Automatic renewal law in North Dakota

Each point below comes from the text on North Dakota's official legislature or code site, read on the review date. The full text has definitions and exceptions, so open it before you rely on one point.

The key phrases, copied from the official text:

• “Provide a cost-effective, timely, and simple procedure for cancellation which must be described in the acknowledgment required by subdivision b.” (N.D. Cent. Code 51-37-02(1)(c))
• “must be given at least thirty days and not more than sixty days before the date upon which the agreement will be renewed or the expiration of the period for cancellation” (N.D. Cent. Code 51-37-02(2)(b))
• “The renewal period in a provision for automatic renewal of an agreement may not exceed twelve months.” (N.D. Cent. Code 51-37-02(5))
• “An automatic renewal provision in violation of this chapter is unenforceable and void.” (N.D. Cent. Code 51-37-04)

The cancellation route differs by company; see Software subscriptions, News and magazine subscriptions, Streaming services and Microsoft 365 for the details we hold.

1. 1

   Check how you signed up

   Write down the date you signed up, how you did it and when the next charge is due. Those three facts decide which rule above applies to you.

2. 2

   Cancel the way the law allows

   The seller must provide a cost-effective, timely and simple cancellation procedure and describe it in the acknowledgment it gives you; the law does not name specific channels. Keep whatever confirmation the business gives you.

3. 3

   Back it up with a letter

   Send a written notice that cites N.D. Cent. Code ch. 51-37, your account details and the end date you want. Our cancellation letter template has the layout.

4. 4

   If you are billed again

   Contact the business with your dated proof first, then your card issuer. The steps are in when a company keeps charging after you cancel.

Online cancellation is the quickest route where the law requires it. A mailed letter with a delivery record proves the date your notice arrived, and it is the route of last resort when an online or phone cancellation fails.

Certified mail for cancellations explains what each delivery record proves.

The federal Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act requires online sellers using automatic renewals to provide simple mechanisms to stop recurring charges. The FTC's 2024 click-to-cancel amendments are not in force: on July 8, 2025 the Eighth Circuit vacated them (Custom Communications, Inc. v. FTC, No. 24-3137), on February 12, 2026, in a rule effective that day, the FTC recodified its Negative Option Rule "as it existed before the effective date" of the 2024 amendments (91 FR 6507), and on March 13, 2026 it asked for public comment on "the need for amendments" (91 FR 12318). Our state-by-state overview and the FTC click-to-cancel guide have the details.