CHAPTER 10. JUROR AND WITNESS FEES
IC 33-37-10
Chapter 10. Juror and Witness Fees
IC 33-37-10-1
Jury fees
Sec. 1. (a) A juror of a circuit, superior, county, or probate court
or a member of a grand jury is entitled to the sum of the following:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (f), an amount for mileage
at the mileage rate paid to state officers and employees for each
mile necessarily traveled to and from the court.
(2) Payment at the rate of:
(A) fifteen dollars ($15) for each day the juror is in actual
attendance in court until the jury is impaneled; and
(B) forty dollars ($40) for each day the juror is in actual
attendance after impaneling and until the jury is discharged.
(b) A county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to pay from
county funds a supplemental fee in addition to the fees prescribed by
subsection (a)(2).
(c) A juror of a city or town court is entitled to the sum of the
following:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (f), an amount for mileage
at the mileage rate paid to state officers and employees for each
mile necessarily traveled to and from the court.
(2) Fifteen dollars ($15) per day while the juror is in actual
attendance.
(d) A city or town fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to pay from
city or town funds a supplemental fee in addition to the fee
prescribed by subsection (c)(2).
(e) For purposes of this section, a prospective juror who is
summoned for jury duty and who reports to the summoning court on
the day specified in the summons is in actual attendance on that day.
(f) A county, city, or town fiscal body may adopt an ordinance
providing for the payment by the county, city, or town of the parking
fees incurred by jurors of circuit, superior, county, and probate courts
and members of grand juries. If a county, city, or town fiscal body
adopts an ordinance under this subsection, the county, city, or town
may pay the parking fees incurred by a juror of a circuit, superior,
county, or probate court or a member of a grand jury instead of
paying the juror or grand jury member an amount for mileage at the
rate provided in subsection (a)(1) or (c)(1).
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.118-2007,
SEC.26.
IC 33-37-10-2
Witnesses in criminal actions
Sec. 2. (a) A witness in a criminal action may receive a fee if the
witness:
(1) is summoned by the state;
(2) is named on the indictment or information; and
(3) testifies under oath to a material fact in aid of the
prosecution.
(b) A fee paid under subsection (a) is the sum of the following:
(1) An amount for mileage at the mileage rate paid to state
officers for each mile necessarily traveled to and from the court.
(2) For each day of attendance in court equal to:
(A) fifteen dollars ($15) for witnesses subpoenaed under
IC 35-37-5-4; or
(B) five dollars ($5) for all other witnesses.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16.
IC 33-37-10-3
Witnesses in certain actions
Sec. 3. A witness in an action listed in IC 33-37-4-2, IC 33-37-4-3,
IC 33-37-4-4, IC 33-37-4-6, and IC 33-37-4-7 is entitled to the sum
of the following:
(1) An amount for mileage at the mileage rate paid to state
officers for each mile necessarily traveled to and from the court.
(2) Five dollars ($5) for each day of attendance in court.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.1-2007,
SEC.222.
IC 33-37-10-4
Witness and juror fees; noting and forwarding claims; affidavit
fees; disbursements
Sec. 4. (a) The clerk shall note witness and juror fees when the
fees are claimed and forward the claims to the county auditor or city
or town fiscal officer.
(b) The clerk is not entitled to a fee for providing an affidavit or
other proof of attendance to a juror or witness.
(c) The county auditor or city or town fiscal officer shall disburse
juror or witness fees claimed under this section as provided in
IC 33-37-7-12.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16.