Magistrate Courts have jurisdiction of civil matters involving claims that are $7,500 or less. Some types of cases handled by Magistrates’ Courts are:
- Claim and delivery (repossession of personal property)
- Evictions
- Judicial sales of abandoned property (vehicles, mobile homes, trailers)
- Magistrates do not settle real property disputes.
- Landlord-tenant
- Restraining orders
- Summons and complaint (small claims)