Is Kratom Legal in North Dakota? State Law and Shipping Guide

North Dakota statewide kratom law

North Dakota's Uniform Controlled Substances Act appears in Chapter 19-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code. The current code contains Schedule I through Schedule V sections and identifies the substances controlled by the State. The official code does not list kratom, Mitragyna speciosa, mitragynine, or 7-hydroxymitragynine in those schedules. That is the key statewide legal point for traditional botanical kratom products on July 22, 2026.

North Dakota has not enacted a dedicated kratom consumer-protection act. There is no active statewide kratom statute establishing a purchase age, a retail-license requirement, product registration, a state testing program, a mandatory package warning, an alkaloid percentage cap, or a list of kratom delivery forms that are separately prohibited. The absence of a dedicated kratom law is not a blanket exemption from other laws. Product composition, truthful labeling, ordinary commercial rules, and any controlled or otherwise unlawful ingredient remain relevant.

For eligible traditional botanical products, current statewide law does not require a kratom-specific shipping permit, special carrier, adult signature, or remote-sale registration. North Dakota also has no enacted kratom-specific statewide minimum-purchase age as of the review date. An internal retailer practice should not be described as a North Dakota legal requirement without a corresponding statute or regulation.

The 2025 legislative record is especially important in North Dakota because the same session contained both a failed scheduling proposal and an enacted study bill. Those measures have different legal effects. A failed bill does not amend the controlled-substance code. A study directive does not impose retail penalties, register products, schedule an alkaloid, or create a new consumer sales restriction. The operative law is the current Century Code and the final enrolled text of the enacted measure.

North Dakota legal history

In January 2025, House Bill 1101 was introduced to amend North Dakota Century Code section 19-03.1-05 and schedule mitragynine as a Schedule I controlled substance. The official North Dakota Legislative Branch record identifies the bill's subject as scheduling mitragynine and shows the measure failed in the House on second reading, with 15 votes in favor and 77 against. Because the measure failed, it did not amend the active controlled-substance schedules.

House Bill 1566 began as a substantially different proposal. Its introduced version would have created a new regulatory chapter for kratom products, including definitions, product restrictions, testing, licenses, registrations, and penalties. The version that completed the Legislature did not carry that regulatory framework into law. Instead, the enrolled bill is a short study directive titled an act to provide for a legislative management study relating to potential uses of kratom and the implementation of regulations of kratom in the State.

The enrolled HB 1566 directs Legislative Management, during the 2025-26 interim, to consider studying potential uses of kratom and the implementation of regulation related to production, manufacturing, distribution, and retail sale. It directs a report of findings and recommendations, together with any needed legislation, to the Seventieth Legislative Assembly. The official bill overview records that the governor signed the bill on April 29, 2025, and the session-law index lists it as the 2025 regulation-of-kratom enactment. The enacted text contains a study direction; it does not create the detailed retail rules from the earlier introduced version.

• January 7, 2025HB 1101 was introduced to schedule mitragynine as a Schedule I controlled substance.
• January 15, 2025HB 1101 failed in the House on second reading, 15 yeas to 77 nays.
• January 20, 2025HB 1566 was introduced with a proposed regulatory structure for kratom products.
• April 15, 2025The Senate passed a substantially amended version of HB 1566.
• April 21, 2025The House concurred in the Senate amendments and passed the final measure.
• April 29, 2025The governor signed HB 1566, which became a legislative-management study directive.
• July 22, 2026The current controlled-substance code does not list kratom or mitragynine, and the enacted kratom measure remains a study directive rather than a retail code.

The history means that a detailed list of requirements from the introduced HB 1566 should not be represented as current North Dakota law. The introduced proposal discussed testing, labels, age limits, retail licenses, product registration, composition limits, and penalties. Those provisions were removed from the enrolled act. Likewise, it is inaccurate to say that mitragynine became a Schedule I substance merely because HB 1101 was introduced; the official result was a failed House vote.

