Small claims court; increases ceiling of jurisdictional amount thereof. (SB651)
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Description
Courts not of record; jurisdiction of small claims court. Increases from $5,000 to $10,000 the ceiling of the jurisdictional amount of a small claims court. The maximum amount that may be claimed in small claims court shall be adjusted July 1, 2015, and on July 1 every five years thereafter, in an amount equal to the cumulative annual increases for that five-year period in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. View Full Text »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
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