If the court determines before or at trial that one (1) or more of the causes of action are frivolous or malicious, any one (1) or more of the following sanctions may be imposed:
(1) Award attorney fees and actual costs incurred by the state, the Department of Correction, or the Department of Community Correction, another state agency, a political subdivision, the Attorney General's office, or the defendant, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per frivolous cause of action;
(2) Court costs not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per cause of action;
(3) Order the Department of Correction to revoke up to thirty (30) days' earned good-time credits accrued, under ยง 12-29-201, et seq.
(4) Order the department to revoke permission to have nonessential personal property of the inmate, including, but not limited to, televisions, radios, stereos, or tape recorders. If permission is revoked, the department shall take appropriate precautions to protect the property during the period of the revocation; or
(5) Impose a civil sanction in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
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