33-35-5-7.5. Presiding Judge Exemption to Judicial Eligibility Requirements
Sec. 7.5. (a) This section applies to a person who is a judge of a city or town court: (1) serving on June 30, 2015; and (2) who is not an attorney in good standing admitted to the practice of law in Indiana. (b) This section does not apply to a person described in subsection […]
33-35-5-8. Effect of Judgments, Orders, and Proceedings in Town and City Courts; Orders of Sale and Executions Affecting Real Estate
Sec. 8. (a) All judgments, decrees, orders, and proceedings of city and town courts have the same force as those of the circuit court. A judgment becomes a lien on real estate when a transcript of the judgment is filed with the clerk of the circuit court. (b) All orders of sale and executions affecting […]
33-35-5-9. Appeals From City and Town Courts; Procedure
Sec. 9. (a) An appeal from a judgment of a city court may be taken to the circuit, superior, or probate court of the county and tried de novo. (b) An appeal from a judgment of a town court may be taken to the superior, circuit, or probate court of the county within thirty (30) […]
33-35-5-10. Appeals From Certain City and Town Courts; Procedure
Sec. 10. (a) A party in a civil action who desires to take an appeal from the city court of the three (3) cities having the largest populations in a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000) shall file a bond, to the approval […]
33-35-3-1. City Court Officers; Town Court Officers
Sec. 1. (a) The officers of a city court are a: (1) judge; (2) clerk; and (3) bailiff. However, in third class cities, the judge may act as clerk and perform all duties of the clerk of the court or appoint a clerk of the court. If the judge does not act as clerk of […]
33-35-5-5. City Court; Issues of Fact to Be Tried by Judge Unless Demand for Jury Trial
Sec. 5. All issues of fact pending in city courts shall be tried by the judge, unless either party demands a jury trial. The jury must consist of six (6) qualified residents of the city, to be summoned by the bailiff by venire issued by the judge. City residents shall be selected for jury service […]
33-35-3-2. Clerk of City Court in Second or Third Class Cities; Powers and Duties
Sec. 2. (a) In second class cities, the city clerk is the clerk of the city court. The city clerk of a third class city is the clerk of the city court if the judge does not serve as clerk or appoint a clerk under section 1 of this chapter. (b) A city clerk of […]
33-35-5-6. Style of City or Town Court
Sec. 6. The style of the city or town court is “The (City or Town) Court of ____________,” according to the name of the city or town. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-10.1-5-6.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.14.
33-35-3-3. Bailiff of City Courts
Sec. 3. (a) The bailiff of a city court must be a police officer of the city assigned to the court by the chief of police, under direction of the board of public safety. However, the judge of the city court may appoint another person to serve as bailiff. (b) The bailiff shall give bond […]
33-35-5-7. Courts Not of Record; Judges; Requirements
Sec. 7. (a) A city court is not a court of record. (b) A town court is not a court of record. (c) Except as provided in section 7.5 of this chapter, a person selected as judge of a city court or town court must be an attorney in good standing admitted to the practice […]