30-14-121. Duties of county attorney. It is the duty of the county attorney to lend to the department the assistance that the department may request in the commencement and prosecution of actions pursuant to this part. The county attorney, on request of the department or another 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, the county attorney 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 shall report on the action 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; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 280, L. 2005.