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New Hampshire Small Claims Checker (2026)
Enter your claim amount to see whether it fits under the New Hampshire small claims limit ($10,000), with the filing fee and whether a lawyer is allowed at the hearing.
New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire figures.
Where and how to file is procedure this page does not walk through; the official self-help resource is NH Judicial Branch small claims. 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
- New Hampshire small claims limit
- $10,000
- Filing fee
- $90 or $145
- Lawyers at the hearing
- Allowed
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 New Hampshire small claims reference, cited to N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. (RSA) §503:1.
How the New Hampshire small claims limit works
New Hampshire caps a small claim at $10,000, and the case is filed in the district division of the circuit court under RSA 503:1. A small claim is any money dispute, not involving title to real estate, where the amount owed does not top $10,000. The filing fee runs $90 for claims of $5,000 or less and $145 for claims above that up to the limit. New Hampshire adds two wrinkles worth knowing: e-filing is mandatory in small claims, and if a claim tops $5,000 with no jury demand the parties are sent to mediation before a judge decides. Either side can claim a jury trial once damages exceed $1,500, which pulls the case off the small-claims track. Lawyers are permitted but rarely needed, and a business can send a non-lawyer officer or employee with written authorization instead of hiring counsel.
This checker compares your number to the New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire small claims reference.
Small claims checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own ceiling and fee.