Grand Forks, ND Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

Grand Forks City Code § 21-0613(1) reserves the city's right to withhold a rental license unless the unit complies with all requirements of the City Code, and § 21-0613(2) expressly reserves the right to suspend, revoke or not renew any license already issued if the holder or an agent, employee, manager or lessee maintains the unit contrary to Article 6 or any other city ordinance or state law. A license holder facing denial, suspension, revocation or nonrenewal gets written notice by mail (§ 21-0613(3)) and may request a hearing before the mayor or the mayor's designee by filing a written appeal with the inspections office within 15 days; that filing stays enforcement pending the appeal, and the mayor must issue written findings and an order within 30 days of the hearing (§ 21-0613(4)-(5)).

Separately, § 21-0614 gives the code enforcement officer or fire marshal authority to summarily condemn or close off a rental unit, or the affected areas of it, when the condition of the unit is detrimental to public health, sanitation, safety or general welfare so as to constitute a nuisance, fire hazard, or other unsafe or dangerous condition rising to an emergency. Only the fire marshal, zoning administrator or their designated representative may remove the posted condemnation notice, and an appeal of that summary action follows the same § 21-0613 procedure but does not stay or void the closure itself; the unit stays closed until after the mayor's hearing.