§ 87

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 344, Sec. 3. Effective September 7, 1999.
(a)A limited civil case may be brought in the small claims division if the case is within the jurisdiction of the small claims division as otherwise provided by statute. Where a statute or rule applicable to a small claims case conflicts with a statute or rule applicable to a limited civil case, the statute or rule applicable to a small claims case governs the small claims case and the statute or rule applicable to a limited civil case does not.
(b)Nothing in this section

affects the jurisdiction of the small claims division as otherwise provided by statute.

Other sections in Article 1 - Jurisdiction in Limited Civil Cases

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