{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-9-03-13","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 9-03-13","heading":"Mistake of fact defined","body":"Mistake of fact is a mistake not caused by the neglect of a legal duty on the part of the person making the mistake and consisting in:\n1.An unconscious ignorance or forgetfulness of a fact, past or present, material to the contract; or\n2.Belief in the present existence of a thing material to the contract which does not exist, or in the past existence of such a thing which has not existed.","path":["Title 9 Contracts And Obligations","Chapter 9-03 Consent"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t09c03.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"a51ec227be35e04d720b8a3f2f81e8ba89029a3b0c32557a935854b58a94a829","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-9-03-12","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-9-03-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}