If any public employee or public official defaults or creates a liability against the fund, the commissioner shall notify the state auditor. The state auditor shall investigate, or cause to be investigated, the accounts of the public employee or public official and file a report with the commissioner stating any amount due from the fund because of the default or wrongful act. For these services, the auditor or investigating firm must be paid out of the fund all reasonable costs incurred.
N.D.C.C. § 26.1-21-12