District Court

Rules of Small Claims Procedure

1.00 General Rules

1.01 Scope of Rules

1.02 Mandatory Electronic Filing

1.03 Definitions

(A) Case Initiating Document(s)

(B) Certificate of Service

(C) Civil Case Cover Sheet

(D) Electronic Filing System (EFS)

(E) Filing

(F) Notice

(G) Registered User

(H) Public Access Portal

(I) Service

(J) Signature

1.04 Language Assistance Notice

1.05 Electronic Filing of Documents

1.06 Clerk Review; Acceptance/Rejection Procedure

2.00 Commencement of Action, Service of Process, and Scheduling of Cases

2.01 Filing Fee

2.02 Commencement of Action

2.03 Process, Attachment, Trustee Process, Arrest

(A) Summons: Form

(B) Summons: Issuance

(C) By Whom Served

(D) Summons

(E) Service Outside State: Personal Jurisdiction

(F) Service Outside the State in Certain Actions

(G) Service by Publication

(H) Proof of Service

(I) Amendment

(J) Summons: Time Limit for Service

(K) Attachment and Trustee Process

(1) Availability of Remedies

(2) Writ of Attachment: Form

(3) Writ of Attachment: Issuance

(4) Writ of Attachment: Service

(5) Attachment on Counterclaim, Cross-claim, or Third-party Complaint

(6) Subsequent Attachment

(7) Proof of Service

(L) Arrest

(1) Availability of Remedy

(2) Form and Service

(3) Subsequent Writ of Arrest

(4) Ne Exeat

2.04 Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers

(A) Service: When Required

(B) Service: How Made

(C) Service: Numerous Defendants

2.05 Scheduling of Cases

2.06 Postponements

3.00 Representation of Parties

3.01 Individuals

3.02 Unincorporated business

3.03 Corporations

4.00 Rules of Civil Procedure

4.01 The District Court Civil Rules (D.C.R.)

4.02 Evidence

5.00 Jurisdiction of Subject Matters and Monetary Damages

5.01 Jurisdiction

5.02 Dismissal of Small Claims Actions

5.03 Counterclaims

5.04 Jurisdictionally Execessive Counterclaims

6.00 Judgment

6.01 Default

6.02 Entry and Enforcement of Judgment

7.00 Appeals

7.01 Appeal Rights

7.02 Cost of Appeal