Title 34, Pleadings And Procedure

§633-30 Counterclaim; retention of jurisdiction. When the limit of the district court as provided by section 633-27 is exceeded in a counterclaim but within the jurisdictional limit of the court as provided by section 604-5, the action shall nevertheless remain in the small claim…

[§633-31] Jury trial; demand; assignment to other court. In a case filed or pending in the small claims division of the district court in which a party entitled to a trial by jury files a demand therefor, the case shall be assigned to and tried in the circuit court under the proc…

§633-32 Evidence. In a case tried in the small claims division, the court shall conduct the trial in such manner as to do substantial justice between the parties according to the rules of substantive law, and is not bound by the rules of evidence, whether or not set out by statut…

§633-33 Judgment for wages; oral examination; payment. When a judgment in an action pursuant to this chapter is founded in whole or in part on a claim for wages or personal services, the court, upon motion of the party obtaining judgment, shall order the appearance of the party a…

§633-34 Award of costs. In any action pursuant to this chapter, the award of costs is in the discretion of the court, which may include therein the reasonable cost of bonds and undertakings, and other reasonable expenses incident to the action, incurred by either party. No attorn…

§633-35 Other rights of judgment creditor. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, or in the rules of court, a party obtaining a judgment in the small claims division of the district court is entitled to the same remedies, processes, costs, and benefits as are given or inur…

§633-36 Forms and public information. For the more effective carrying out of this chapter, the chief justice, as administrative head of the judiciary department, shall cause to be published a booklet or pamphlet describing, in language readily understandable by a layperson, the p…

§633-8 Order to show cause. Upon the filing of a complaint with a copy of a lease or rental contract and an affidavit sworn to by the plaintiff or some competent affiant setting forth a statement of facts sufficient to show that the leased or rented personal property has been in …