CHAPTER 8. FEES AND COSTS
IC 33-34-8
Chapter 8. Fees and Costs
IC 33-34-8-1
Fees and costs
Sec. 1. (a) The following fees and costs apply to cases in the small
claims court:
(1) A township docket fee of five dollars ($5) plus forty-five
percent (45%) of the infraction or ordinance violation costs fee
under IC 33-37-4-2.
(2) The bailiff's service of process by registered or certified
mail fee of thirteen dollars ($13) for each service.
(3) The cost for the personal service of process by the bailiff or
other process server of thirteen dollars ($13) for each service.
(4) Witness fees, if any, in the amount provided by
IC 33-37-10-3 to be taxed and charged in the circuit court.
(5) A redocketing fee, if any, of five dollars ($5).
(6) A document storage fee under IC 33-37-5-20.
(7) An automated record keeping fee under IC 33-37-5-21.
(8) A late fee, if any, under IC 33-37-5-22.
(9) A public defense administration fee under IC 33-37-5-21.2.
(10) A judicial insurance adjustment fee under IC 33-37-5-25.
(11) A judicial salaries fee under IC 33-37-5-26.
(12) A court administration fee under IC 33-37-5-27.
The docket fee and the cost for the initial service of process shall be
paid at the institution of a case. The cost of service after the initial
service shall be assessed and paid after service has been made. The
cost of witness fees shall be paid before the witnesses are called.
(b) If the amount of the township docket fee computed under
subsection (a)(1) is not equal to a whole number, the amount shall be
rounded to the next highest whole number.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.85-2004,
SEC.15; P.L.95-2004, SEC.3; P.L.2-2005, SEC.99; P.L.176-2005,
SEC.2.
IC 33-34-8-2
Transcripts
Sec. 2. The person who is designated by a judge to prepare
transcripts may collect a fee of not more than five dollars ($5) for
each transcript from a person who requests the preparation of a
transcript.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.13.
IC 33-34-8-3
Payment, distribution, and deposit of costs and fees
Sec. 3. (a) Payment for all costs made as a result of proceedings
in a small claims court shall be to the _______ Township of Marion
County Small Claims Court (with the name of the township inserted).
The court shall issue a receipt for all money received on a form
numbered serially in duplicate. All township docket fees and late
fees received by the court shall be paid to the township trustee at the
close of each month.
(b) The court shall:
(1) semiannually distribute to the auditor of state:
(A) all automated record keeping fees (IC 33-37-5-21)
received by the court for deposit in the homeowner
protection unit account established by IC 4-6-12-9 and the
state user fee fund established under IC 33-37-9;
(B) all public defense administration fees collected by the
court under IC 33-37-5-21.2 for deposit in the state general
fund;
(C) sixty percent (60%) of all court administration fees
collected by the court under IC 33-37-5-27 for deposit in the
state general fund;
(D) all judicial insurance adjustment fees collected by the
court under IC 33-37-5-25 for deposit in the judicial branch
insurance adjustment account established by IC 33-38-5-8.2;
and
(E) seventy-five percent (75%) of all judicial salaries fees
collected by the court under IC 33-37-5-26 for deposit in the
state general fund; and
(2) distribute monthly to the county auditor all document
storage fees received by the court.
The remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the judicial salaries fees
described in subdivision (1)(E) shall be deposited monthly in the
township general fund of the township in which the court is located.
The county auditor shall deposit fees distributed under subdivision
(2) into the clerk's record perpetuation fund under IC 33-37-5-2.
(c) The court semiannually shall pay to the township trustee of the
township in which the court is located the remaining forty percent
(40%) of the court administration fees described under subsection
(b)(1)(C) to fund the operations of the small claims court in the
trustee's township.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.176-2005,
SEC.3; P.L.174-2006, SEC.9; P.L.122-2008, SEC.2;
P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.391.
IC 33-34-8-4
Quarterly accounting
Sec. 4. Fees, costs, and any other amounts collected by the courts
shall be accounted for quarterly to the clerk of the circuit court on:
(1) March 31;
(2) June 30;
(3) September 30; and
(4) December 31;
of each year.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.13.