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class=\"added-material\">sixty<\/span>\u00a0dollars\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">($960)<\/span>\u00a0for book accounts based upon an obligation owing by a natural person for goods, moneys, or services which were primarily for personal, family, or household purposes; and one thousand\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">two hundred<\/span>\u00a0dollars\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">($1,200)<\/span>\u00a0for all other book accounts to which this section applies; or (2) 25 percent of the principal obligation owing under the contract.<\/p>\n<p>For the party against whom the obligation on the book account was asserted in the action subject to this section, if that party is found to have no obligation owing on a book account, the court shall award that prevailing party reasonable attorney&#8217;s fees not to exceed\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">nine<\/span>\u00a0hundred\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">sixty<\/span>\u00a0dollars\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">($960)<\/span>\u00a0for book accounts based upon an obligation owing by a natural person for goods, moneys, or services which were primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, and one thousand\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">two hundred<\/span>\u00a0dollars\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">($1,200)<\/span>\u00a0for all other book accounts to which this section applies. \u2002These attorney&#8217;s fees shall be an element of the costs of the suit.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a written agreement between the parties signed by the person to be charged, the fees provided by this section may not be imposed unless that agreement contains a statement that the prevailing party in any action between the parties is entitled to the fees provided by this section.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)\u2002The attorney&#8217;s fees allowed pursuant to this section shall be the lesser of either the maximum amount allowed by this section, the amount 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