Small claims cases provide an informal process to resolve small civil disputes involving money or damages of $10,000 or less. Attorneys are not allowed to represent people in small claims without special permission from the court. Once the plaintiff files a claim and serves it on the defendant, the defendant has 14 days to either pay the claim or file an answer and request a hearing.
Forms and instructions are available for a small fee at the courthouse or may be downloaded from the Forms section of this site.
A fee may be due at the time of filing, please check the fee chart. Requests for fee deferrals are also available in the forms section.
Small Claims Forms can be found
here.
Instructions for plaintiffs can be foundhere.
Instructions for responding to a claim can be found
here.