All fines or forfeitures provided for or prescribed in the General Railroad Law must, unless otherwise expressly provided, be collected by an action to be brought in the name of the State against the offending person or corporation in any court of competent jurisdiction by the Office of Regulatory Staff or the solicitor of the circuit in which the offense is in whole or in part committed.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1270; 1952 Code Section 58-1270; 1942 Code Section 8458; 1932 Code Section 8475; Civ. C. '22 Section 5011; Civ. C. '12 Section 3313; Civ. C. '02 Section 2207; G. S. 1542; R. S. 1740; 1881 (17) 839; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 141, eff May 24, 2006.