North Dakota Statutes
§ 3-03-03 — When ostensible authority binding
North Dakota § 3-03-03
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Bluebook
N.D. Cent. Code § 3-03-03 (2026).
Text
A principal is bound by acts of the principal's agent under a merely ostensible authority to
those persons only who in good faith and without ordinary negligence have incurred a liability or
parted with value upon the faith thereof.
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Related
WSI v. Oden
2020 ND 243 (North Dakota Supreme Court, 2020)
Weinreis v. Hill
2005 ND 127 (North Dakota Supreme Court, 2005)
Grengs v. Grengs
2023 ND 239 (North Dakota Supreme Court, 2023)
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
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