North Dakota Code § 14-04-01

Grounds for annulling marriage
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A marriage may be annulled by an action in the district court to obtain a decree of nullity for 
any of the following causes existing at the time of the marriage:
1. That the party in whose behalf it is sought to have the marriage annulled was under 
the age of legal consent, as defined in section 14 -03-02, or that such party was of 
such age as to require the consent of the party's parents or guardian and such 
marriage was contracted without such consent, unless, after attaining legal age, such 
party freely cohabited with the other as husband or wife.
2. That the former husband or wife of either party was living, and the marriage with such 
former husband or wife was then in force.
3. That either party was of unsound mind, unless such party, after coming to reason, 
freely cohabited with the other as husband or wife.
4. That the consent of either party was obtained by fraud, unless such party afterwards, 
with full knowledge of the facts constituting the fraud, freely cohabited with the other as 
husband or wife.
5. That the consent of either party was obtained by force, unless such party afterwards 
freely cohabited with the other as husband or wife.
6. That either party was at the time of the marriage physically incapable of entering into 
the marriage state, and such incapacity continues and appears to be incurable.
7. That the marriage was incestuous.

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