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2021 Utah Code
Title 78B - Judicial Code
Chapter 6 - Particular Proceedings
Part 11 - Nuisance
Section 1114 - Award of costs and attorney fees.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 78B-6-1114 (2021)
78B-6-1114. Award of costs and attorney fees.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
- (1) The court may award costs, including the costs of investigation and discovery, and reasonable attorney fees, which are not compensated for pursuant to some other provision of law, to the prevailing party in any case in which a governmental agency, private citizen or citizens, corporation, partnership, or business seeks to abate the nuisance by eviction in or upon any building or place where the nuisance occurs as provided in Section 78B-6-1107.
- (2) The court may award costs, including the costs of investigation and discovery, and reasonable attorney fees against a defendant landlord, owner, or designated agent only when the court finds that the defendant landlord, owner, or designated agent had actual notice of the nuisance action and willfully failed to take reasonable action within a reasonable time to abate the nuisance.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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