Small claims court allows you to sue a person, business, or government agency that you think owes you money. Generally, you can only sue for up to $10,000 in small claims court (or up to $5,000 if you’re a business) or more than $10,000 if you are suing a tenant for COVID-19 rental debt.
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E-Filing for Failure to Pay Rent Begins in the District Court of Baltimore County June 6, 2022
Effective June 6, 2022, the District Court of Baltimore County will begin accepting failure to pay rent filings electronically.
San Diego Superior Court Family Law Division E-Filing Exemption List
As of May 26th, 2020, the San Diego Superior Court began accepting e-Filings for Family Law matters. Attorneys and the public can now e-file documents with the Court without physically coming into the courthouse, except for the following. Family Law E-Filing Exception List Application and Order for Publication/Posting Domestic Violence Paperwork (Initial and Subsequent Filings) […]
Electronic Filings for Failure to Pay Rent Complaints in Baltimore County, Maryland
Effective June 6, 2022, the District Court of Baltimore County will begin accepting failure to pay rent filings electronically.
File on an Existing Case in Cook County, Illinois
These steps take you through the process of e-filing on an existing case that we have to retrieve from the Court’s system. Once the filing is sent to the court’s filing clerk for review, we’ll take a quick peek at our Filing Status screen.
Hearing Dates (Motion Spindling) in Cook County
These instructions guide filers on how request a hearing date (Motion Spindling) in the Cook County, Illinois Courts once the filing is pending. It should be noted that even if a filer completes these steps accurately, Cook County’s system MAY NOT RETURN ANY DATES.
California Maintenance Schedule Days and Times
Some California courts designate specific days of the week that they might perform systems maintenance to their e-filing system
The EFSP Community and those eFiling in Los Angeles Superior Court Civil cases between February 17 and February 24, 2022.
During the time period between February 17 and February 24, 2022, there was an issue with the Journal Technologies E-Filing Manager (EFM) for Civil cases filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court. The problem was isolated to Los Angeles Superior Court Civil eFiling and did not affect any other courts services by the Journal Technologies […]
Tips to Scan Documents to PDFs for e-Filing
When a filer needs to scan paper documents for e-filing, there are several best practices to follow to avoid unnecessary rejections from either the court’s filing clerk or court’s software.
Court Reporter Fee Missing in Filings Submitted to the Court
A common reason filing clerks reject filings is due to filers not adding the Court Reporter Fee in the Optional Services section of the filing.