Jurisdiction and procedures.

1. The district court sitting in small claims shall exercise the jurisdiction conferred by this chapter , and shall determine small claims according to the statutes and the rules prescribed by this chapter . Except when transferred from the small claims docket as provided in section 631.8 , small claims may be tried by a judicial magistrate, a district associate judge, or a district judge. 2. The clerk of the district court shall maintain a separate small claims docket which shall contain all matters relating to small claims which are required by section 602.8104, subsection 2 , paragraph “e” , to be contained in a combination docket. 3. Statutes and rules relating to venue and jurisdiction shall apply to small claims, except that a provision of this chapter which is inconsistent therewith shall supersede that statute or rule. [C73, §631.2, 631.3; C75, 77, 79, 81, §631.2 ] 83 Acts, ch 101, §124 ; 83 Acts, ch 186, §10116, 10201