North Dakota Landlord Notice of Entry

North Dakota Landlord Notice of Entry

Use this form for a planned, nonemergency entry only. Use a separate counsel-reviewed record for an emergency, court order, abandonment, surrender, extended absence, or contemporaneous tenant consent.

North Dakota Entry Gate

N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07.3 allows access for inspection, repairs, services, and specified showings. Unless impractical, the landlord must first notify the tenant and receive consent identifying a definite time; consent may not be unreasonably withheld. After notice of entry at a definite time, failure to object creates a statutory presumption of consent. Entry must occur during reasonable hours and in a reasonable manner. Emergency, reasonably believed abandonment, and reasonably believed substantial lease violation have a separate statutory route.

• Required process: Unless impractical, notify and obtain consent to a definite time; no universal hour count is stated
• Permitted entry time: Reasonable time
• Lease, local, subsidy, and program requirements checked: ☐ Yes
• Entry is not retaliatory, harassing, or excessive: ☐ Confirmed

1. Notice

Notice date: [__/__/____]

To tenant(s): [________________________________]

Rental premises/unit: [________________________________]

Landlord/property manager: [________________________________]

Notice is given that the landlord or authorized representatives intend to enter the dwelling unit as follows:

• Entry date: [__/__/____]
• Definite entry time: [________]
• Expected time window/duration: [________________________________]
• Persons expected to enter and roles: [________________________________]

2. Purpose and Scope

• ☐ Inspect specified condition: [________________________________]
• ☐ Make necessary or agreed repairs/improvements: [________________________________]
• ☐ Supply necessary or agreed services: [________________________________]
• ☐ Exhibit to permitted prospective/actual persons: [________________________________]

Areas to be entered and work/inspection scope:

[____________________________________________________________]

The entry will be limited to the stated purpose and scope. No emergency or no-notice authority is claimed by this form.

3. Coordination and Safeguards

• Tenant response to proposed entry: ☐ Consents ☐ Objects, with reason: [________________] ☐ No response yet
• Pets, alarms, gates, accessibility, or health precautions: [________________________________]
• Contact for questions or a lawful scheduling request: [________________________________]
• Alternate date/time, if agreed: [________________________________]
• Authorized representative will carry identification: ☐ Yes
• Entry completion/condition record will be retained: ☐ Yes

4. Delivery Record

Delivered by: [NAME / ROLE]

• Method: ☐ Personal service ☐ Conspicuous posting in or about the dwelling for a reasonable period ☐ Other method resulting in actual notice: [________]
• Delivery date/time: [________________________________]
• Recipient/address/account: [________________________________]
• Proof, acknowledgement, photo, or tracking retained: ☐ Yes
• Consent received or, after notice of entry at a definite time, no objection received: [________________________________]

Landlord/agent signature and date: [________________________________]

Sources and References

• N.D.C.C. chapter 47-16 — North Dakota Legislature — https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t47c16.html