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Small Claims Site Map (View Full Virtual Self Help Law Center Site Map) For Everyone Before Going to Court Who Can File in Small Claims Court What Type of Cases are Heard When a Small Claims Case Can Be Started Where a Small Claims Case Can Be Started How to Settle a Dispute Outside of Court Ask if Small Claims is Your Best Option Asking For Help During a Small Claims Case How a Small Claims Court Case Works Preparing Your Court Case Asking the Court to Do Something A Week Before Court Checklist for Court Date What to Expect in Court After the Judge Decides (When Trial is Over) For the Plaintiff Before Going to Court Who Can File in Small Claims Court What Type of Cases are Heard When A Small Claims Case Can Be Started Where a Small Claims Case Can Be Started How to Settle a Dispute Outside of Court Ask if Small Claims is Your Best Option Asking For Help During a Small Claims Case Step 1: Get Your Court Forms Step 2: File Your Court Forms Step 3: Serve Your Court Forms Step 4: Tell Court : Forms Served How a Small Claims Court Case Works Preparing Your Court Case Asking the Court to Do Something A Week Before Court Checklist for Court Date What to Expect in Court After the Judge Decides (When Trial is Over) For the Defendant Before Going to Court Who Can File in Small Claims Court What Type of Cases are Heard When a Small Claims Case Can Be Started Where a Small Claims Case Can Be Started How to Settle a Dispute Outside of Court Ask if Small Claims is Your Best Option Asking For Help During a Small Claims Case How a Small Claims Court Case Works Preparing Your Court Case Asking the Court to Do Something A Week Before Court Checklist for Court Date What to Expect in Court After the Judge Decides (When Trial is Over) Forms for Small Claims Information Sheets about Small Claims To Start a Small Claims Case For During a Small Claims Case For Judgment and After For Collection of Judgment For Payment of Judgment Proof of Service Fee Waiver Collection of Judgment Collecting Your Judgment Getting a Debtor to Pay Voluntarily Be Courteous When Trying to Collect Organize Your File on Collecting Requesting Debtor's Statement of Assets Requesting a Debtor's Exam (OEX) Requesting a Third Person Exam Limits on Use of Court-Ordered Exams Object to Claim of Exemptions Object to Claim of Exemptions of Wages Object to Claim of Exemptions - NON-Wages Ways to Find the Debtor How to Ask DMV to Suspend License How to Get a Writ of Execution How to End a Writ of Execution How to Collect from Debtor's Wages How to Collect from Spouse or Partner Wages How to Collect from Bank Account How to Get an Abstract of Judgment How to Put a Lien on Real Property How to Renew a Real Property Lien How to Put a Lien on Personal Property How to Renew a Personal Property Lien How to Collect from a Business How to Remove a Lien How to Renew the Judgment How to Get Debtor to Pay for Costs Partial Payment of Judgment When Debt is Paid in Full Payment of Judgment Paying Your Judgment I Missed My Court Hearing How Can I Appeal the Judgment? Organize Your File on Paying the Judgment How to Provide Info About Finances How to Ask to Pay in Installments How Can I Pay Court Instead of Creditor? How Can I Protect My Property? How Can I Protect My Wages? How Do I Get Proof of Payment in Full? How Can I Update My Credit Report? Frequent Questions Do I Need a Lawyer? Before a Legal Proceeding Which Court: Small Claims or Limited Civil? What Kind of Cases are Heard? How Much Money Can I Sue For? How Many Cases May I File? What is Mediation? Before Suing a Government Agency I Was in a Car Accident - What Do I Do? I Was Injured - What Do I Do? I Haven't Got Security Deposit Back I Got A Bad Check - What Do I Do? Problem with Car Repair Shop Problem with Home Contractor I Wasn't Paid My Wages How Do I Find a Person? How Do I Find a Business? During a Legal Proceeding How Do I Name the Defendant? More Than 2 Plaintiffs or Defendants Can I Sue Out-of-State Individual? Can I Sue Out-of-State Business? Can I Only Sue for Money? What is Court Fee to File a Claim? Can't Afford the Court Fees? How Does Defendant Find Out? How is Service Done? What is Agent for Service of Process? Serving Business or Government Agency How to Serve Your Landlord How to Serve Out-of-State Motorist How to Serve Out-of-State Business How to Serve Out-of-State Property Owner If I Don't Know Why I Am Being Sued If I Want to Sue the Plaintiff Back If I Am Being Sued in the Wrong Court If the Service Rules Were Not Followed If We Settle Before the Hearing Who May Appear in Small Claims Court? What Does the Court Consider Evidence? Using People as Evidence - Witnesses Using Things as Evidence - Exhibits Evidence by Written Declaration Evidence by Telephone If Evidence is Held by the Other Side How to Object to Request for Evidence How Can I Subpoena a Witness? How Can I Subpoena Documents? How Can I Subpoena Records? How Do I File a Motion? How Do I Object to a Motion? How Do I Amend My Claim? How Do I Change a Court Date? How to Dismiss a Case With Prejudice How to Dismiss a Case Without Prejudice What If I Can Not Be in Court? Assistance for a Disability? After a Judgment Has Been Made What If I Missed the Court Hearing? How to Ask to Cancel a Default Judgment How to Ask to Correct the Judgment Can Courts Decision be Appealed? Who Will Collect the Money Owed? How Long Does Debtor Have to Pay? How Long Can Creditor Pursue Debtor? What if I Can Not Find the Debtor? Will Judgment Show Up on Credit Report? How is Interest Added to Unpaid Debt? If Creditor Has Not Filed Proof of Payment Specific Information for Contra Costa County Where to File Small Claims in Contra Costa Court-Based Self-Help Services Legal Aid Agencies and Other Non-Profits Government Agencies Lawyer-Referral Services Dispute Resolution Programs Court-Based Self-Help Services2 More Resources and Links Site Map