North Dakota Statutes
§ 9-03-13 — Mistake of fact defined
North Dakota § 9-03-13
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N.D. Cent. Code § 9-03-13 (2026).
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Mistake of fact is a mistake not caused by the neglect of a legal duty on the part of the person making the mistake and consisting in:
1.An unconscious ignorance or forgetfulness of a fact, past or present, material to the
contract; or
2.Belief in the present existence of a thing material to the contract which does not exist,
or in the past existence of such a thing which has not existed.
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§ 9-01-01
Definitions§ 9-01-02
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