# Massachusetts — Small Claims Court Dollar Limits by State

For Massachusetts, court name is district court department; individual dollar limit is $7,000; statute or rule citation is G.L. c. 218, § 21, recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **jurisdiction:** Massachusetts _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **court name:** district court department _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **individual dollar limit:** $7,000 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **statute or rule citation:** G.L. c. 218, § 21 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> There shall be within the district court department and the Boston municipal court department a simple, informal and inexpensive procedure, hereinafter called the procedure, for the determination, according to the rules of substantive law, of claims in the nature of contract or tort, other than slander and libel, in which the plaintiff does not claim as debt or damages more than $7,000

## Source

- https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter218/Section21

Last verified: 2026-08-26. Review by: 2027-08-26.
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