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236-1961-84 - CHAPTER 84 SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION (600.8401...600.8427)
Section 600.8401 ‑ Small claims division; creation; judge; jurisdiction.
Section 600.8401a ‑ Instruction sheets.
Section 600.8402 ‑ Commencement of action; filing, form, and contents of affidavit; notice; name of plaintiff; removal; waiver.
Section 600.8403 ‑ Affidavit forms; availability; preparation.
Section 600.8404 ‑ Service of affidavit and notice on defendant; form and contents of notice; evening and Saturday court hours.
Section 600.8405 ‑ Service; manner; proof.
Section 600.8406 ‑ Appearances; copy of affidavit and notice of hearing; application for new notice; jurisdiction to render judgment; continuance.
Section 600.8407 ‑ Filing of claim in small claims division; restrictions.
Section 600.8408 ‑ Parties; representation; request for trial before district court judge; removal; waiver.
Section 600.8409 ‑ Attachment or garnishment prohibited; execution; judgment, enforcement; instruction sheets.
Section 600.8410 ‑ Settlement; payment of judgment; execution, attachment, or garnishment; warning; examination of assets; payment of judgment in full; copy of judgment.
Section 600.8410a ‑ Writ of garnishment as to periodic payments issued by small claims division of district court; duration.
Section 600.8411 ‑ Removal; waiver; hearings; manner of conducting; no jury or verbatim record.
Section 600.8412 ‑ Waiver of rights.
Section 600.8413 ‑ Judgments; conclusiveness; form.
Section 600.8415 ‑ Venue of actions.
Section 600.8416 ‑ Location of small claims division; filing of claims after regular court hours; scheduling of small claims hearings; hearings after regular court hours.
Section 600.8418 ‑ Judgments; certification.
Section 600.8419 ‑ Forms and stationery.
Section 600.8420 ‑ Fees; disposition.
Section 600.8421 ‑ Costs to prevailing party.
Section 600.8422 ‑ Counterclaim; continuance.
Section 600.8423 ‑ Separate action by defendant; transmittal fee; transfer of cause.
Section 600.8424 ‑ Actions for fraud, libel, slander, assault, battery, or other intentional torts; governmental agency as party.
Section 600.8425 ‑ Limitation on claim or recovery; amendment increasing amount claimed.
Section 600.8426 ‑ Name in which defendant sued; validity of judgment.
Section 600.8427 ‑ Conduct of small claims hearing by district court judge or magistrate; appeal.