Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 32-25-8.5-15 - Settlement of claim through negotiation, mediation, or arbitration; legal proceedings; recovery of costs(a) This section applies if a claim is settled through negotiation, mediation, or arbitration.(b) The settlement of the claim must be documented in a written agreement signed by each of the parties.(c) If a party fails to abide by the settlement agreement signed under subsection (b), the other party may begin legal proceedings without again complying with this chapter.(d) If a party who begins legal proceedings under subsection (c) prevails in those legal proceedings, the party is entitled to recover from the other party: (3) all other reasonable costs incurred in enforcing the settlement agreement.Added by P.L. 141-2015, SEC. 5, eff. 7/1/2015.