N.D. Cent. Code § 61-16.1-54
An aggrieved person may appeal an order or decision of a water resource board to the district court of the county in which the land claimed to be affected adversely by the order or decision is located. An appellant shall file an undertaking in the sum of two hundred dollars with any sureties required by the clerk of the district court to which the appeal is taken. The undertaking must be conditioned on the appellant prosecuting the appeal without delay and paying all costs adjudged against the appellant in the district court. The undertaking must be in favor of the water resource board as obligee, and may be sued on in the name of the obligee. An appeal under this section is governed by the procedure provided in section 28-34-01.
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