28-3-704. Contractual right to attorney fees treated as reciprocal -- exception. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), whenever, by virtue of the provisions of any contract or obligation in the nature of a contract made and entered into at any time after July 1, 1971, one party to the contract or obligation has an express right to recover attorney fees from any other party to the contract or obligation in the event the party having that right brings an action upon the contract or obligation, then in any action on the contract or obligation all parties to the contract or obligation are considered to have the same right to recover attorney fees and the prevailing party in any action, whether by virtue of the express contractual right or by virtue of this section, is entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees from the losing party or parties.
(2) For a contract or obligation negotiated between a private party and a party with condemnation authority over the private party's property, the party with condemnation authority is not entitled to recover attorney fees from the losing party or parties pursuant to subsection (1) in an action to enforce a contract or obligation involving the property.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 93-8601.1; amd. Sec. 792, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 313, L. 2017.
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