How many hours' notice must a landlord give before entering in North Dakota?

No fixed statutory period (see notice standard). North Dakota sets no fixed advance-notice period. Before a routine entry the landlord must, unless it is impractical to do so, notify the tenant and obtain consent to a stated time (47-16-07.3(2)) — and consent is PRESUMED if the tenant does not object after notice of intent to enter at a time certain (47-16-07.3, closing paragraph).

What reasons allow a landlord to enter a rental in North Dakota?

Inspecting the premises; making necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements; supplying necessary or agreed services; or exhibiting the unit to actual or potential purchasers, insurers, mortgagees, real estate agents, tenants, workmen, or contractors.

Can a landlord enter without notice in an emergency in North Dakota?

Yes — North Dakota recognizes an emergency exception to the entry-notice requirement.

Are there time-of-day limits on when a landlord can enter in North Dakota?

North Dakota sets no clock hours. Routine entry is limited only to 'reasonable hours' and 'a reasonable manner' (47-16-07.3(2)).

How much notice must a landlord give before entering in North Dakota?

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North Dakota sets no fixed advance-notice period for landlord entry — instead, before a routine entry the landlord must (unless impractical) notify the tenant and obtain consent for a specific time, and the tenant's consent is presumed if the tenant does not object after getting notice of intent to enter at that stated time.

Cited to N.D. Cent. Code § 47-16-07.3 (1)-(2) and closing paragraph · Verified October 1, 2026

Consent may not be unreasonably withheld, entry must happen during reasonable hours and in a reasonable manner, and the permitted purposes are inspection, necessary or agreed repairs and improvements, supplying services, and showing the unit to prospective buyers, insurers, mortgagees, agents, tenants, workers, or contractors. The landlord may enter at ANY time, without notice or consent, in an emergency, when the landlord reasonably believes the tenant has abandoned the premises, or when the landlord reasonably believes the tenant is in substantial violation of the lease — an unusually broad third ground most states do not have. Notice can be personally served, posted conspicuously at the unit, or given any other way that actually informs the tenant, and the statute forbids using the access right to harass or intimidate the tenant.

North Dakota entry notice at a glance

Advance notice required	No fixed statutory period (see notice standard)
Notice standard	North Dakota sets no fixed advance-notice period. Before a routine entry the landlord must, unless it is impractical to do so, notify the tenant and obtain consent to a stated time (47-16-07.3(2)) — and consent is PRESUMED if the tenant does not object after notice of intent to enter at a time certain (47-16-07.3, closing paragraph). The tenant may not unreasonably withhold consent, and the notice must identify a time certain. Notice may be given by personal service, by posting in a conspicuous place in or about the dwelling unit for a reasonable period, or by any other method that results in actual notice (47-16-07.3, closing paragraph).
Permitted reasons	Inspecting the premises; making necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements; supplying necessary or agreed services; or exhibiting the unit to actual or potential purchasers, insurers, mortgagees, real estate agents, tenants, workmen, or contractors. Those are the routine-entry grounds, and they must be exercised during reasonable hours and in a reasonable manner (47-16-07.3(2)). The landlord may also enter at any time without consent: emergency; the landlord reasonably believes the tenant has abandoned the premises; or the landlord reasonably believes the tenant is in substantial violation of the lease or rental agreement (47-16-07.3(1)). The landlord may not abuse the access right or use it to harass or intimidate the tenant.
Emergency exception	Yes
Time-of-day restrictions	North Dakota sets no clock hours. Routine entry is limited only to 'reasonable hours' and 'a reasonable manner' (47-16-07.3(2)). The any-time grounds in subsection 1 have no hour limit.

Cite this page: "Landlord Atlas, North Dakota Landlord Entry Notice Laws (verified October 1, 2026), landlordatlas.com/laws/entry-notice/north-dakota/" — free to cite and quote with a link (how these records are verified). Everything above is cited in the citations section below.

