The limitations prescribed by law apply to civil actions brought in the name of the State, or for its benefit, in the same manner as to actions by or for the benefit of private parties.
History
(C.C.P., s. 38; Code, s. 159; Rev., s. 375; C.S., s. 420.)
Legal Periodicals. - For note, "Reviving a Double Standard in Statutes of Limitations and Repose: Rowan County Board of Education v. United States Gypsum Company," see 71 N.C.L. Rev. 879 (1993).
For article, "A Morass of Confusion and Inconsistency: The Application of the Doctrine of Nullum Tempus Occurrit Regi" in North Carolina, see 28 Campbell L. Rev. 251 (2006).