North Dakota Code § 47-16-17

When lessee may terminate lease
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The lessee of real property may terminate the lease before the end of the term agreed 
upon:
1. When the lessor does not fulfill the lessor's obligations, if any, within a reasonable time 
after request, as to placing and securing the lessee in the quiet possession of the 
property leased, or putting it into a good condition, or repairing it; or
2. When the greater part of the property leased, or that part which was, and which the 
lessor had reason to believe was, the material inducement to the lessee to enter into 
the contract, perishes from any cause other than the ordinary negligence of the lessee.

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