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To sue (you're the plaintiff)

  • Affidavit and Summons (Small Claims) (form 1025XX)

    The court's own form (apps.utcourts.gov)

    What to know
    • This is the court's "Affidavit and Summons (Small Claims)" (Approved Board of Justice Court Judges September 22, 2010, Revised May 9, 2017). The court's Small Claims page lists it as "Summons (Non-ODR)". If your court uses online dispute resolution (ask the clerk), file the "Small Claims Summons and Affidavit - Online Dispute Resolution Case" (3001SC) instead; Vera does not fill that form (utcourts.gov, Small Claims).
    • A small claims action is for the recovery of money when the amount claimed does not exceed $20,000 including attorney fees but exclusive of court costs and interest, from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2029, and $25,000 from January 1, 2030 (Utah Code 78A-8-102(1)(a)(i)).
    • File where the defendant lives or where the events happened (utcourts.gov, Small Claims; Utah Code 78A-8-102(1)(a)(ii)). Cases are filed in the justice court; item (6) is for filing in the First District Court for Cache County where the defendant lives and the claim arose in a part of Cache County that has no justice court (the form).
    • Vera filled your name at the top and under the signature line, you as plaintiff, the defendant, the case number if you have one, and the judicial district and county only if the name of your court as you saved it says which. From your answers in Court forms it filled your address, phone and email at the top. Check them. Mark "Plaintiff" beside "I am the", and add the court's address. If you named a second defendant, Vera filled their name on the line after "And"; the form has room for two defendants (the form).
    • From your answers, Vera filled in item (1) what the defendant owes you, and in item (2) the date the events happened and the facts of your claim (what the money is for, and how you added it up). Check each one. Still yours in item (1): the filing fee, the estimated service fee, any attorney fees (attach the statute or contract that allows them) and the total. The form prints "plus prejudgment interest, if qualified for prejudgment interest" with no blank for an amount, so Vera fills none. Mark the boxes in items (3) to (6) that are true: item (3) asks whether the defendant resides, or the events happened, "within the jurisdiction of the court", which for a city's justice court is the city, so Vera marks none of them (the form).
    • Sign only in front of a court clerk or a notary: the form's certificate says the person signed it "while in my presence and while under oath or affirmation". Leave the date, your signature and the certificate blank until then. Vera never signs or dates a form (the form).
    • File it with the Utah Justice Court Cover Sheet (1024XX). "Upon filing the affidavit, the clerk of the court shall schedule the trial and issue the summons for the defendant to appear" (Utah R. Small Claims P. 2(d)). On the summons, Vera filled the defendant's name after "To:", with the address you gave for them, and a second defendant you named, with their address, on the second line. The clerk fills in the trial date, time and room and signs it (the form).
    • The affidavit and summons must be served on each defendant "at least 30 calendar days before the trial date", as Utah R. Civ. P. 4 provides, and proof of service filed "no later than 10 business days after service" (Utah R. Small Claims P. 3(a), (b)). Under Rule 4, personal service may be made by "any person 18 years of age or older at the time of service and not a party to the action or a party's attorney" (Utah R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1)). In a court that uses online dispute resolution, the defendant must be served within 120 days of filing (utcourts.gov, Small Claims).
    • "A party in a small claims action may be self-represented, represented by an attorney admitted to practice law in Utah, represented by an employee, or, with the express approval of the court, represented by any other person who is not compensated for the representation" (Utah R. Small Claims P. 13). Persons and corporations may act in person or through authorized employees (Utah Code 78A-8-102(6)(a)).
    • If your claim is for a residential security deposit: the owner must return the balance of the deposit and any prepaid rent, with a written itemization of each deduction, no later than 30 days after you vacate and return possession (Utah Code 57-17-3(2)). If not, you must first serve the "Tenant's Notice to Provide Deposit Disposition" set out in the statute, which gives the owner five business days (Utah Code 57-17-3(3)-(5)); then you may recover the full deposit and a civil penalty of $100, with costs and attorney fees if the court finds bad faith, but not if you did not serve that notice (Utah Code 57-17-5(1)-(3)).

