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Basics & FAQs on Conciliation Court

Filing a Claim

• Types of Claims Allowed in Conciliation Court
• Who may file a Conciliation Court claim
• Using mediation to settle a dispute
• Where to file a Conciliation Court case
• When to file in Hennepin County Court
• How to file a Conciliation Court claim
• What a Conciliation Court Summons means
• How to file a claim for property seized in a drug arrest
• How to file a claim for property seized in a DWI arrest

Responding to a Claim

• How to file a counter-claim
• Using mediation to settle a dispute

The Hearing

• Your day in Conciliation Court
• How to continue or reschedule a court date
• How to prepare for the hearing
• Failure to appear at the hearing (includes "Special Term" process)

The Judgment

• The Court's decision
• What to do if you win a judgment
• How to ask for a new trial after failure to appear at the hearing
• How to pay a judgment
• How to file a "removal" of the case and appeal to District Court
• How to transcribe a judgment to District Court
• How to locate a debtor's assets

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