30-14-121. Duties of county attorney and attorney general. It is the duty of the county attorney to lend to the department such assistance as the department may request in the commencement and prosecution of actions pursuant to this part. The county attorney or the attorney general, on request of the department or a county attorney, may initiate all procedures and prosecute actions in the same manner as provided for the department. If an action is prosecuted by the county attorney alone or the attorney general on request of the county attorney, the person prosecuting shall notify the department as to the nature of the action and the parties to the action within 30 days of the filing of the action. The county attorney or attorney general shall make a report thereon to the department within 30 days of the final disposition of the matter.

     History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 275, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 407, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 85-416.