If a court decides that a lawsuit filed under a certain housing law had no real basis and was filed just to cause trouble, the person who filed it has to pay the other side's lawyer fees.
441.643. suit, . — In the event the court finds that the facts alleged in the filed section 441.530 are unfounded and that the petition was filed and in , the shall be responsible for the reasonable attorney's fees attributable to the of said petition.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1998 H.B. 977 & 1608)
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