Going to small claims court on your own can be very confusing and intimidating. This video is intended to help you better understand the steps and procedures involved in going to small claims court on your own. In addition, this video will familiarize you with the clerk’s office, the court room and the different roles of the people you will encounter while representing yourself in small claims court. This video was funded by a grant from Illinois Equal Justice Foundation.
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Would this work for stolen phones? But i have no evidence besides witnesses and the fact my phone is gone after he left that is this a good enough?
that is all fine but what do you do when the judge is bias. Or, the other person have a lawer and you dont. In my experience I never had a claim that I could wine or collect, either judge unfairly give the equal rights to both plaintiff and the defendent or you can not collect because no one can find the defendent.
Thank you so much very helpfull
Good video. But here in Massachusetts it’s much simpler… the court notifies the defendant through mail, and you only have to fill out one single form. I feel bad for people out there- it’s so much more complicated!
Great video!
thank you
Thank you ^_^.
what if defendant doesn’t reply to the served summon?
ommg, the clerks are never tthis nice!! i do understand why i send ppl to do this on their own though
and now i won because the defendant ignored my sommons so i got a default judgement and now i have been sending him collection letters via certified mail and he ignores those as well. this is a larger business and i know they have the money to pay so i guess i will have to try to set up a garnishment. i found my truck that was stolen in his salvage yard torn apart and half the parts off my truck sold. and i had to quit my job because my work truck was stolen. he still wont pay me
i wish my state had a video like this. I just filed a small claims case for the first and i hope last time. but here in oregon its a little different. and the entire case is a trial by mail unless the defendant contests and it goes to hearing or trial
i wish i knew about this before. Thank you Guys
Very good information.Thank you.
Wow, this is defferent from the Tv court like Judge Judy
I think this was a very helpful video.
What if the Defendant wins, does the Plaintiff have pay the Defendants costs ?…
This was very helpful. Thanks!
great video. now i know what to expect. CCOL BEANS!
This was really helpful!! Thank you so much much!
what happens if the plantiff lied that the papers were served?
This video helped me a lot
Thanks. Very helpful.