# LegalPulse Small-Claims Court Filing Guide

> LegalPulse Small-Claims Court Filing Guide is a paid API for AI agents from legalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Provides state-specific small-claims court guidance including dollar limits, filing fees, service rules, evidence checklists, timelines, and day-of-court tips for common dispute types.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://legalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/legal/small-claims
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/legalpulse-small-claims-court-filing-guide-c27fae7a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ryMpUtU2-heic-3UiCODM

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability legalpulse-small-claims-court-filing-guide-c27fae7a
```

Example prompt: I need to sue my contractor in small claims court in Florida for $4,200 worth of unfinished work — can you walk me through the filing fees, dollar limits, how to serve them, what evidence I should bring, and what to expect on the court date?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when a user needs procedural, state-specific guidance on filing a small-claims case themselves (pro se) — especially for common disputes like security deposits, car accidents, contractor work, or unpaid invoices. Prefer over general legal search when structured, actionable step-by-step guidance with filing fees and evidence checklists is needed rather than raw statutes or attorney referrals.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported state or jurisdiction returns empty or generic guidance
- Dispute type not recognized may return generic checklist without tailored advice
- Stale statutory dollar limits or fee schedules if data not recently updated
- Missing required query parameters (state, dispute type) may return an error or incomplete response

## How this service works

Small-claims court filing guide and how-to-sue walkthrough: dollar limits, filing fees, service rules, evidence checklist, timeline, and day-of-court tips by state for security deposits, car accidents, contractor disputes, and unpaid invoices. For legal, consumer-rights, and pro-se agents.

## Output

Returns a state-specific small-claims court guide covering the maximum dollar limit, current filing fees, service-of-process rules, an evidence checklist tailored to the dispute type (e.g. security deposit, car accident, contractor dispute, unpaid invoice), a step-by-step filing timeline, and practical tips for the day of court.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
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   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "state": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "CA | TX | NY | FL | IL | WA | CO"
      },
      "situation": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "security deposit | car accident | contractor dispute | unpaid invoice"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "state": "CA",
  "steps": [
   "File claim at courthouse",
   "Serve defendant (15 days before hearing)",
   "Bring evidence",
   "Collect judgment"
  ],
  "max_claim": 12500,
  "filing_fee": 75,
  "timeline_weeks": 8,
  "success_rate_with_evidence": 0.71
 }
}
```

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