Room Rental Agreement in North Dakota

For renting a room in a home, including your own home. Some states treat a renter in the owner's home (a lodger) differently when ending the arrangement — see your state's household rules.

What North Dakota law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No separate lodger eviction statute. North Dakota's lease chapter has presumptions for renting 'lodgings': lodgings rented for an unspecified term are presumed rented for the period used to figure the rent (weekly rent means a one-week term), or monthly if nothing was agreed; and rent for lodgings is payable monthly at the end of each month unless agreed otherwise. A person who rents part of a room as a dwelling is entitled to the whole room despite any contrary agreement. Source: N.D. Cent. Code §§ 47-16-19, 47-16-20, 47-16-26
Tenancy at will	North Dakota law mentions tenants at will but has no separate termination rule for them. A lease for a term not specified by the parties renews at the end of the term implied by law unless either party gives notice at least as long before it ends as the rental period, up to one calendar month. Month-to-month tenancies end on at least one calendar month's written notice given at any time, with rent due through the termination date. Source: N.D. Cent. Code §§ 47-16-15(1)-(2), 47-16-27

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No separate lodger eviction statute. North Dakota's lease chapter has presumptions for renting 'lodgings': lodgings rented for an unspecified term are presumed rented for the period used to figure the rent (weekly rent means a one-week term), or monthly if nothing was agreed; and rent for lodgings is payable monthly at the end of each month unless agreed otherwise. A person who rents part of a room as a dwelling is entitled to the whole room despite any contrary agreement.

Source: N.D. Cent. Code §§ 47-16-19, 47-16-20, 47-16-26

Tenancy at will

North Dakota law mentions tenants at will but has no separate termination rule for them. A lease for a term not specified by the parties renews at the end of the term implied by law unless either party gives notice at least as long before it ends as the rental period, up to one calendar month. Month-to-month tenancies end on at least one calendar month's written notice given at any time, with rent due through the termination date.

Source: N.D. Cent. Code §§ 47-16-15(1)-(2), 47-16-27

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ROOM RENTAL AGREEMENT

Owner/landlord: [owner name] Renter: [renter name]

Room: [room description] in the home at [home address]. Shared areas the renter may use: [shared areas].

Term: begins [start date]; [ends on end date / continues month to month].

Rent: $[monthly rent] due on [due day] by [payment method]. Deposit: $[deposit amount].

Utilities included: [utilities included]. House rules: [house rules, e.g. guests, kitchen use, smoking].

Ending the agreement: either side gives at least [notice period] written notice, and never less than state law requires.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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