(a) From the action of the governing body or the board of county commissioners there shall be allowed an appeal to the district court by any person owning lands in the assessment area, upon filing a bond with sufficient penalty, not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), with two or more sureties to be approved by the city or county clerk, as the case may be, conditioned that the appellant will prosecute his appeal without delay and pay all costs and damages that he may be adjudged to pay in the district court. (b) The appeal shall be taken within ten (10) days after the order awarding the contract by serving a written notice on the city clerk or county clerk, as the case may be, which notice shall set out in detail, in numbered paragraphs, the grounds on which the appellant will rely on the appeal. A copy of the notice, together with a certified transcript of the proceedings before the board, shall be immediately transmitted by the clerk to the clerk of the district court, who shall docket it as other cases and set the same for speedy trial. (c) The remedy herein provided shall be exclusive. No action or suit to question the jurisdiction of the governing body or board of county commissioners or their action in awarding the contract, or any part of their proceedings, shall be commenced and no appeal taken after the expiration of the ten-day period herein provided.
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