What it is
Live Court lets you take another player to court at the High Court in your city. You can hire a player lawyer, speak by text or voice, and receive a ruling.
You can sue over:
| Ground | Filing window |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 48 hours |
| Attempted robbery | 48 hours |
| Unpaid Hustle job | 72 hours |
| Bad Hustle job | 72 hours |
| Divorce settlement | 30 days from the divorce |
Robbery cases must relate to a robbery recorded in the game. You can file one case for each recorded robbery. Divorce cases are about the settlement due under your agreement or prenup.
How to file a case
- Start a case from Phone → Police → ⚖️ Sue, Hustle → ⚖️ Take to court, Family → Divorce, or Phone → Court.
- Fill in What happened → Your claim → The hearing and the fees.
- Choose a sitting: the next one at least 20 minutes away, an evening sitting, or 1 PM tomorrow.
- Tap File the case · ₦X. To hire a lawyer, choose Find a lawyer.
- At the hearing, each side takes timed turns. You can use up to 3 lines of 600 characters or a voice note up to 60 seconds per turn. Other players can watch in Live now; the gallery holds up to 30 people.
Rules & numbers
- The filing fee is 3% of your claim, from ₦2,000 to ₦1,000,000.
- The deposit is 10%, from ₦5,000 to ₦5,000,000. You get it back unless your case is frivolous or you do not attend.
- You can claim up to ₦1bn.
- Your account must be at least 3 days old, and you must have played for 3 days.
- You can have up to 2 active cases, file once every 6 hours and 3 times a week, and sue the same player once every 30 days. You can have up to 5 robbery cases at once.
- Lawyers set their own fees, from ₦10,000 to ₦50m. They receive half up front and must answer a brief within 10 minutes.
- Court sittings run from 7 AM to 11:45 PM, every 15 minutes.
- The ruling sets the outcome and any money owed. If you lose and are worth under ₦5m, you can pay up to 20% of your cash; the rest becomes cell time, up to 30 minutes.
- Divorce settlements are based on earnings during the marriage, not money earned before the wedding. Without a prenup, the partner who did not file keeps 60% of the couple’s earnings while married; the partner who filed gives up more. You can agree on an amount from nothing up to twice the fair amount. Claims are capped at ₦1bn.
- While engaged, you can make a prenup to keep your own money or split the settlement by 10%, 25% or 50%. A prenup replaces the default split. The partner who files still gives up an extra 10%. A prenup does not prevent divorce.
Tips
- Check both the hearing day and time. If the other player has not opened the court notice, the hearing may move to at least 12 hours after the notice is served.
- You can agree on a divorce settlement in Family. If you cannot agree, the partner who is owed money can take it to Live Court.