The labor commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements with the department of labor or corresponding agency of any other state, nation, or country or with the person, board, officer, or commission authorized to act for and on behalf of the department or agency, for the collection in the other state, nation, or country of claims or judgments for wages and other demands based upon claims previously assigned to the department of labor and human rights.
34-14-12. Actions in other states, nations, or countries for collection of claims - Assignments for collection. The department of labor and human rights may, to the extent provided for by any reciprocal agreement entered into pursuant to section 34-14-11, or by the laws of any other state, nation, or country, maintain actions in the courts of the other state, nation, or country for the collection of such claims for wages, judgments, and other demands and may assign the claims, judgments, and demands to the department of labor or agency of the other state, nation, or country for collection to the extent that the same may be permitted or provided for by the laws of the state, nation, or country or by reciprocal agreement.
34-14-13. Claims assigned by other states, nations, or countries - Actions - Collection. The department of labor and human rights may, upon the written request of the department of labor or other corresponding agency of any other state, nation, or country or of any person, board, officer, or commission of the state, nation, or country authorized to act for and on behalf of the department of labor or corresponding agency, maintain actions in the courts of this state upon assigned claims for wages, judgments, and demands arising in the other state, nation, or country in the same manner and to the same extent that the actions by the department of labor and human rights are authorized when arising in this state; provided, however, that the actions may be commenced and maintained only in those cases where the other state, nation, or
country by appropriate legislation or by reciprocal agreement extends a like comity to cases arising in this state.