Sc100 form mapping

SC-100 Form Mapping (California Small Claims Court)

Form Overview

The SC-100 is California's Small Claims Court statement form. It contains sections for:

• Plaintiff (party suing) information
• Defendant (party being sued) information
• Court location selection
• Case description and amount claimed
• Filing date

Standard Field Structure

The form typically has these field groups:

Plaintiff Information (Top Section)

Plaintiff_Name: Full name
Plaintiff_StreetAddress: Street address
Plaintiff_City: City
Plaintiff_State: State
Plaintiff_ZipCode: ZIP code
Plaintiff_Phone: Phone number
Plaintiff_Email: Email address

Defendant Information (Second Section)

Defendant_Name: Full name
Defendant_StreetAddress: Street address
Defendant_City: City
Defendant_State: State
Defendant_ZipCode: ZIP code
Defendant_Phone: Phone number

Court Information

County: County name (derived from defendant address)
Court_Location: Court location
FilingDate: Date filed (format: YYYY-MM-DD or as form requires)

Case Details

CaseDescription: Summary of claim
Amount: Dollar amount of claim

Data Mapping Strategy

When given a case description, extract:

1. Plaintiff data: Name, full address, phone, email
2. Defendant data: Name, full address, phone
3. Dates: Incident date, filing date
4. Claim amount: Dollar amount
5. Description: Summary of the dispute

Common Address Parsing

Extract address components:

Street: "655 S Fair Oaks Ave" → "655 S Fair Oaks Ave"
City: From address or explicit mention
State: "CA"
ZIP: 5-digit code

County Determination

California has 58 counties. For address lookup:

• Sunnyvale: Santa Clara County
• Use defendant's address to determine jurisdiction county

Special Considerations

• First-time filer: Check if there's a first-time filer checkbox
• Lease/Contract dates: Include relevant dates (start, end, incident date)
• Amount format: Typically numeric without dollar sign (e.g., "1500")
• Optional fields: Leave court-filled fields empty (judge name, case number, etc.)
• Phone format: Can be numeric or formatted (both usually accepted)

Date Formatting

Always use YYYY-MM-DD unless the form specifies otherwise. Verify the form's expected format before filling.

Example Field Mapping

For a security deposit case:

Plaintiff_Name: "Joyce He"
Plaintiff_StreetAddress: "655 S Fair Oaks Ave"
Plaintiff_City: "Sunnyvale"
Plaintiff_State: "CA"
Plaintiff_ZipCode: "94086"
Plaintiff_Phone: "4125886066"
Plaintiff_Email: "[email protected]"

Defendant_Name: "Zhi Chen"
Defendant_StreetAddress: "299 W Washington Ave"
Defendant_City: "Sunnyvale"
Defendant_State: "CA"
Defendant_ZipCode: "94086"
Defendant_Phone: "5125658878"

County: "Santa Clara"
FilingDate: "2026-01-19"
Amount: "1500"
CaseDescription: "Defendant failed to return security deposit of $1500 based on signed roommate sublease contract."

Process

1. Extract all information from case description
2. Identify the PDF field names using get_fields()
3. Map extracted data to field names
4. Fill only non-empty required fields
5. Leave court-filled and optional fields empty
6. Save with appropriate filename

See Also

• Use pdf-form-filler skill for the actual PDF manipulation
• California court forms: courts.ca.gov