All actions or suits at law accruing to the department shall be brought in the name of the director, who shall also appear for and defend actions or suits at law in which it is to the interest of the department to appear as a party defendant. No suit or action at law shall be brought for or defended on behalf of the department except by authority of the director.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-311; 1952 Code Section 55-311; 1942 Code Section 1971; 1932 Code Section 1971; Cr. C. '22 Section 955; Cr. C. '12 Section 959; Cr. C. '02 Section 673; G. S. 2722; R. S. 558; 1882 (18) 255; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 386.