North Dakota Statutes
§ 3-02-05 — General authority limited
An authority expressed in general terms, however broad, does not authorize an agent to act
in the agent's own name unless doing so is the usual course of business, to define the scope of
the agent's agency, or to do any act that a trustee is forbidden to do under chapters 59-09,
59-10, 59-11, 59-12, 59-13, 59-14, 59-15, 59-16, 59-17, 59-18, and 59-19.
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Nearby Sections
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§ 3-01-01
Definition§ 3-01-02
General and special agent defined§ 3-01-03
Actual and ostensible agency defined§ 3-01-05
Authorization to agent§ 3-01-06
How agency created§ 3-01-07
No consideration necessary§ 3-01-09
Retroactive ratification limited§ 3-01-10
Rescission of ratification§ 3-01-11
Termination of agency§ 3-02-01
Acts done by or to agent§ 3-02-02
Actual or ostensible authority§ 3-02-03
Agent authority§ 3-02-04
Authority limited to specific terms