Notes and caveats

No hour figure exists — charts saying '24 hours' are wrong — 47-16-07.3 contains no hour or day figure, which is why no hour figure is shown here — the reasonable-notice convention, not a missing value. No other entry provision exists anywhere in ch. 47-16.
Notify AND consent — but silence counts as consent — This is a two-step statute: the landlord must notify the tenant and obtain consent to a time certain. Because consent is presumed when the tenant does not object, in practice a landlord who gives notice of a specific entry time and hears nothing may enter — functionally similar to a notice-only state, with no minimum lead time specified anywhere.
'Unless impractical' is a real escape valve — The notify-and-consent duty is qualified by 'unless it is impractical to do so' (URLTA-adjacent language), so the obligation is not absolute.
Entry on suspected lease violation is rare and landlord-favorable — 47-16-07.3(1) lets the landlord enter at any time on a reasonable belief that the tenant is in substantial violation of the lease. Few states have that ground; read it alongside the emergency and abandonment grounds.
No 2025 amendment — Failed HB 1272 (2025) cross-referenced this section for its proposed move-out inspection scheme, but the bill died; 47-16-07.3 was not amended in the 2025 session.

Common questions: North Dakota entry notice

Each answer is the verified value from the table above, restated as a direct answer. Free to quote with a link to this page.

How many hours' notice must a landlord give before entering in North Dakota?: No fixed statutory period (see notice standard). North Dakota sets no fixed advance-notice period. Before a routine entry the landlord must, unless it is impractical to do so, notify the tenant and obtain consent to a stated time (47-16-07.3(2)) — and consent is PRESUMED if the tenant does not object after notice of intent to enter at a time certain (47-16-07.3, closing paragraph).
What reasons allow a landlord to enter a rental in North Dakota?: Inspecting the premises; making necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements; supplying necessary or agreed services; or exhibiting the unit to actual or potential purchasers, insurers, mortgagees, real estate agents, tenants, workmen, or contractors.
Can a landlord enter without notice in an emergency in North Dakota?: Yes — North Dakota recognizes an emergency exception to the entry-notice requirement.
Are there time-of-day limits on when a landlord can enter in North Dakota?: North Dakota sets no clock hours. Routine entry is limited only to 'reasonable hours' and 'a reasonable manner' (47-16-07.3(2)).

Citations

N.D. Cent. Code § 47-16-07.3 · (1)-(2) and closing paragraph (verified 2026) Official source

How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text in the official North Dakota Century Code chapter PDFs on ndlegis.gov on October 1, 2026: chapter 47-16 in full, 47-32-01 and 47-32-02, 9-08-03 and 9-08-04, and 47-30.2-04. The Legislative Assembly's code page states that the posted code reflects all changes approved by the 69th Legislative Assembly, and the chapter 47-16 file already prints the text that took effect on January 1, 2026. Figures read: one-month deposit cap; two-month felony and prior-judgment exceptions; pet deposit of the greater of $2,500 or two months' rent; 30-day itemized return; nine-month interest threshold; treble damages; 30-day written change-of-terms notice covering rent; 25-day tenant termination after a change notice; one-calendar-month termination of a month-to-month tenancy; no entry-hour figure. Amendment history read in the session laws: 2015 ch. 312 (HB 1192, separate pet deposit), 2017 ch. 316 (HB 1220, felony exception), 2019 ch. 379 (HB 1150, prior-judgment exception), 2021 ch. 337 (SB 2048, unclaimed-property cross-reference), 2025 ch. 145 (HB 1489, 47-16-17.1(2)(a), effective January 1, 2026) and 2025 ch. 423 (HB 1610, new 47-16-20.1, effective August 1, 2025). 2025 bills that failed, read on the official bill pages: HB 1272 (inspections and deposits, House 41-47 on 2025-02-07), SB 2236 (late-fee cap, Senate 7-39 on 2025-02-04), SB 2237 (5-41) and SB 2366 (8-37); SB 2238 was enacted as 47-32-05 (2025 ch. 427, effective August 1, 2025). The 69th Legislative Assembly also sat in special session on January 21-23 and September 2-4, 2026, and neither session amended Title 47. There is no regular session in 2026; the next is January 2027. Negative findings (no late-fee statute, no entry-hour figure, no deposit-interest rate figure, no frequency limits) rest on the complete section list of chapter 47-16.