Idaho Code § 42-616

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42-616 BUDGET — ACTION TO COLLECT CHARGES — ATTORNEY'S FEES.

Official statutory text

42-616. Budget — Action to collect charges — Attorney's fees. The county treasurer or water district treasurer of a water district shall have the right to collect any charges due and unpaid, by civil action, said action to be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the county treasurer or water district treasurer to whom such charges are payable, and in addition to the amount found due, together with interest and costs, may also recover such sum as the court may adjudge reasonable as attorney's fees in said action.

History:

[(42-616) C.S., sec. 5615-A, 6th par., as added by 1927, ch. 39, sec. 1, p. 51; I.C.A., sec. 41-516; am. 1992, ch. 339, sec. 18, p. 1026.]

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