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Consumerbrief800-242-5846 New Jersey Division of consumer l lC l a i m s C ou r tSmall Claims court was created to promote theconvenient, prompt, effective and inexpensive resolutionof disputes at the grassroots level. The basic purpose ofSmall Claims court is to help people recover small sumsof money without having to hire a lawyer. You may file acomplaint in small Claims court when you can show thata person or business owes you money or has harmed youfinancially, and will not pay. Generally, you can sue onlyfor money. Normally, property or merchandise cannot berecovered. small Claims is one of three sections of theSuperior court s Special Civil Part. The other twosections are Landlord-Tenant and the Special Claims court handles cases in which the demand isfor $3,000 or less.

consumerbrief 800-242-5846 New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs www.NJConsumerAffairs.gov SmaC l l l a i m s C ou r t Small Claims Court was created to promote the

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