North Dakota places almost no statutory limits on HOA authority. N.D.C.C. § 47-04.1-14 bars a condominium covenant from prohibiting a political yard sign. The solar-easement law (§ 47-05-01.1) only lets owners create a voluntary written easement - it does not stop an HOA from banning solar panels, and there is no clothesline or EV-charging statute.
The clearest statutory override is N.D.C.C. § 47-04.1-14, which provides that "notwithstanding any provision in a covenant, declaration, bylaw, or other rule of a project, an owner or resident may not be prohibited from displaying a political yard sign," applicable to condominium projects. On solar, North Dakota has a solar-easement chapter, but N.D.C.C. § 47-05-01.1 merely allows an "easement obtained for the purpose of exposure of a solar energy device" to be "created in writing" with the usual recording requirements; § 47-05-01.2 lists what such an instrument must contain. Critically, the chapter does not void HOA restrictions or guarantee solar access - it does not mention associations, covenants, or any prohibition on banning solar collectors. North Dakota also has no statute shielding clotheslines, electric-vehicle charging stations, or (for non-condo HOAs) signs from association restriction, so for those topics the recorded declaration controls.
A condominium covenant that prohibits a political yard sign is overridden by N.D.C.C. § 47-04.1-14. For solar panels, clotheslines, or EV charging, North Dakota provides no statutory override, so a restrictive covenant generally remains enforceable through the declaration.
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