N.D. Cent. Code § 61-12-17

Ten days' notice of the time when and the place where an assessment of damages will be reviewed by the board of flood irrigation shall be given by publication in the official newspaper in each county in which the proposed project, or any part thereof, is located, if any is published therein, and if none is printed in the county, then in the official newspaper printed in an adjoining county in the state. The place appointed for such hearing shall be in the vicinity of the proposed improvement convenient and accessible for the majority of the landowners affected. At the time and place appointed, such board shall proceed to hear all complaints or objections relative to such assessment of damages and correct or confirm the same.