How much can I sue for in small claims court in West Virginia?
Answered for: West Virginia
Except as limited herein and in addition to jurisdiction granted elsewhere to magistrate courts, such courts shall have jurisdiction of all civil actions wherein the value or amount in controversy or the value of property sought, exclusive of interest and cost, is not more than $20,000.
The statute sets the small claims limit at $20,000, This is the magistrate court's GENERAL civil jurisdiction, exclusive of interest and cost. West Virginia routes small civil claims through magistrate court; no separate lower 'small claims' cap was read.. That figure is the one the section states; the words above are the section itself.
This answer is true in West Virginia and nowhere else on this site. Another jurisdiction is another answer, or an honest gap: see what has been read for West Virginia.