Any county may have like remedies given to recover any property belonging to it, or damages for injury thereto; and action may be brought in behalf of the county by the county prosecuting attorney or by someone employed therefor by the board of supervisors.Codes, 1880, § 896; 1892, § 4254; 1906, § 4806; Hemingway's 1917, § 3170; 1930, § 6004; 1942, § 4394; Laws, 1978, ch. 509, § 2, eff. 1/1/1980.
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