Your small claims limit and filing fee, plus a statute-of-limitations estimate for your kind of claim.
Which California county has venue for your case, based on CCP § 116.370 and the buyer-protective venue rules.
Turn your own words into a formatted, printable demand letter. No legal language added, nothing sent anywhere.
How much interest is owed at California's 10% legal rate, simple interest, the way courts actually calculate it.
See whether you likely qualify to have your court fees waived, based on public benefits or household income.
Enter your hearing date, get your serve-by and proof-of-service deadlines, with a calendar file you can save.
General California small claims procedure questions, answered plainly with the statute cited. Not legal advice.
Yes, all seven, no account, no charge, and they always will be. A paid guided filing service is planned separately for later.
No. Every tool works immediately, no sign-up, no email required to use them.
The eligibility checker, court finder, demand letter generator, interest calculator, fee waiver checker, and deadline calculator run entirely in your browser, nothing you type into them is sent to or stored by SmallClaimsHQ. The one exception is the Ask a Question assistant, which sends your question to OpenAI's API to generate an answer. See our Privacy Policy for details.
Most people start with the eligibility and statute-of-limitations checker to confirm their claim fits in small claims court, then move to the court finder and demand letter generator once they know they're eligible.