2017 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 25 - COURTS; CIVIL PROCEDURE
25-2802 Jurisdiction.
25-2802. Jurisdiction.
(1) The Small Claims Court shall have subject matter jurisdiction in all civil actions of any type when the amount of money or damages or the value of the personal property claimed does not exceed the jurisdictional amount specified in subsection (4) of this section, exclusive of interest and costs.
(2) The Small Claims Court shall have subject matter jurisdiction in civil matters when the plaintiff seeks to disaffirm, avoid, or rescind a contract or agreement for the purchase of goods or services not in excess of the jurisdictional amount specified in subsection (4) of this section, exclusive of interest and costs.
(3) The Small Claims Court shall have jurisdiction when the party defendant or his or her agent resides or is doing business within the county or when the cause of action arose within the county.
(4) The jurisdictional amount is three thousand five hundred dollars from July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2015.
The Supreme Court shall continue to adjust the jurisdictional limit for the Small Claims Court every fifth year commencing July 1, 2015. The adjusted jurisdictional amount shall be equal to the then current jurisdictional amount adjusted by the average percentage change in the unadjusted Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics for the five-year period preceding the adjustment date. The jurisdictional amount shall be rounded to the nearest one-hundred-dollar amount.
Source
- Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 22;
- Laws 1976, LB 629, § 1;
- Laws 1979, LB 117, § 1;
- Laws 1985, LB 373, § 2;
- R.S.1943, (1985), § 24-522;
- Laws 1997, LB 3, § 1;
- Laws 2001, LB 9, § 1;
- Laws 2010, LB695, § 1.
