California Small Claims · Plaintiff

California Small Claims, Made Understandable

Handle your California small claims case with a lawyer-designed AI self-help kit.

California gives you the forms.
LegalFriend helps you understand how the pieces fit together.

Get the California Small Claims Kit Not yet available.
Three-layer provenance
  1. [Official source]

    California Courts, Judicial Council forms and instructions, statutes, rules, Superior Court resources.

  2. [LegalFriend practice note]

    General educational commentary, common pitfalls, and issue-spotting from a California attorney.

  3. [AI workspace]

    Summaries, checklists, drafts, and organization produced by the AI you choose.

Built around official California court materials — organized so you and your own AI can actually use them.
What's inside

More Than an SC-100 Form Filler

Don't just fill out a form. Understand your small claims case.

  1. 01

    Before filing

    Small claims fit, the right defendant, venue, and pre-filing checklists.

  2. 02

    Build your claim

    Describe the dispute and build a dated timeline of what happened.

  3. 03

    Prepare forms

    The current SC-100, field by field, with SC-100A / SC-103 triggers and a local-form check.

  4. 04

    Serve defendant

    Filing and service overview, proof-of-service resources, and deadline issue-spotting.

  5. 05

    Hearing prep

    Evidence inventory, exhibit checklist, and questions you should be ready to answer.

  6. 06

    After judgment

    Judgment orientation and official collection resources.

Bring your own AI

Built for Your AI — Not Ours

  1. Purchase and download the kit
  2. Choose your preferred AI
  3. Work through your case
  4. Verify against the official source
  • No case intake
  • No upload of your case files to LegalFriend
  • No access to your AI prompts
  • No access to your AI's answers

What this kit is — and isn't

Before you buy
  1. Buying or using this kit does not, by itself, create an attorney-client relationship with LegalFriend or any lawyer associated with it.
  2. We don't see your case. The kit is designed so your facts, documents, prompts, and AI answers stay with you and the AI service you use.
  3. The AI you use with this kit is selected and operated by you, independently of LegalFriend. It is not LegalFriend's agent and does not speak for any LegalFriend attorney.
  4. The kit contains official court materials and general educational commentary. Individualized legal advice would require a separate engagement, if one is ever offered.
  5. Court forms, rules, fees, and limits change. Always confirm against the current official California Courts source and your local court before you file or rely on anything.
  6. Nothing in the kit predicts or guarantees any result.