Relevant Statutes:
Maximum Dollar Limit:
Locating Agent For Service:
Online Court Forms:
Start a Claim:
Service Of Process:
Hearing Date:
Attorneys:
Transfer:
Appeals:
Additional Information:
Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 13 Article 6 Sections 401-417; Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure for Small Claims Courts, Rules 501-521.
$7,500.
Secretary of State Business Division, 1700 Broadway, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80290; Phone: (303) 894-2200, press 2; Fax: (303) 869-4864.
Certified mail with return receipt, sheriff, disinterested adult, private process server. Service must be completed at least 15 days before the trial date.
No later than 30 days from the date the case is filed and the clerk issues notice to defendant.
Prohibited unless an attorney represents self, pro se, or is a full-time employee of the partnership or corporation involved in the case. If an attorney appears, the other side may also have an attorney present at the hearing.
If defendant counterclaim exceeds $5,000 or defendant wants to use an attorney, the case proceeds under formal rules of civil procedure and evidence.
Either party may appeal for a review of law, not fact, to District Court within 15 days of the order of judgment. If appealing, request a transcript of the proceedings.
Mediation/settlement negotiation may be required in some courts. No equitable relief except nullification of contract. No jury trial. No recovery of personal property, specific performance, or injunctions. Right to sue may not be transferred. No discovery. A plaintiff can only file two claims per month or a total of 18 claims in a year. Cases will be heard by a judge or magistrate (non attorney sitting as a county judge or qualified attorney).