Title 10, Title 10 and Civil Procedure — Procedure in Particular Actions

The actual cash disbursements of the prevailing party for entry fee, mailing fee, and officers’ and witness fees shall be allowed as costs.

(a) The defendant, if aggrieved by the decision of the district court in a cause brought under the provisions of this chapter, shall have the same right of appeal, and under the same terms and conditions, as are provided under the practice in ordinary civil actions in district co…

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a party obtaining judgment under this chapter shall be entitled to the same remedies, processes, costs and benefits as are given or enure to other judgment creditors including the right to use trustee process in the same small claims …

The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary for the purpose of meeting the expenses of the district court in carrying out the provisions of this chapter; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders up…

The district court shall have full jurisdiction of actions brought under the provisions of this chapter.

The venue of actions under this chapter shall be the same as in ordinary civil actions, except cases wherein the plaintiff is a corporation, in which event the action must be brought in the division of the district court wherein the defendant resides. If the defendant resides out…

(a) Any corporation with total assets of less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) organized under the laws of this state or licensed to do business under the laws of this state, which is a corporation incorporated as a close corporation pursuant to § 7-1.2-1701, or if the corpo…

(a) The plaintiff shall pay into the court an entry fee of fifty-five dollars ($55.00), of which twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be placed in a “small claims mediation restricted-receipt account” together with an amount equal to the then-prevailing postal rate, for mailing notices …

(a) The judges of the district court shall make such orders and rules as they deem necessary concerning the hearing and determination of small claims, including suitable forms of procedure in such cases. (b) The chief judge of the district court shall be authorized to establish a…

The clerk shall note in the docket or in the papers of the case the mailing date of the notice and the address of the defendant. Notice shall be valid although refused by the defendant, and therefore not delivered. If the notice is returned undelivered without refusal by the defe…

At the time set for answering, if the defendant does not appear to answer and defend the claim, he or she may then, or thereafter as the court may order, be defaulted, and judgment entered against him or her in favor of the plaintiff for his or her claim, or so much thereof as th…

(a) If the plaintiff does not appear at the time set for the hearing, the court may dismiss the claim and action for want of prosecution, or enter judgment for the defendant for his or her costs, or make such other disposition of the case as may be proper. (b) If the clerk shall …

Prior to or upon the date set for answering the defendant shall in writing file in court his or her answer or defense to the plaintiff’s claim and may claim any counterclaim he or she may have against the plaintiff’s claim, as he or she might plead the claim in an action begun by…