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If a default judgment is entered against you, you can file a Motion to Set Aside, Modify or Vacate that judgment (CC 4:9) with the county court instead of filing an appeal. The motion must be filed within 30 days after the entry of judgment.

You may mail a completed claim form to the clerk if you have signed it before a Nebraska Notary Public. The filing fee is $30.00 and serving the claim form on the defendant by certified mail costs approximately $8.

To start a Small Claims Court lawsuit you must go to the County Courthouse and complete a claim form, sign it before the clerk, and pay the filing fee and service costs. You may mail a completed claim form to the clerk if you have signed it before a Nebraska Notary Public.

Nebraska law requires that every county court in the state have a division known as Small Claims Court. Small Claims Court provides a forum for settling legal disputes involving $3,900 or less. There are no lawyers allowed in Small Claims Court.

Among the case types, the district court hears are domestic relations cases, paternity cases, and primarily all felony criminal, equity, and civil cases involving more than $57,000.

Small claims court provides a prompt and inexpensive way to resolve minor disputes. Legal procedures are held to a minimum and lawyers may not participate. Small claims court is a division of county court and the hearings are conducted by a county judge.

You may garnish either the losing party's wages or bank account. If you know where the party banks, garnishing the bank account is one of the easier methods of collecting your judgment. The Small Claims Court clerk has the forms you need to file a garnishment.

The court is not responsible for collecting the judgment. If the judgment debtor (the losing party) does not voluntarily pay the judgment to the judgment creditor (the winning party), the judgment creditor may attempt to collect the judgment through an additional court process.