How GetSmallClaims Works

An honest, step-by-step look at exactly what the tool does with your information - and what it does not do.

⚠ GetSmallClaims is a self-help document preparation tool. It is NOT a law firm, does NOT provide legal advice, and does NOT create an attorney-client relationship. Always review your documents and verify current requirements with your local court clerk before filing.

You generate first, then decide

You describe your dispute in your own words - who owes you money, how much, and when it happened. The tool generates your draft so you can see the quality before you pay anything. The full, court-ready pack is unlocked only after a one-time $49.99 payment. There is no subscription and no account required.

The three-stage drafting process

Your facts run through a three-stage pipeline built on Cloudflare Workers AI (model: Llama 3.3 70B). Each stage has a single, narrow job:

1. Guard

A screening stage first checks that your text describes a real monetary dispute and classifies the claim type (security deposit, unpaid invoice, unpaid loan, breach of contract, property damage, refund, or other). It rejects nonsense, off-topic text, and criminal matters - small claims court is for money you are owed, not for those.

2. Draft

A drafting stage converts only your stated facts into a court-ready pack. It is instructed to name every party exactly as you wrote them, invent nothing, add no implications, format every dollar amount, give every date a year, and end your statement with an explicit demand and total. It writes in plain English, not legalese.

3. Critic

A separate review stage re-reads the draft against your original facts and rewrites anything that violates the rules - flagging any invented detail or party-name expansion as a hallucination, confirming there is a clear demand, and confirming the demand letter includes a deadline. This second-pass check is the reason the output stays close to what you actually said.

What gets added from our jurisdiction data

On top of your facts, the tool attaches the filing details for your state from our maintained dataset of all 50 US states plus the District of Columbia. For each jurisdiction this includes the claim limit (and whether your amount is eligible), the filing fee range, the name of the court form, and the court that hears the case. It also surfaces typical statute-of-limitations guidance by claim type so you can check your deadline.

What you receive

After payment you get a complete, printable filing pack containing:

A formatted Statement of Claim ending in an explicit dollar demand
A demand letter to send first, with a payment deadline and a "will file suit" line
Your state's form name, court, fee range, and eligibility for your claim amount
An evidence checklist tailored to your claim type
Step-by-step filing and service instructions for your jurisdiction

The pack is delivered as an HTML file you can open and print or save as PDF from your browser. If you provide an email address, a copy is also emailed to you so it is not lost.

⚠ You must review everything before filing. The tool drafts from your input - it can make mistakes, and laws change. Check party names, amounts, your filing deadline, and current court requirements with your local clerk.

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Last reviewed June 2026. See also our About and Trust & Transparency pages.