HB116 Alabama 2014 Session
Updated Jul 24, 2021
HB116 Alabama 2014 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2014
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Joe HubbardDemocrat - Session
- Regular Session 2014
- Title
- Courts, district and small claims division, jurisdictional limits increased, Secs.12-11-30, 12-12-30, 12-19-71, 12-19-72 am'd
- Description
Under existing law, the district court has jurisdiction over cases where the amount in controversy is $10,000 or less, and the circuit court has jurisdiction over cases where the amount in controversy exceeds $10,000.
This bill would increase the jurisdiction of the district court to cases where the amount in controversy is $25,000 or less and would provide that the circuit court has jurisdiction over cases where the amount in controversy exceeds $25,000.
- Subjects
- Civil Procedure
Bill Actions
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature