N.D. Cent. Code § 24-01-23
Any party aggrieved by the proceedings of the director in the taking of land or materials, or by the estimate of damages and the award of the board of county commissioners has the remedies provided in this title for appeal from any determination of a board of county commissioners in the taking of land for highway purposes. Service of a written or printed notice of such appeal must be made upon the chairman of the board of county commissioners and the director. An appeal from the award by the board of county commissioners, without filing a cost bond, may be taken by the director, by service of notice of appeal upon the chairman of the board of county commissioners and the owner of the property, in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons in a civil action. Upon any appeal, the director, on application to the judge of the district court, must be granted a special term of court, in the manner provided in cases of eminent domain in chapter 32-15.
N.D.C.C. § 24-01-23