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House adopts compromise raising small-claims limit to $10,000 and adjusts filing fees
Utah House of Representatives · March 12, 2009
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Summary
The House accepted an amendment to Second Substitute Senate Bill 176 that raises the small-claims jurisdiction to $10,000 (a compromise between $7,500 and the Senate's $12,500 proposal) and adjusts filing fees; the measure passed the House 69'yes, 5'no.
The Utah House adopted Amendment No. 8 to Second Substitute Senate Bill 176 on March 11, a negotiated compromise that raises the small-claims jurisdictional limit to $10,000 and adjusts initial filing fees across claim tiers. Representative Falk, who moved the amendment, described the package as…
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