  • Utah Justice Court Cover Sheet (form 1024XX)

    The court's own form (apps.utcourts.gov)

    What to know
    • The court's Small Claims page lists this cover sheet (Revised May 6, 2026) with the small claims forms, and says to check it for the filing fee (utcourts.gov, Small Claims).
    • Vera filled your name under "Plaintiff/Petitioner (First)" and the defendant's under "Defendant/Respondent (First)", and from your answers in Court forms both addresses, both phones, your email and the defendant's email if you gave it, and a second defendant's name and address under "Defendant/Respondent (Second)" if you named one. Add their phone and email there if you know them, and a second plaintiff if there is one. The attorney boxes stay blank if you have none (the form).
    • The sheet prints: "$60 Damages $2000 or less", "$100 Damages $2001 - $7,499", "$185 Damages $7,500 - $20,000" for a small claims affidavit, and "Claim may not exceed $20,000". From the amount you gave, Vera filled the total claim for damages and marked the affidavit fee it falls in; it marks none if the amount is over $20,000 or between two ranges. Check both against item (1) of the affidavit (the form).

If you were sued (you're the defendant)

  • Counter Affidavit and Summons (Small Claims) (form 1031XX)

    Only if you have a claim of your own against the plaintiff.

    The court's own form (apps.utcourts.gov)

    What to know
    • "No answer is required to an Affidavit or Counter Affidavit. All allegations are deemed denied" (Utah R. Small Claims P. 5). The summons you received says: "You are summoned to appear at trial to answer the above claim." Go to the trial at the time and place on your summons: "If you fail to appear, judgment may be entered against you for the total amount claimed" (the summons). In a court that uses online dispute resolution, register within 14 days (utcourts.gov, Small Claims).
    • Use this form only for a claim of your own against the plaintiff (the court's page calls it the "Counterclaim"). It must arise out of the same transaction or occurrence as the plaintiff's claim (Utah Code 78A-8-102(4)), must be filed "at least 15 calendar days before the trial" with the filing fee, and may not be for more than the small claims limit. "The clerk of the court will mail a copy of the counter affidavit to plaintiff" (Utah R. Small Claims P. 4(b), (c); utcourts.gov, Small Claims).
    • The Utah Justice Court Cover Sheet (1024XX) prints the counter affidavit fees: "$50 Damages $2000 or less", "$70 Damages $2001 - $7,499", "$120 Damages $7,500 & over" (the cover sheet).
    • Vera filled your name at the top and beside "Printed Name of Defendant or Defendant’s Agent", the plaintiff, you as defendant, the case number if you have one, the judicial district and county only if the name of your court as you saved it says which, and the plaintiff's name after "To:" on the summons. From your answers in Court forms it filled your address, phone and email at the top, and the plaintiff's address after their name on the summons. Mark "Defendant" beside "I am the", and add the court's address (the form).
    • From your counterclaim answers, Vera filled in item 1 what the plaintiff owes you, and in item 2 the date the events happened, if you gave it, and the facts of your claim. Check them. Still yours: the filing fee, any attorney fees and the total in item 1, and the boxes in items 3 to 5 that are true. Item 5 says you may be barred from later bringing claims from the same event if they are not described in this affidavit. Vera marks none of the boxes (the form).
    • The form says that by keeping the case in the justice court you waive your right to a jury trial. To ask for a jury trial, a defendant files a notice of removal in the district court within 15 days of being served with the affidavit (Utah R. Small Claims P. 4A(a); the form).
    • Sign only in front of a court clerk or a notary: the form's certificate says the person signed it "while in my presence and while under oath or affirmation". The clerk fills in the summons and the Certificate of Service. Leave the date, your signature and the certificate blank until then. Vera never signs or dates a form (the form).
    • "A party in a small claims action may be self-represented, represented by an attorney admitted to practice law in Utah, represented by an employee, or, with the express approval of the court, represented by any other person who is not compensated for the representation" (Utah R. Small Claims P. 13). Persons and corporations may act in person or through authorized employees (Utah Code 78A-8-102(6)(a)).

Checked against the court's own forms and rules. Courts change forms; check with the clerk before you file. This page is general information, not legal advice.