Property Maintenance in North Dakota (2026)

5 rules on the books across North Dakota, 2 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Property Blight

Standards for property appearance including peeling paint, broken windows, junk accumulation, and other conditions the city considers blight.

Fargo can order a dangerous, dilapidated, or unsafe building repaired, vacated, or demolished, with costs assessed…

The City of Grand Forks declares every substandard or dangerous building a public nuisance and can order it repaired…

Requirements for maintaining vacant or undeveloped land, including mowing, fencing, and preventing dumping and trespassing.

Fargo caps weeds and grass at 8 inches on vacant lots and every real estate parcel citywide, with the health department…

Your responsibility to clear snow and ice from sidewalks next to your property, including deadlines after a snowfall and penalties for not clearing.

Fargo property owners and occupants must clear sidewalk snow and ice to the full sidewalk width by 9 p.m. each day, or…

Property owners and occupants in the City of Grand Forks must clear snow and ice from sidewalks and approach walks…