§ 35-3-3 — Jurisdiction; civil actions

A. Magistrates have jurisdiction in civil actions in which the debt or sum claimed does not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), exclusive of interest and costs. B. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, civil jurisdiction extends to actions in contract, quasi-contract and tort and where expressly conferred by law. C. A magistrate has no jurisdiction in a civil action: (1) for malicious prosecution, libel or slander; (2) against public officers for misconduct in office; (3) for specific performance of contracts for the sale of real property; (4) in which the title or boundaries of land may be in dispute or drawn into question; (5) affecting domestic relations, including divorce, annulment or separation or custody, support, guardianship, adoption or dependency of children; (6) to grant writs of injunction, habeas corpus or extraordinary writs; or (7) where jurisdiction is vested exclusively in another court.

Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 36-3-3, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 48; 1973, ch. 206, § 1;