RSA 167:33: Legal Proceedings.

Any suit, action, petition, or other legal proceeding to enforce a lien recovering any money or property from any recipient of old age assistance or aid to the permanently and totally disabled, under this chapter or RSA 161, or his estate shall be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the state of New Hampshire, and any recovery shall be for the benefit of and, after any necessary reimbursement of the federal government, be allocated and paid to the state and the county in proportion to the assistance paid.