MISSOURI SMALL CLAIMS INFORMATION

Relevant Statutes:

Maximum Dollar Limit:

Locating Agent For Service:

Online Court Forms:

Service Of Process:

Hearing Date:

Attorneys:

Transfer:

Appeals:

Additional Information:

Missouri Annotated Statutes, Title 32, Ch. 482, Sections 300-365; Missouri Rules of Court, Rules of Practice and Procedure in Small Claims Court, Rules 140.01-152.

$3,000.

Secretary of State Corporations Division, Missouri State Information Center
PO 600 W Main St., Room 322, Jefferson City, MO 65101; Phone: (573) 751-4153;
Toll Free in MO: (866) 223-6535; Fax: (573) 751-5841.

Missouri Court Forms Link.

Certified mail with return receipt. If undeliverable you will need to provide a secondary address to the clerk and request an "alias summons" to be served by the sheriff.

Set by the court.

Allowed.

Inapplicable.

If defendant files compulsory counterclaim exceeding $3,000, the case proceeds under formal rules of civil procedure and evidence unless both sides agree not to transfer case.

Either party may file a request for a new trial in Circuit Court within 10 days of judgment.