N.D. Cent. Code § 6-06.2-06

The organization certificate must be notarized. The authenticated certificate must be transmitted to the state banking board with a request for permission to present the certificate to the secretary of state, with application for the issuance of a certificate of authority, as well as payment of an application fee. The commissioner shall establish the application by rule. After receipt of the proposed organization certificate, application, and application fee, the board shall publish the application in the official newspaper of the county the cooperative financial institution is proposed to be established. The notice must contain a statement of a time and place at which the board will hear the application and must specify that any individual objecting the application may appear and show cause why the application should not be approved.