2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries
RS 48:256.11 - Attorney fees

§256.11. Attorney fees

A. After amicable demand for payment has been made on the principal and surety and thirty days have elapsed without payment being made, any claimant recovering the full amount of his timely and properly recorded or sworn claim in a concursus proceeding pursuant to this Subpart shall be allowed reasonable attorney fees which shall be taxed in the judgment on the amount recovered.

B. If the trial court finds that such an action was brought by any claimant without just cause or in bad faith, the trial judge shall award the principal or surety a reasonable amount as attorney fees for defending such action.

Acts 1997, No. 1112, §1, eff. July 14, 1997.

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