North Dakota association records requests
North Dakota has no condominium or HOA statute giving owners a right to inspect association records. HOAs organized as nonprofit corporations fall under the nonprofit corporation act, which allows inspection at any reasonable time for a purpose reasonably related to membership. A wrongly denied member may sue for damages, costs and attorney fees.
Nonprofit corporation act (fallback)
N.D.C.C. 10-33-80 read at a secondary source
This act applies to associations organized as North Dakota nonprofit corporations. The condominium chapter has no owner records inspection section.
- Who may ask
- A member or director, or their agent or attorney.
- What starts the clock
- A purpose reasonably related to the person's interest as a member or director. The records must not be misused.
- Deadline
- No day count. Records may be inspected at any reasonable time at the principal executive office. On request the corporation provides the financial statement and balance sheet for the last annual accounting period.
- Copies and costs
- A reasonable fee for copies. The requester pays the cost of converting records not readable by sight.
- What may be withheld
- A court may issue a protective order against improper use.
- If the deadline is missed
- A member or director wrongly denied access may sue for an injunction, damages, costs and reasonable attorney fees.
- Record keeping
- Articles, bylaws, accounting records, voting agreements and minutes for the last 6 years.
How HOAChime handles North Dakota requests
North Dakota sets no number of days in these statutes, so HOAChime lets the company set its own target number of days for each association and still keeps reminder emails, a due-soon and overdue list across every association, and a full history of each request. You can also mark records withheld with the reason, find and black out Social Security, card, bank, licence, phone and email numbers before release, and track copy charges as quoted, paid or waived.
Checked against the statute text on 2026-11-13. This page is a plain-English guide, not legal advice. Laws change; follow the citation links for the current text, and ask the association's attorney about a specific request.