Any person who is not a peace officer as defined in section 24-31-301 (5), C.R.S., who is made the defendant in any civil action as a result of having sought to prevent a crime being committed against any other person, and who has judgment entered in his favor shall be entitled to all his court costs and to reasonable attorney fees incurred in such action.
Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 852, § 1, effective June 19. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 962, § 6, effective July 1, 1984. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 1097, § 5, effective March 6.
Cross references: (1) For awarding of attorney fees in civil actions generally, see § 1317-102.
(2) For the legislative declaration contained in the 1992 act amending this section, see section 12 of chapter 167, Session Laws of Colorado 1992.