What is the small claims limit in Uganda?
Pending verification: The current small-claims monetary ceiling figure. Treat the flagged points as provisional and confirm them before relying on them.
In brief
The Judicature (Small Claims Procedure) Rules let individuals and small businesses recover smaller debts quickly and with restricted use of advocates (r.5). The exact ceiling is prescribed in the Rules and is periodically revised, so the safest course is to confirm the current limit with the magistrates' court registry before you file. If your claim exceeds the limit, you file an ordinary suit or a summary suit instead.
A little more detail
If your debt is just over the ceiling, you generally cannot split it to fit — file the right kind of suit instead.
What to do next
See the small-claims procedure note and the small-claims checklist.
The law
- Judicature (Small Claims Procedure) Rules, 2011 — r.5.
Quick guide · Debt & small claims.
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Last reviewed 9 June 2026; next review due 9 June 2027.
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