North Dakota's current position is therefore open statewide while its Legislature considers whether a future statute should regulate the category. A later recommendation or bill could lead to a new rule, but it would need to become enacted law before it changes the current legal and shipping treatment.

North Dakota format implications

North Dakota has no active kratom-specific statute assigning different statewide legal status to loose leaf, ground leaf powder, capsules, ordinary botanical extracts, tablets, liquids, or bulk packages. Traditional plant material is not listed in the current controlled-substance schedules merely because it is ground, measured, or placed in a different delivery form. Actual contents remain the controlling concern.

• Traditional leaf: The current North Dakota schedules do not list kratom plant material as a controlled substance.
• Loose powder: Ground botanical leaf does not have a separate statewide kratom prohibition or size limit.
• Capsules: A powder-filled capsule is not assigned a distinct kratom status under a current North Dakota kratom statute.
• Botanical extracts: Extracts require ingredient-level review. North Dakota's lack of a dedicated kratom code does not permit a product containing a separately controlled or unlawful ingredient.
• Tablets and liquids: Packaging or delivery form does not itself create a separate statewide kratom classification under current law.
• Bulk packages: North Dakota has no active kratom-specific registration rule or package-size ceiling for bulk traditional botanical products.
• Synthetic or isolated materials: A product using a kratom-related name is not automatically equivalent to traditional leaf. The store evaluates eligible traditional botanical products separately from formats outside that category.

The introduced version of HB 1566 is not a present format rule. It proposed restrictions for certain products and required extensive testing and registration, but those provisions do not appear in the enacted study directive. Current product treatment should therefore follow the actual current code and the actual ingredients in the product rather than a discarded bill version.

Kratom Paradise's North Dakota shipment treatment focuses on eligible traditional botanical products. An item is not treated as eligible solely because its package uses a botanical name, references an alkaloid, or resembles a permitted format. Accurate product identity and current legal status matter more than a marketing description or a container style.

Kratom shipping to North Dakota

Kratom Paradise ships eligible traditional botanical kratom products to North Dakota. North Dakota is a western destination from Las Vegas, with estimated delivery in 1 business day after carrier acceptance. That estimate is not a guarantee. Carrier processing, order timing, weekends, holidays, weather, address corrections, remote delivery routes, and service disruptions can affect the arrival date.

North Dakota currently does not impose a kratom-specific statewide carrier, signature, permit, or remote-sale system for ordinary consumer deliveries. Shipment eligibility still depends on the product and the destination. A lawful kratom shipment cannot include an ingredient that is otherwise controlled or prohibited under North Dakota law simply because the package also contains or refers to kratom.

The 2025 study law does not stop eligible North Dakota shipping. It directs Legislative Management to study potential uses and possible regulation, with recommendations for the next legislative assembly. It does not itself establish a consumer purchase age, require a retailer to register a product, or prohibit traditional kratom leaf. Kratom Paradise therefore treats eligible North Dakota orders as shippable under the current statewide legal record.

Estimated transit begins after the carrier accepts the parcel. The one-business-day western estimate applies to an eligible order's expected transit display, while actual delivery depends on the carrier's service conditions and the destination address.

Official North Dakota sources

• North Dakota Century Code, Chapter 19-03.1
  The current Uniform Controlled Substances Act and the State's current controlled-substance schedules.
• North Dakota Century Code, Chapter 19-03.1 PDF
  The official code text reviewed for kratom, mitragynine, and 7-hydroxymitragynine listings.
• North Dakota Legislative Branch, House Bill 1101
  Official record showing the 2025 mitragynine Schedule I proposal failed in the House.
• North Dakota Legislative Branch, House Bill 1566 overview
  Official bill status and the governor-signature record for the enacted kratom study measure.
• North Dakota enrolled House Bill 1566
  The final enacted text directing a 2025-26 legislative-management study of kratom uses and possible regulation.
• North Dakota 2025 session-law drugs index
  The official session-law index entry for the State's regulation-of-kratom enactment.

Last reviewed: July 22, 2026. Statewide information only; not legal advice.