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Small claims costs live on our sister site

This site covers court costs beyond small claims — divorce, name change, general civil, probate, and bankruptcy filings. Small claims has its own fee tiers, claim limits, and service rules in every state, and its own dedicated site in our network.

Where to go

smallclaimscost.com covers, state by state: the claim limit, the tiered filing fee, service-of-process costs, and a small claims cost calculator — built from the same official-schedule research method as this site.

Which side of the line is your case?

• Money claim within your state's small claims limit (a deposit dispute, an unpaid invoice, minor property damage) → small claims, at smallclaimscost.com.
• A status or record change — divorce, name change, probate of an estate → here, in the state index.
• A money claim above the small claims limit → general civil filing, priced in your state guide here.
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Run the small claims numbers
Claim limit, tiered filing fee, and service costs for your state — on the sister site's calculator.
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• An eviction → sits on the border: some states route possession cases through the small claims track, others through general civil. Our eviction cost guide explains the split.