# North Dakota — Small Claims Court Dollar Limits by State

For North Dakota, dollar limit is fifteen thousand dollars; court name is small claims court; statute citation is N.D. Cent. Code § 27-08.1-01(1), recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **state:** North Dakota _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **dollar limit:** fifteen thousand dollars _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **court name:** small claims court _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **statute citation:** N.D. Cent. Code § 27-08.1-01(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 1. All judges of the district courts may exercise the jurisdiction conferred by this chapter, and while sitting in the exercise of that jurisdiction must be known and referred to as the "small claims court". The jurisdiction of this court is confined to cases for recovery of money, a tenant's claim for civil damages under subsection 9 of section 47-10-28, or the cancellation of any agreement involving material fraud, deception, misrepresentation, or false promise, when the value of the agreement or the amount claimed by the plaintiff or the defendant does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars.

## Source

- https://www.ndlegis.gov/cencode/t27c08-1.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31.
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