curl --request POST \
--url https://service.incaseof.law/openapi/claims/{claim_id}/lawsuit-decision \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"decision": "sue"
}
'{
"success": true,
"data": {
"claim_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"decision": "sue",
"decided_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"decided_via": "api",
"wants_lawyer": true,
"lawyer_type": "ico_network",
"streitwert": 123,
"court_fees": 123,
"lawyer_fees_net": 123,
"lawyer_fees_gross": 123
}
}Decide on the judicial step
The creditor’s decision at dunning_action_recommended: sue takes the claim to court (a Mahnbescheid in
Germany, a Mahnklage in Austria), decline does not. One decision per claim — a second one answers 400.
- The decision is recorded against your API key.
- After
sue, incaseof.law invoices the court fee to the creditor — to the e-mail address of the claim’s customer — never to you as the partner. The court step itself is taken by the incaseof.law team. - A decision does not change the collection stage by itself; the answer is your receipt. The stage moves on as
the court step progresses (webhook
claim.collection_stage_changed).
400 when the claim is not at dunning_action_recommended, a decision already exists, a lawyer is required
but not named, a lawyer is named on a German claim, the amount exceeds the Austrian Mahnklage limit, or no
Mahnverfahren is available for the debtor.
curl --request POST \
--url https://service.incaseof.law/openapi/claims/{claim_id}/lawsuit-decision \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"decision": "sue"
}
'{
"success": true,
"data": {
"claim_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"decision": "sue",
"decided_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"decided_via": "api",
"wants_lawyer": true,
"lawyer_type": "ico_network",
"streitwert": 123,
"court_fees": 123,
"lawyer_fees_net": 123,
"lawyer_fees_gross": 123
}
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Path Parameters
Body
sue, decline Austria only. Required (true) when the estimate says lawyer_required; not allowed on German claims.
ico_network: incaseof.law assigns a lawyer. wunschanwalt: the creditor's own lawyer (name and location required).
ico_network, wunschanwalt 100100200