N.D. Cent. Code § 32-19-39

All orders, judgments, or decrees entered in any action are binding upon each person proceeded against as a defendant, whether of age or minors, and each person claiming by, through, or under a defendant after the commencement of the action. The same are binding upon whose interests did not appear of record in the office of the recorder, county auditor, or clerk of the district court of the county of the action at the time of the commencement of the action.