Two free calculators: your small claims limit and filing fee, and a statute-of-limitations estimate. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
Free venue finder based on CCP § 116.370, tells you which California county has venue and why.
Turn your own words into a formatted, printable letter. No legal language added, nothing sent anywhere.
Free calculator using California's 10% legal rate, simple interest, the way courts actually calculate it.
What the SC-100 form asks for, where to file, and how long it typically takes to get a hearing date.
The letter California expects you to send first, a third of disputes end here, before court is ever involved.
You're not allowed to hand over the papers yourself. Here's who can, and the deadline that sinks the most cases.
What to bring, how a 10-minute hearing actually runs, and the mistakes that cost self-represented plaintiffs the most.
A judgment is a piece of paper, not a check. Here's what happens in the 30 days after, and the tools if they still don't pay.
The plaintiff still has to prove the claim. Here's what the judge actually requires, and what a no-show defendant can do afterward.
California's appeal rule catches most plaintiffs off guard. Here's exactly who can appeal, and the 30-day deadline that matters.
The debtor's examination procedure: how to make someone who owes you a judgment show up and answer for their assets.
California judgments expire after 10 years unless you renew them. Here's the form and the window to file it in.
California gives landlords 21 days to account for your deposit in writing. Here's what happens when they don't.
What counts as proof for a written agreement versus a handshake deal, and how long you have to sue.
When a fender-bender belongs in small claims, and when it's actually a personal injury case that doesn't.
What proves the case, and the licensing rule that can matter more than the contract itself.
Two different paths for wages you're owed, how each one actually works, and how they compare.
How to find a business defendant's exact legal name and registered agent before you file, free, from the Secretary of State.
The difference between the two, what California actually requires from a defendant, and the one appeal right that only defendants have.
A simplified civil court for resolving money disputes without a lawyer: up to $12,500 for an individual plaintiff, $6,250 for a business (Code Civ. Proc. § 116.221).
No, and in fact, attorneys generally cannot argue on a party's behalf at a California small claims hearing (Code Civ. Proc. § 116.530).
Filing fees run $30 to $100 depending on the claim amount and how many claims you've filed recently; a fee waiver is available for those who qualify.
Yes, all of them, no account required.