Title 51 — Sales and Exchanges

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Consumer goods or services" means goods or services purchased, leased, or rented primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, including courses of instruction or training regardless of the purpose for which the…

1. In addition to any right otherwise to revoke an offer, the buyer may cancel a personal solicitation sale until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement that complies with this chapter. A buyer sixty-five years of age or older may c…

No seller in a personal solicitation sale may offer to pay a commission or give a rebate or discount to the buyer in consideration of the buyer's giving to the seller the names of prospective purchasers or otherwise aiding the seller in making a sale to another person, if the ear…

No agreement of the buyer in a personal solicitation sale is enforceable unless it is in writing, dated, contains the signature of the buyer, and contains a conspicuous notice in substantially the following form: NOTICE TO BUYER 1. Do not sign this agreement if any of the spaces …

In addition to the requirements of section 51-18-04, an agreement by a consumer to obtain a consumer good or service from a telepromoter, seller, or seller's representative is not enforceable unless it contains the following information: 1. The name, address, and telephone number…

A telepromoter, seller, or seller's representative, in a personal solicitation sale, may not make or submit any charge to the consumer's credit card or bank account, or otherwise solicit or accept any advance payment, until the telepromoter, seller, or seller's representative has…

Any agreement for sale, lease, or rental of a consumer good or service in a personal solicitation sale by a telepromoter, seller, or seller's representative in violation of this chapter is unenforceable and void.

1. A note or other evidence of indebtedness given by a buyer in respect of a personal solicitation sale must be dated not earlier than the date of the agreement or offer to purchase. Any transfer of a note or other evidence of indebtedness bearing the statement required by subsec…

1. Except as provided in this section, within ten days after a personal solicitation sale has been canceled, the seller shall tender to the buyer any payments made by the buyer and any note or other evidence of indebtedness and shall take any action necessary to promptly terminat…

1. Except as provided in subsection 3 of section 51-18-05, within twenty days after a personal solicitation sale has been canceled, the buyer upon demand shall tender to the seller any goods delivered by the seller pursuant to the sale, but the buyer is not obligated to tender at…

Any sale subject to this chapter is considered to have taken place in the state where the consumer resides, regardless of the location of the seller.

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to: 1. Sales of insurance. 2. Sales of goods or services with a purchase price of less than twenty-five dollars. 3. Sales of services provided by a cable television system licensed or franchised by any city. 4. Sale of a subscription to…

Any waiver of this chapter is unenforceable and void.

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. The state's attorney or attorney general may enforce this chapter. The attorney general in enforcing this chapter has all the powers provided in this chapter and chapter 51-15 and may seek a…