Title 7 — SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

7-1501. Short title. This chapter shall be referred to as the "Small Lawsuit Resolution Act."

7-1502. Authorization. To reduce the cost and expense of litigation and encourage the swift, fair and cost-effective resolution of disputes, the legislature hereby establishes a system to encourage civil litigants to resolve their disputes through alternative dispute resolution. …

7-1503. Actions to which the Idaho civil evaluation option applies — Initiation of process — Option to mediate — Motions for removal from evaluation. (1) Civil actions in which the sole relief sought is a money judgment in which the parties agree that the total claims for all dam…

7-1504. Selection of evaluator — Court administration of procedure — Rules, standards and procedures — Exemption from operation of the chapter. (1) All magistrate judges, district judges and appellate court judges and justices, whether classified as sitting, senior or retired, ar…

7-1505. Qualifications, appointment and compensation of evaluators. (1) Any individual desiring to be on a list of private civil litigation evaluators under this chapter shall submit a request to the supreme court identifying each county in which the individual wishes to serve. T…

7-1506. Evaluator authority — Procedures relating to service, filing and computation of time. (1) Solely for the purpose of an evaluation, an evaluator has the authority to: (a) Decide procedural issues and deadlines relating to the conduct of the evaluation, including discovery …

7-1507. Discovery. (1) Unless the evaluator orders otherwise: (a) A defending party may demand in writing a statement from each claimant setting forth separately the amounts of any special, general or other damages sought in the evaluation. Such statement shall be served on all p…

7-1508. Prehearing and hearing procedures. (1) The evaluator shall set the time and place of the evaluation hearing and shall give reasonable notice of the hearing to the parties. The parties may agree to hold the hearing by telephone. Except by stipulation among the parties and …

7-1509. Evaluation decision — Trial de novo — Miscellaneous. (1) Within fourteen (14) days following the evaluation, the evaluator shall issue a written, signed decision. The evaluator shall determine all issues raised by the pleadings, including a determination of any damages. T…

7-1510. Right to trial. The intent of this chapter is to maintain the right to a court or jury trial and the provisions of this statute shall not be construed to impair that right.

7-1511. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

7-1512. Statistical records — Compilation of evaluator list. (1) The supreme court shall keep statistical records of the number of requests for evaluation filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the number of requests for trial de novo hereunder, and the number of insta…