In an action prosecuted in the name of the State for the recovery of money or property, or to establish a right or claim for the benefit of any county, city, town, village, corporation or person, costs awarded against the plaintiff shall be a charge against the party for whose benefit the action was prosecuted, and not against the State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 6-15
Actions by State for private persons, etc
Code, s. 537; Rev., s. 1261; C.S., s. 1238.
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