N.D. Cent. Code § 61-24.5-17
An appeal from an order of the board of directors of the authority denying a petition for exclusion may be taken to the district court of the petitioning county. The appeal provided for herein must be taken within thirty days after the order of the authority board has been filed with the secretary thereof and public notice of such order has been made. The appeal must be taken by serving notice of appeal upon the secretary of the authority. The appeal must be docketed as any cause pending in district court is docketed and thereupon the court shall have and exercise original jurisdiction and shall hear and determine the cause de novo without a jury. An appeal to the supreme court may be taken by the petitioning county or by the authority, from any judgment entered therein in district court, and from any order of said court if an appeal would lie from such order if entered by the court in a civil action.
N.D.C.C. § 61-24.5-17