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Small claims court handles disputes involving less than $10,000 in cash or property. You don't need to hire an attorney and your case will usually be heard within one month of filing your lawsuit.

The State court system is different from the Federal court system. Most people who go to court are in State courts. The State courts handle most of the court work in North Carolina. Federal court handles federal matters and crimes, including crimes that occur on federal land, across state lines, or interstate.

The North Carolina General Statutes require the sheriff of each county to serve civil papers. These types of papers include Civil Summons, Magistrate Summons, Subpoenas, Juvenile Summons, Notice of Rights, Notice of Foreclosures, Writ of Execution, Writ of Possession and other summons' from outside of North Carolina.

Filing the Documents Take the original and two (2) copies of the Motion to the Civil Division of the Clerk of Superior Court's office in the county where your case is filed. The Clerk will stamp each Motion ?filed,? place the original in the Court file and return two (2) copies of the ?filed? document to you.

Established law in North Carolina, and throughout the country, provides that parties to a lawsuit may represent themselves or be represented by an attorney. Representation by anyone else is generally prohibited as the unauthorized practice of law. GS 84-4.

A small claims case is filed in the clerk of superior court's office in the appropriate county. The forms may be printed and completed in advance, or the clerk of superior court can provide you with the forms.