(5) If any property owner files an action for possession against a defendant alleged to be occupying the property as a result of forcible detainer when a landlord-tenant relationship existed with the defendant and/or in bad faith, said property owner shall be liable to the defendant for treble damages as enumerated in this chapter.
History:
[6-310, added 1974, ch. 308, sec. 3, p. 1803; am. 1976, ch. 71, sec. 1, p. 239; am. 2001, ch. 203, sec. 2, p. 693; am. 2006, ch. 248, sec. 1, p. 757; am. 2017, ch. 276, sec. 2, p. 724; am. 2018, ch. 124, sec. 1, p. 263.]