{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-1-2301","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 1-2301","heading":"Small claims department — Creation — Scope of claims — Venue.","body":"In every magistrate’s division of the district court of this state, the district court may create and organize a \"Small Claims Department of the Magistrate’s Division,\" which shall have jurisdiction in cases for the recovery of money where the amount of each claim does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), and in cases for the recovery of personal property where the value of the property does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000); provided however, that the small claims department shall not award punitive damages or damages for pain or suffering in any proceeding. Any action brought in a small claims department of the magistrate’s division shall be brought in the magistrate’s division in the county where the defendant resides or the county where the cause of action arose. A defendant may request a change of venue if an action is brought in an improper county.","path":["TITLE 1 COURTS AND COURT OFFICIALS","CHAPTER 23 SMALL CLAIMS DEPARTMENT OF THE MAGISTRATE DIVISION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title1/t1ch23/sect1-2301/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:16:14Z","sha256":"e105e5b13fd7411c308aeeee837bc03545ad9579a833ba5e2d52b608bddd7a1c","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-1-2224","next":"us-id/idaho-code-1-2301a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}