2025 Session
Last amended: 1993 session
§ 144.993 — Recovery of Litigation Costs and Expenses
Plain-Language Summary
Allows the health department to recover its litigation costs and expenses from parties that violate health laws.
144.993 RECOVERY OF LITIGATION COSTS AND EXPENSES.
In any judicial action brought by the attorney general for civil penalties, injunctive relief, or an action to compel performance pursuant to the authority cited in section 144.99, subdivision 1, if the state finally prevails, and if the proven violation was willful, the state, in addition to other penalties provided by law, may be allowed an amount determined by the court to be the reasonable value of all or part of the litigation expenses incurred by the state. In determining the amount of the litigation expenses to be allowed, the court shall give consideration to the economic circumstances of the defendant.
History:
History: History:
1993 c 206 s 11
Practical Notes
Relevant to violators of health laws who may be required to pay the state’s legal costs in addition to fines.