1. The following actions or claims are small claims and shall be commenced, heard and determined as provided in this chapter:
A civil action for a money judgment where the amount in controversy is three thousand dollars or less for actions commenced on or after July 1, 1994, and before July 1, 1995, and four thousand dollars or less for actions commenced on or after July 1, 1995, exclusive of interest and costs.
2. The district court sitting in small claims shall have concurrent jurisdiction of an action for forcible entry and detainer which is based on those grounds set forth in section 648.1, subsections 1, 2, 3 and 5. When commenced under this chapter, the action shall be a small claim for the purposes of this chapter.
3. The district court sitting in small claims has concurrent jurisdiction of an action of replevin if the value of the property claimed is three thousand dollars or less for actions commenced on or after July 1, 1994, and before July 1, 1995, and four thousand dollars or less for actions commenced on or after July 1, 1995. When commenced under this chapter, the action is a small claim for the purposes of this chapter.
4. The district court sitting in small claims has concurrent jurisdiction of motions and orders relating to executions against personal property, including garnishments, where the value of the property or garnisheed money involved is three thousand dollars or less for actions commenced on or after July 1, 1994, and before July 1, 1995, and four thousand dollars or less for actions commenced on or after July 1, 1995.
5. The district court sitting in small claims has concurrent jurisdiction of an action for abandonment of a mobile home or personal property pursuant to section 555B.3, if no money judgment in excess of four thousand dollars is sought for actions commenced on or after July 1, 1995. If commenced under this chapter, the action is a small claim for the purposes of this chapter.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 631.1]
83 Acts, ch 63, § 1, 5; 86 Acts, ch 1077, § 1; 90 Acts, ch 1038, § 1; 93 Acts, ch 154, §18; 94 Acts, ch 1117, §1; 95 Acts, ch 49, §23
Referred to in § 331.307, 364.22
Jurisdictional amount to revert to $2,000 if a proper court declares the $3,000 or $4,000 amount unconstitutional; 94 Acts, ch 1117, § 2; 95 Acts, ch 49, §28
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