{"data":{"id":"us-il/740-ilcs-70-4.5","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"740 ILCS 70/4.5","heading":"Costs and fees.","body":"In any nuisance action in which a farming operation is alleged to be a nuisance, a prevailing defendant shall recover the aggregate amount of costs and expenses determined by the court to have been reasonably incurred in the defense of the nuisance action, together with a reasonable amount for attorney fees. For the purposes of this Section, a prevailing defendant is a defendant in a lawsuit in whose favor a final court order or judgment is rendered. A defendant shall not be considered to have prevailed if, prior to a final court order or judgment, he or she enters into a negotiated settlement agreement or takes any corrective or other action that renders unnecessary a final court order or judgment.","path":["CHAPTER 740 CIVIL LIABILITIES","Farm Nuisance Suit Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=2034\u0026ChapterID=57\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:43Z","sha256":"a50be1cb64d587b4bc75373e27fb8924ccb3e2321ecdecee0a4796ea64b206fd","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/740-ilcs-70-4","next":"us-il/740-ilcs-70-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}