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§ 57-16A-9 NMSA 1978

Reasonable attorney fees

Known as the Motor Vehicle Quality Assurance Act

The act spans §§ 57–57 (11 sections).

Laws 1985, ch. 220, § 9.

A consumer who prevails in an action brought to enforce the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Quality Assurance Act shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs from the manufacturer. If a consumer does not prevail in such an action and brings that action for frivolous reasons or in bad faith, the manufacturer shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs from the consumer.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.