N.D. Cent. Code § 61-10-33
The secretary of the board of directors shall cause notice of the filing and hearing of a petition for exclusion of lands from an irrigation district to be published in the manner provided for a regular election of the district. The notice shall state the names of petitioners, the description of each tract of land mentioned in the petition, and the prayer of the petition. The notice shall notify all persons affected by the proposed exclusion of lands from the district, to appear at the time and place specified therein and show cause in writing or in person, if any they have, why the lands described in the petition should not be excluded. If a petition requesting the exclusion of lands does not describe any lands which are susceptible of irrigation by the irrigation works of the district, the board may exclude the lands from the district without notice or hearing.
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-33