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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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