Small Claims Court in Denton County, Texas, is established to resolve your claims in a very quick and inexpensive manner. If you have a claim that involves money damage of an amount that is less than $10000, you can file a small claim in Denton County. Your evidence has to support this amount and you cannot show false evidence. If your defendant stays in Denton County or if the incident involving money damage has occurred in Denton County, only then can you file your small claim in the Small Claims Court of Denton County. For more information you can visit http://www.co.denton.tx.us/dept/main.asp?Parent=150&Link=.  

In order to file a small claim in Denton County, you will have to fill up a petition, as a plaintiff. You can refer http://www.co.denton.tx.us/dept/JP3/images/smallclaim.pdf for the same. You have to provide accurate details of the defendant so that the defendant can be notified. A reply is expected of the defendant within 10 days from the date of trial. If he fails to reply and fails to appear in the court on the trial date, the court will consider it as a default and will pass a decision in your favor.

In Denton County, you have the option to desire a trial by jury. If you do so, you will be charged a fee of $5. The trial will be longer and the date will have to be reset.

If you wish to consult an attorney for legal advice in this matter, you can logon to http://attorneypages.com/state-TX-Denton_County.htm to find an attorney in Denton County, Texas. Such a legal advice may prove invaluable after all. Make sure you do so much before the trial date. Have all your evidences ready to present in the Small Claims Court of Denton County on the date of trial.

Once the Judgement has been given, you can collect an Abstract of the Judgement after 10 days from the date of Judgement. You will be required to pay $5 as fee in this regard. These fees that you pay to the court will then be paid back to you by the defendant in case you win the case. In this regard it is better to learn about the Writ of Execution and the Writ of Garnishment. You can contact the office of the clerk to know about these writs and to find out if you need to buy them to resolve your small claim.