N.D. Cent. Code § 3-02-08
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3-02-08. Authority to do necessary acts and make representations
Official statutory text
3-02-08. Authority to do necessary acts and make representations
An agent has authority:
1. To do everything necessary or proper and usual in the ordinary course of business to
effect the purpose of the agent's agency.
2. To make a representation respecting any matter of fact, not including the terms of the
agent's authority, but upon which the agent's right to use the agent's authority depends
and the truth of which cannot be determined by the use of reasonable diligence on the
part of the person to whom the representation is made.
An agent has authority:
1. To do everything necessary or proper and usual in the ordinary course of business to
effect the purpose of the agent's agency.
2. To make a representation respecting any matter of fact, not including the terms of the
agent's authority, but upon which the agent's right to use the agent's authority depends
and the truth of which cannot be determined by the use of reasonable diligence on the
part of the person to whom the representation is made.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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