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Oregon Small Claims Checker (2026)

Enter your claim amount to see whether it fits under the Oregon small claims limit ($10,000), with the filing fee and whether a lawyer is allowed at the hearing.

Reviewed by PlainStatute EditorialLast reviewed July 2026Verified against ORS 46.405

Oregon small claims checker

Small claims · Oregon

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.

Oregon rule applied to your claim
Oregon small claims limit
$10,000
One statewide limit. ORS 46.405 splits by amount. A claim of $750 or less must be filed in the small claims department; a claim over $750 up to $10,000 may be filed there or taken to regular circuit court.
Your claim against it
$0
Enter an amount above to compare it against the limit.
Filing fee
$57 or $102 · set statewide by claim size under ORS 46.570: $57 when the claim is $2,500 or less, $102 when it is more than $2,500
Lawyers at the hearing
Not allowed · Under ORS 46.415, no attorney may appear for a party in the small claims department without the consent of the judge. So lawyers are the exception here, not the norm.
Statute
ORS 46.405
A change is in play

A 2025 bill (SB 484) proposed raising the small claims ceiling to $20,000, but it had not been enacted as of mid-2026. The $10,000 cap below is the one in effect now.

Enter your claim amount above to see it compared against the Oregon figures.

Where and how to file is procedure this page does not walk through; the official self-help resource is Oregon Judicial Department (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.

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 Oregon small claims reference, cited to ORS 46.405.

How the Oregon small claims limit works

Oregon runs its small claims department inside each circuit court, and the cap is $10,000 under ORS 46.405. The statute does something most states do not: it splits by amount. A claim of $750 or less must start in the small claims department, while a claim over $750 up to $10,000 may either stay there or be filed as a regular circuit court case. Filing fees are set statewide, not by county. The official Oregon Judicial Department fee schedule lists $57 for a claim of $2,500 or less and $102 for a claim above that. Oregon also limits lawyers: under ORS 46.415, an attorney cannot appear for a party without the judge's consent, so small claims here is built for people to speak for themselves. We confirmed the $10,000 cap in ORS 46.405 and the fees on the state's own 2026 fee schedule.

This checker compares your number to the Oregon 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 Oregon small claims reference.

Small claims checkers for other states

Same tool, each with its own ceiling and fee.