Litigation
Mar. 22, 2006
State's Small-Claims System Is Getting More Complicated
Focus Column - By Douglas G. Carnahan - Effective Jan. 1, the Legislature raised the uppermost jurisdictional limit of the small claims court from $5,000 to $7,500. Only certain classes of cases qualify for the new limit, but the increase in any event is another indication of how seriously the Legislature takes the small claims system.




Focus Column
By Douglas G. Carnahan
Effective Jan. 1, the Legislature raised the uppermost jurisdictional limit of the small claims court from $5,000 to $7,500. Only certain classes of cases qualify for the new limit, but the increase in any event is another indication of how seriously the Legislature takes the small claims system.
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By Douglas G. Carnahan
Effective Jan. 1, the Legislature raised the uppermost jurisdictional limit of the small claims court from $5,000 to $7,500. Only certain classes of cases qualify for the new limit, but the increase in any event is another indication of how seriously the Legislature takes the small claims system.
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