North Dakota Code § 41-02-08

(2-201) Formal requirements - Statute of frauds
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1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a contract for the sale of goods for the 
price of five hundred dollars or more is not enforceable by way of action or defense 
unless there is a record sufficient to indicate that a contract for sale has been made 
between the parties and signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or 
by the party's authorized agent or broker. A record is not insufficient because it omits 
or incorrectly states a term agreed upon but the contract is not enforceable under this 
subsection beyond the quantity of goods shown in the record.
2. Between merchants if within a reasonable time a record in confirmation of the contract 
and sufficient against the sender is received and the party receiving it has reason to 
know its contents, it satisfies the requirements of subsection 1 against the party unless 
notice in a record of objection to its contents is given within ten days after it is 
received.
3. A contract that does not satisfy the requirements of subsection 1 but which is valid in 
other respects is enforceable:

a. If the goods are to be specially manufactured for the buyer and are not suitable 
for sale to others in the ordinary course of the seller's business and the seller, 
before notice of repudiation is received and under circumstances which 
reasonably indicate that the goods are for the buyer, has made either a 
substantial beginning of their manufacture or commitments for their procurement;
b. If the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in that party's pleading, 
testimony, or otherwise in court that a contract for sale was made, but the 
contract is not enforceable under this provision beyond the quantity of goods 
admitted; or
c. With respect to goods for which payment has been made and accepted or which 
have been received and accepted (section 41-02-69).

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