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Colorado Small Claims Checker (2026)
Enter your claim amount to see whether it fits under the Colorado small claims limit ($7,500), with the filing fee and whether a lawyer is allowed at the hearing.
Colorado small claims checker
The dollar amount you would ask the court for: the deposit, the unpaid bill, the repair cost. Interest and court costs usually sit on top of the limit, not inside it.
Enter your claim amount above to see it compared against the Colorado figures.
Where and how to file is procedure this page does not walk through; the official self-help resource is Colorado Judicial Branch (self-help). If your claim is a security deposit a landlord kept, the security deposit calculator shows the cap and the return deadline that apply to it.
- Your claim amount
- Not entered
- Colorado small claims limit
- $7,500
- Filing fee
- $31–$55
- Lawyers at the hearing
- Not allowed at the hearing
Plain-language summary, not legal advice.
Informational only, not legal advice, and not a prediction that any claim would succeed. Limits change and some states carve out claim types this summary cannot weigh. See the full rule and the citations on the Colorado small claims reference, cited to C.R.S. §13-6-403.
How the Colorado small claims limit works
Colorado caps small claims at $7,500, set by C.R.S. §13-6-403 and heard in the small claims division of the county court. We confirmed the $7,500 figure on the Colorado Judicial Branch fee page, which lists filing fees for claims up to $7,500. The limit is exclusive of interest and costs, so a claim just over $7,500 can still qualify once interest is set aside. One thing sets Colorado apart: lawyers are generally kept out of the small claims hearing. Under C.R.S. §13-6-407 an attorney can appear only if the opposing party is also represented, or the court allows it, which keeps both sides on equal footing. Filing fees are modest, roughly $31 for the smallest claims and $55 for claims above $500. A dispute between $7,500 and $25,000 does not disappear; it just moves to the regular county court civil docket.
This checker compares your number to the Colorado ceiling; it is informational only and not legal advice, and it says nothing about whether a claim would succeed. For where to file and what the hearing looks like, use the official self-help resource linked in the result. The full rule and the citations are on the Colorado small claims reference.
Small claims checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own ceiling and fee.