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North Dakota Small Claims Checker (2026)
Enter your claim amount to see whether it fits under the North Dakota small claims limit ($15,000), with the filing fee and whether a lawyer is allowed at the hearing.
North Dakota 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.
The small-claims filing fee doubled from $10 to $20 effective July 1, 2025. Confirm the current amount with the clerk of district court where you file.
Enter your claim amount above to see it compared against the North Dakota figures.
Where and how to file is procedure this page does not walk through; the official self-help resource is ND Courts small claims 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
- North Dakota small claims limit
- $15,000
- Filing fee
- $20
- 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 North Dakota small claims reference, cited to N.D. Cent. Code §27-08.1-01.
How the North Dakota small claims limit works
North Dakota sets one of the higher small-claims ceilings in the country at $15,000, written in N.D.C.C. §27-08.1-01 as "fifteen thousand dollars." Small claims court hears money claims, a tenant's claim for civil damages, and requests to cancel an agreement tainted by fraud or misrepresentation, so long as the amount stays at or below $15,000. Two features stand out. First, the plaintiff's choice to use small claims court is irrevocable and gives up any right to appeal the decision, though the defendant can remove the case to regular district court. Second, the filing fee is uniform statewide and low: it rose from $10 to $20 effective July 1, 2025. The court is designed for people without lawyers, but attorneys are not barred if a party wants one.
This checker compares your number to the North Dakota 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 North Dakota small claims reference.
Small claims checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own ceiling and fee.