State

Dollar Limit

Alabama

$3,000

Alaska

$10,000

Arizona

$2,500

Arkansas

$5,000

California

$7,500, except that a plaintiff may not file a claim over $2,500 more than twice a year and plaintiff must be an individual (limit for local public entity or for businesses is $5,000). $4,000 is the limit for suits involving a surety company or a licensed contractor.

Colorado

$7,500

Connecticut

$5,000 (except in landlord-tenant security deposit claims).

Delaware

$15,000

District of Columbia

$5,000

Florida

$5,000

Georgia

$15,000 (no limit in eviction cases).

Hawaii

$3,500; no limit in landlord-tenant residential security deposit cases.  For return of leased or rented personal property, the property must not be worth more than $3,500.

Idaho

$5,000

Illinois

$10,000

Indiana

$6,000

Iowa

$5,000

Kansas

$4,000

Kentucky

$1,500

Louisiana

$3,000 (city court); $5,000 (justice of the peace, but no limit on eviction cases).

Maine

$4,500

Maryland

$5,000

Massachusetts

$2,000; no limit for property damage caused by motor vehicle.

Michigan

$3,000

Minnesota

$7,500 ($4,000 for claims based on a personal or household consumer credit transaction).

Mississippi

$3,500

Missouri

$3,000

Montana

$3,000

Nebraska

$2,700 (adjusted every five years based on the Consumer Price Index, next increase 7/1/10)

Nevada

$5,000

New Hampshire

$5,000

New Jersey

$3,000 ($5,000 for claims relating to security deposits).

New Mexico

$10,000

New York

$5,000 ($3,000 in town and village courts)

North Carolina

$5,000

North Dakota

$5,000

Ohio

$3,000

Oklahoma

$6,000

Oregon

$7,500

Pennsylvania

$8,000 ($10,000 in Philadelphia)

Rhode Island

$2,500

South Carolina

$7,500

South Dakota

$12,000

Tennessee

$25,000; no limit in eviction suits or suits to recover personal property.

Texas

$10,000

Utah

$7,500

Vermont

$5,000

Virginia

$5,000

Washington

$5,000

West Virginia

$5,000

Wisconsin

$5,000; no limit in eviction suits.

Wyoming

$5,000