ABia State JIS

About Small Claim Court

A small claim is a claim for money in any simple debt recovery with value not exceeding N5,000,000(Five Million Naira), excluding interest and costs.

A Small Claims Action can be filed in the Small Claims Court Registry located in the Magistrate Court within Abia State. It can be filed where the person(s) or corporation you are claiming from lives, works or carries on business in any part of Abia State.

It is a Special Court where you can sue for debt o r liquidated money demand not exceeding N5,000,000 (Five Million Naira). You cannot sue for possession, or for pain or suffering or to enforce a promise in a Small Claims Court. If your Claim is more than N5,000,000 (Five Million Naira) you cannot split your Claim into smaller Claims to get around the limit of N5,000,000 (Five Million Naira)

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