North Dakota Code § 51-13-02.1

Retail installment contracts - Prohibited provisions
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No contract may contain any provision by which:
1. In the absence of the buyer's default, the holder may, arbitrarily and without 
reasonable cause, accelerate the maturity of any part or all of the time balance owing 
thereunder.

2. A power of attorney is given to confess judgment in this state, or an assignment of 
wages is given.
3. The buyer waives any claim for relief against the seller or holder of the contract, or 
other person acting on the seller's or holder's behalf, for any illegal act committed in 
the collection of payments under the contract or in the repossession of the personal 
property.
4. The buyer executes a power of attorney appointing the seller or holder of the contract, 
or other person acting on the seller's or holder's behalf, as the buyer's agent in 
collection of payments under the contract or in the repossession of the personal 
property.
5. The buyer relieves the seller from liability for any legal remedies which the buyer may 
have against the seller under the contract or any separate instrument executed in 
connection therewith.
6. The buyer may subsequently include the title to or a lien upon any goods, other than 
the personal property which is the subject matter of the retail installment sale and any 
accessories or special or auxiliary equipment used in connection therewith, or in 
substitution, in whole or in part, for any thereof, as security for payment of the deferred 
payment price.

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