CHAPTER 17. DEKALB COUNTY
IC 33-33-17
Chapter 17. DeKalb County
IC 33-33-17-1
Judicial circuit
Sec. 1. DeKalb County constitutes the seventy-fifth judicial
circuit.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IC 33-33-17-2
Establishment of standard superior courts
Sec. 2. (a) There are established two (2) courts of record to be
known as the DeKalb superior court No. 1 and the DeKalb superior
court No. 2.
(b) Each DeKalb superior court is a standard superior court as
described in IC 33-29-1.
(c) DeKalb County comprises the judicial district of each superior
court.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.237-2005,
SEC.7.
IC 33-33-17-3
Judges; location of court sessions
Sec. 3. Each DeKalb superior court has one (1) judge who shall
hold sessions in:
(1) the DeKalb County courthouse in Auburn; or
(2) other places in the county as the board of county
commissioners of DeKalb County may provide.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.237-2005,
SEC.8.
IC 33-33-17-4
Change of venue
Sec. 4. (a) If:
(1) the clerk of the circuit court of DeKalb County receives the
transcript of the original papers in a civil action or proceeding
on a change of venue from another county; and
(2) the papers described in subdivision (1) contain an order of
the court from which venue was changed designating the circuit
court or one (1) of the superior courts as the court to which the
case is to be transferred;
the clerk shall file the action or proceeding on the docket of the
designated court.
(b) If:
(1) the clerk of the circuit court of DeKalb County receives the
transcript of the original papers in a civil action or proceeding
on a change of venue from another county; and
(2) the papers described in subdivision (1) do not contain an
order designating the court to which the case is to be
transferred;
the clerk shall alternately file each action or proceeding on the
docket of the circuit court or the docket of one (1) of the superior
courts, depending on the order and sequence in which the papers of
the cases reach the clerk, so that if the first case is assigned to the
circuit court, the next must be assigned to the superior court No. 1,
and the next must be assigned to the superior court No. 2.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.237-2005,
SEC.9.
IC 33-33-17-5
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.237-2005, SEC.25.)
IC 33-33-17-6
Jurisdiction
Sec. 6. Each DeKalb superior court has the same jurisdiction as
the DeKalb circuit court.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.237-2005,
SEC.10.
IC 33-33-17-7
Small claims and misdemeanor division
Sec. 7. Each DeKalb superior court has a standard small claims
and misdemeanor division.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.237-2005,
SEC.11.