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Money disputes up to $10,000 are settled in the Vigo County small-claims court, which runs on simplified procedures built for people without a lawyer.
Below is what you need for a small claims case in Vigo County: the limit, filing fees, which courthouse to use, how to serve the other side, your deadlines, and how to file. When you're ready, Squabble prepares everything and files it for you.
Vigo County hears small claims at the courthouse listed here, with the venue confirmed at filing from the defendant's address or the location of the dispute.
Tap a courthouse to see its details in the list below.
Check the filing location first. The court's small-claims page lists where papers are taken today, and Squabble confirms it for your case as part of filing.
Vigo County covers 20 ZIP codes, including the Fontanet, New Goshen and Pimento areas. The nearest counties to Vigo County are Clay County and Sullivan County.
This court takes small-claims filings electronically, so the case can be started from home.
The small claims list is heard in person, at the courthouse itself.
Copies of the evidence go to the judge and to the other party, and some courts allow it to be sent in electronically beforehand.
Residents of Vigo County, Indiana, who wish to file a small claims case do so through the Indiana Small Claims Court, which hears claims up to $10,000. Cases are handled at the Vigo County Courthouse, located at 33 S 3rd St in Terre Haute, 47807. The courthouse is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 3:45 PM and is closed on Saturday and Sunday. The court serves a county population of 106,166 and covers communities including Terre Haute, West Terre Haute, Seelyville, Riley, Pimento, Prairie Creek, Prairieton, Fontanet, New Goshen, Shepardsville, and Saint Mary Of The Woods, along with ZIP codes such as 47801, 47802, 47803, 47804, 47805, and 47809. Vigo County lies near Clay County, Sullivan County, and Parke County. Electronic filing is available. Information about the courthouse, including its location details, is posted at https://www.vigocounty.in.gov/egov/apps/locations/facilities.egov?view=detail&id=6, and the courthouse can be reached by telephone at (812) 462-3263.
These 11 places sit inside Vigo County:
Fontanet, New Goshen, Pimento, Prairie Creek, Prairieton, Riley, Saint Mary Of The Woods, Seelyville, Shepardsville, Terre Haute, West Terre Haute.
ZIP codes:
Vigo County is the 17th most populous of Indiana's 92 counties, with about 106,166 residents. Vigo County Courthouse in Terre Haute lies around 13 miles from the Sullivan County courthouse in Sullivan.
If the other side lives just over the county line, the case may belong next door:
Small claims handles money owed between ordinary people and businesses. Procedure is kept light, and claims are capped.
Maximum claim
Two venues are usually open: where events took place, or where the other side is based.
A single argument stays a single case; it cannot be carved up to fit the limit.
What this court awards is a sum of money, not an instruction to act or to hand something back.
Indiana permits lawyers at the hearing without requiring them. Everything is built around people presenting their own case.
Minors take part through a guardian appointed by the court.
This state expects your supporting evidence to be submitted with the filing, not just brought to the hearing.
Over the limit? Claims over the cap can go two ways: cut to the limit and stay, or move to regular civil court at full value. Cutting it normally waives the excess.
Vigo County Courthouse is the courthouse listed for Vigo County. They are the same across all 20 Vigo County ZIP codes, from 47801 onward.
If someone owes you money, up to $10,000, small claims is built for it. These are the disputes residents bring most often.
Vigo County Courthouse is the Vigo County courthouse listed below. Vigo County takes in Fontanet, New Goshen and Pimento and the rest of the county.
It's built to be navigable without a lawyer. Here's the shape of a case from start to finish.
Set out the claim on the court's form, identify the correct courthouse, and pay the fee.
The other side is formally served and has the chance to respond, or to settle before the hearing.
The hearing itself is short and informal. Some courts allow video. The ruling comes then or later in writing.
Everything below applies to a case filed in Vigo County, at the Terre Haute courthouse. This is the route a Vigo County case takes, whether it starts in 47801 or anywhere else among the county ZIP codes.
After you file, the other party must be formally notified. This is called service of process. You generally cannot serve the papers yourself. The usual route in Indiana is delivery arranged by the court or email service where the court allows it.
Who may serve depends on the court: law enforcement, a paid process server, the clerk by certified mail, or a disinterested adult. Costs and rules are local.
There is a deadline, counted backwards from the hearing, by which the defendant must have the papers. Ask the clerk for it when the date is assigned.
Whoever serves the papers completes a proof of service, which is filed with the court before the hearing.
Service is where many self-filed cases stall. Squabble can coordinate professional Service of Process so it's done correctly and on time.
Clay County and Sullivan County are the counties nearest to Vigo County. Addresses in Vigo County include places such as Fontanet, New Goshen and Pimento.
Claims do not stay open indefinitely. Time runs from the events themselves, and a filing made afterwards may be shut out.
| Kind of claim | Time limit to file |
|---|---|
| Written contract | 10 years |
| Oral contract | 6 years |
| Property damage | 2 years |
| Personal injury | 2 years |
Vigo County, population about 106,166, is covered by the table above. They do not change from one Vigo County ZIP code to another, 47801 included.
Money owed under a contract in Indiana generally accrues interest at 8% per year before judgment (Ind. Code §24-4.6-1-103).
Want to estimate what interest adds to your claim? Use the Squabble interest calculator to see the running total before you file.
It is the same rate across all 20 Vigo County ZIP codes. The rate above is the one for Vigo County, population about 106,166.
Confirm the sum sits under the cap and that the time limit for this kind of claim has not run out.
Identify the party precisely, lay out what occurred, and show the arithmetic behind the total.
File with the Vigo County small-claims court, or e-file, and pay the $35–$85 fee (or request a waiver if you qualify).
With a hearing date in hand, organise service and lodge the completed proof with the court.
Arrange your evidence and number the exhibits so nothing has to be searched for on the day.
Appear in person or, where available, remotely, present your case, and receive the court's decision.
Talk with Eleanor about what happened. Squabble prepares the documents, runs a Triple-Check™ for administrative and jurisdictional accuracy, and files your case for you.
Start for FREE →Claim form starts the case · Proof of service shows the defendant was notified · Fee waiver if you qualify. Exact form names vary by court; Squabble prepares the right ones for your courthouse.
Fontanet, New Goshen and Pimento are among the places in Vigo County that filings come from. Vigo County takes in filings from 20 ZIP codes, 47801 first in the list.
Small claims hearings are short and informal, and the judge asks questions directly. Most people present their own case.
Hearings in Vigo County cases are listed at Vigo County Courthouse in Terre Haute. Vigo County has about 106,166 residents.
The ruling establishes the debt. Recovery is a further step, supported by enforcement measures that are set by each state.
Wage garnishment, where the state permits it, sends part of the debtor's pay toward the judgment.
A court-ordered levy allows funds to be taken from the debtor's bank account.
Filing the judgment with the county can attach a lien to land or buildings the debtor owns.
You can also ask the court to order the debtor to appear and disclose income and assets under oath. An unpaid judgment generally keeps accruing interest at the rate state law sets until it's satisfied.
Clay County and Sullivan County are the counties nearest to Vigo County. The judgment in a Vigo County case comes from Vigo County Courthouse in Terre Haute.
Information reviewed August 2026. Courts change fees, limits and procedures, so check the current details before filing.
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