# LegalPulse Small Claims Filing Guide

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

Returns a state-specific small claims court filing guide including dollar limits, filing fees, service rules, evidence checklist, and day-of-court tips

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://legalpulse-rho.vercel.app/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-filing-guide-24983bf7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_d647mq1JP6d10t2IQVUN_

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-filing-guide-24983bf7
```

Example prompt: I need to sue my contractor for $4,500 in Texas — can you pull up the small claims court filing guide for Texas, including the dollar limit, filing fees, how to serve them, what evidence to bring, and any tips for the day of court?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when a user needs state-specific, procedural guidance for filing or preparing a small claims court case — especially when they need dollar limits, fee schedules, service rules, and evidence tips in one consolidated response. Prefer over general legal Q&A services when the user has a specific state and dispute in mind.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported or unrecognized state returns an error or empty result
- Claim amount exceeds small claims limit — guide may flag this but cannot redirect to other courts
- Stale data if state law recently changed — verify with court directly
- Missing or invalid state parameter causes a 400-level error

## 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

A structured guide covering the state's small claims dollar cap, applicable filing fees, service of process requirements, an evidence checklist tailored to the claim type, and practical tips for presenting the case on the day of the hearing.

## Example request

```json
{
 "type": "contract-breach",
 "state": "Texas",
 "amount": "3200",
 "situation": "I was charged $3,200 by a contractor for home repairs that were never completed. I want to file a small claims court case to recover the full amount."
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "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
 }
}
```

## More

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