The small claims division has jurisdiction over cases for the recovery of money in which the amount claimed does not exceed $7,000. MCL 600.8401.
“A person having a claim in excess of [$7,000] may institute an action in the small claims division but may not claim or recover more than the jurisdictional amount.” MCL 600.8425(1). See also MCR 4.302(D) (requiring the actual amount of the claim to be stated and requiring the claim to state that by commencing the action the plaintiff waives any claim to the excess over the statutory limitation, and that the amount equal to the statutory limitation, exclusive of costs, is claimed by the action; and providing that a judgment on the claim is a bar to a later action in any court to recover the excess).