according to their terms.

For an ordinary material breach, the nonbreaching party may give written notice describing the breach and allow [NUMBER] days to cure if possible. If uncured, that party may end remaining work by written notice and seek lawful relief. The parties will account for conforming work, authorized materials, payments, and lawful offsets. This ordinary termination clause does not limit statutory or agreed cancellation rights.

Ordinary notice addresses: Buyer at [ADDRESS]; Seller at the business address above. North Dakota law governs. A court with jurisdiction in [COUNTY] County, North Dakota may hear a dispute, subject to consumer protections. This contract has no arbitration, jury waiver, or fee-shifting clause.

5. Statutory cancellation and signatures

Buyer may cancel a covered personal solicitation sale through midnight of the third business day after signing. A buyer age 65 or older may use the fifteen-business-day contractual right above; for a qualifying product over $50, chapter 51-18 also provides that longer period. Written notice may be delivered or mailed to Seller's business address, or emailed to Seller's cancellation address above; it need only indicate an intent not to be bound. Seller must orally explain cancellation when the transaction is entered into. Following a covered cancellation, Seller must tender payments and debt instruments and terminate any security interest within ten days under North Dakota law; the printed forms below state their prescribed ten-business-day wording.

North Dakota ordinary deadline: [DAY, MONTH, DATE, YEAR] at midnight. Senior buyer deadline, if applicable: [DAY, MONTH, DATE, YEAR / NOT APPLICABLE] at midnight. Federal deadline on both federal forms: [DAY, MONTH, DATE, YEAR] at midnight. Complete every notice before signing.

NOTICE TO BUYER

1. Do not sign this agreement if any of the spaces intended for the agreed terms to the extent of then available information are left blank.

2. You are entitled to a copy of this agreement at the time you sign it.

3. You may pay off the full unpaid balance due under this agreement at any time, and in so doing you may receive a full rebate of the unearned finance and insurance charges.

4. You may cancel this transaction at any time prior to midnight of the third business day after the date of this transaction. See the attached notice of cancellation form for an explanation of this right.

5. The seller cannot enter your premises unlawfully or commit any breach of the peace to repossess goods purchased under this agreement.

Federal statement immediately beside Buyer's signature:

You, the buyer, may cancel this transaction at any time prior to midnight of the third business day after the date of this transaction. See the attached notice of cancellation form for an explanation of this right.

Buyer signature: ____________________ Date and time: [__/__/____, __:__]

Seller or representative signature: ____________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Printed name and title: [NAME; TITLE]

Delivery record: Buyer received this completed signed contract, Exhibit A, both completed North Dakota forms, and both completed federal forms at signing. Seller orally explained cancellation. Buyer initials: [____]. Seller initials: [____].

Exhibit A — work and materials

Work areas and tasks: [DESCRIBE]

Drawings incorporated by title and date: [DETAILS / NONE]. Excluded work: [DETAILS / NONE]. Buyer selections and due dates: [DETAILS / NONE].

North Dakota Notice of Cancellation — copy 1, detach and give to Buyer

Transaction date: [DATE OF TRANSACTION]

Senior buyer additional cancellation deadline, if applicable: [DAY, MONTH, DATE, YEAR / NOT APPLICABLE]

1. You may cancel this transaction, without any penalty or obligation, within three business days from the above date.

2. If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within ten business days following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice, and any security interest arising out of the transaction will be canceled.

3. If you cancel, you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale; or you may, if you wish, comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller's expense and risk.

4. If you do make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up within twenty days of the date of your notice of cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation. If you fail to make the goods available to the seller, or if you agree to return the goods to the seller and fail to do so, then you remain liable for performance of all obligations under the contract.

5. Buyer acknowledges receiving an oral notification that the buyer may cancel this transaction at any time before midnight of the third business day after the date of this transaction or fifteen business days if the buyer is sixty-five years of age or older.

Oral-notice acknowledgment date: [__/__/____] Buyer signature: ____________________

6. To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this cancellation notice or any other written notice, or send an electronic mail message to [SELLER CANCELLATION EMAIL], to [SELLER LEGAL NAME], at [SELLER BUSINESS ADDRESS] not later than midnight of [APPLICABLE NORTH DAKOTA CANCELLATION DEADLINE]. I hereby cancel this transaction.

Cancellation date: [__/__/____] Buyer signature: ____________________

North Dakota Notice of Cancellation — copy 2, detach and give to Buyer

Transaction date: [DATE OF TRANSACTION]

Senior buyer additional cancellation deadline, if applicable: [DAY, MONTH, DATE, YEAR / NOT APPLICABLE]

1. You may cancel this transaction, without any penalty or obligation, within three business days from the above date.

2. If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within ten business days following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice, and any security interest arising out of the transaction will be canceled.

3. If you cancel, you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale; or you may, if you wish, comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller's expense and risk.

4. If you do make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up within twenty days of the date of your notice of cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation. If you fail to make the goods available to the seller, or if you agree to return the goods to the seller and fail to do so, then you remain liable for performance of all obligations under the contract.

5. Buyer acknowledges receiving an oral notification that the buyer may cancel this transaction at any time before midnight of the third business day after the date of this transaction or fifteen business days if the buyer is sixty-five years of age or older.

Oral-notice acknowledgment date: [__/__/____] Buyer signature: ____________________

6. To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this cancellation notice or any other written notice, or send an electronic mail message to [SELLER CANCELLATION EMAIL], to [SELLER LEGAL NAME], at [SELLER BUSINESS ADDRESS] not later than midnight of [APPLICABLE NORTH DAKOTA CANCELLATION DEADLINE]. I hereby cancel this transaction.

Cancellation date: [__/__/____] Buyer signature: ____________________

Federal Notice of Cancellation — copy 1, detach and give to Buyer

Transaction date: [DATE OF TRANSACTION]

You may CANCEL this transaction, without any Penalty or Obligation, within THREE BUSINESS DAYS from the above date.

If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within TEN BUSINESS DAYS following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice, and any security interest arising out of the transaction will be cancelled.

If you cancel, you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale, or you may, if you wish, comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller's expense and risk.

If you do make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up within 20 days of the date of your Notice of Cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation. If you fail to make the goods available to the seller, or if you agree to return the goods to the seller and fail to do so, then you remain liable for performance of all obligations under the contract.

To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this Cancellation Notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram, to [SELLER LEGAL NAME], at [SELLER BUSINESS ADDRESS] NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF [CANCELLATION DEADLINE].

I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION.

Date: [__/__/____] Buyer's signature: ____________________

Federal Notice of Cancellation — copy 2, detach and give to Buyer

Transaction date: [DATE OF TRANSACTION]

You may CANCEL this transaction, without any Penalty or Obligation, within THREE BUSINESS DAYS from the above date.

If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within TEN BUSINESS DAYS following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice, and any security interest arising out of the transaction will be cancelled.

If you cancel, you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale, or you may, if you wish, comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller's expense and risk.

If you do make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up within 20 days of the date of your Notice of Cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation. If you fail to make the goods available to the seller, or if you agree to return the goods to the seller and fail to do so, then you remain liable for performance of all obligations under the contract.

To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this Cancellation Notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram, to [SELLER LEGAL NAME], at [SELLER BUSINESS ADDRESS] NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF [CANCELLATION DEADLINE].

I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION.

Date: [__/__/____] Buyer's signature: ____________________

Official sources

• North Dakota Century Code chapter 51-18
• FTC Cooling-Off Rule, official 2026 CFR