Within thirty days after the board of county commissioners receives a petition to temporarily close or relocate a section line road or other road, the board shall fix a time and place for hearing, and the petitioner, at least ten days prior to the time fixed for the hearing, shall cause notice to be served personally or by mail on all surface owners of the land through which the road passes. The petitioner shall also cause notice to be published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county in which the road is located, with the last publication being at least ten days prior to the time fixed for hearing.
N.D.C.C. § 38-01-07.2