HOA rules in North Dakota

North Dakota splits condominiums and ordinary homeowners' associations. Condominiums are under the Condominium Ownership of Real Property Act, N.D.C.C. Chapter 47-04.1. North Dakota has no comprehensive planned-community HOA statute, so non-condo associations generally run on recorded covenants plus nonprofit corporate law if incorporated. Confirm which track applies, then confirm the current North Dakota Century Code text and your documents. This page is general information, not legal advice.

Chapter 47-04.1 requires strict compliance with bylaws and recorded covenants and makes failure to comply grounds for a damages/injunction action (§ 47-04.1-08). The retrieved condominium chapter does not set a statutory fine schedule, hearing-request day count, or dollar fine cap. Do not invent any of those. Fine and hearing procedure — if any — come from the governing documents.

A reasonable common-expense assessment becomes a lien when the administrative body records a notice of assessment with the county recorder (§ 47-04.1-11). Condo bylaws/rules must be reduced to writing and made available to every owner (§ 47-04.1-07(3)). Incorporated associations add Nonprofit Corporation Act inspection rights (§ 10-33-80) — proper purpose at any reasonable time; no numbered inspection-day deadline in the retrieved text. North Dakota has no statewide HOA ombudsman on this page.

This is general information from an AI helper, not legal advice. Confirm it against your documents and your state's law. If a deadline or hearing is coming up, talk to a licensed lawyer.