State
Maximum Amounts ($)
Statute
 Alabama
$6,000
§ 12-12-31
 Alaska
$10,000
§ 22.15.040
 Arizona
$3,500
§ 22-503
 Arkansas
$5,000
“Guide to Small Claims Court”
 California
$10,000 for individuals or sole propriertors, $5,000 for corporations and other entities.
§ 116.210-116.270
 Colorado
$7,500
§ 13-6-403
 Connecticut
$5,000
§ 51-15(d)
 Delaware
$15,000
§ 9301
 Florida
$8,000
Rule 7.010(b)
 Georgia
$15,000
§ 15-10-2
 Hawaii
$5,000
§ 633-27, “Your Guide to Small Claims Court”
 Idaho
$5,000
§ 1-2208(1)(a)
 Illinois
$10,000
Rule 281
 Indiana
$6,000 for employment-related, $10,000 for all other matters.
Rule 8(c), Small Claims Manual (2022)
 Iowa
$6,500
§ 631.1
 Kansas
$4,000
§ 61-2703(a)
 Kentucky
$2,500
§ 24A.230
 Louisiana
$5,000
§ 5202
 Maine
$6,000
§ 7482, “A Guide to Small Claims Cases”
 Maryland
$5,000
§ 4-405
 Massachusetts
$7,000
§ 218-21
 Michigan
$6,000
§ 600.8401
 Minnesota
$15,000
§ 491A.01
 Mississippi
$3,500
§ 9-11-9
 Missouri
$5,000
“Missouri Small Claims Court Handbook”
 Montana
$7,000
§ 25-35-502
 Nebraska
$3,900
§ 25-2802, Small Claims
 Nevada
$10,000
§ 73.010
 New Hampshire
$10,000
§ 503-1
 New Jersey
$3,000
“New Jersey Judiciary Small Claims”
 New Mexico
$10,000
§ 34-8a-3
 New York
$5,000 for City Courts, $3,000 in Town and Village Courts, $10,000 for New York City, and $5,000 for Nassau and Suffolk Counties
NY Small Claims
 North Carolina
$10,000
§ 7A-210
 North Dakota
$15,000
§ 27-08.1-01
 Ohio
$6,000
§ 1925.02(A)(1)
 Oklahoma
$10,000
§ 1751
 Oregon
$10,000
§ 55.011-55.140
 Pennsylvania
$12,000
“Bringing Suit Before a Magisterial District Judge”
 Rhode Island
$5,000
§ 10-16-1
 South Carolina
$7,500
§ 22-3-10
 South Dakota
$12,000
§ 15-39-45.1
 Tennessee
$25,000
§ 16-15-501(d)
 Texas
$10,000
§ 26.042
 Utah
$11,000
§ 78A-8-102
 Vermont
$5,000
“A Guide to Small Claims Proceedings in Vermont”
 Virginia
$5,000
§ 16.1-122.2
 Washington
$5,000
§ 12.40.010
Washington D.C.
$10,000
§ 11–1321
West Virginia
$10,000
§ 50-2-1
 Wisconsin
$10,000
§ 799.01(d)
 Wyoming
$6,000
§ 1-21-201