Sec. 1. (a) During 2022 and every fourth year after that, a second or third class city or a town may by ordinance establish or abolish a city or town court. An ordinance to establish a city or town court must be adopted not less than one (1) year before the judge’s term would begin […]
Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to a town that: (1) adopts an ordinance under IC 3-10-6-2.6; and (2) subsequently adopts an ordinance to establish a town court under section 1 of this chapter. (b) Notwithstanding section 1 of this chapter, the judge of the town court shall be elected at the next municipal election […]
Sec. 3. (a) The judge of a city or town court shall be elected under IC 3-10-6 or IC 3-10-7 by the voters of the city or town. (b) Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e), the term of office of a judge elected under this section is four (4) years, beginning at […]
Sec. 4. To be eligible to hold the office of city court judge, as provided by Article 6, Section 6, of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, the judge must be a resident of the city during the term of office or the office becomes vacant. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-10.1-3-2.] As added by P.L.98-2004, […]
Sec. 5. Before beginning the duties of office, the judge of a town court must: (1) take and subscribe to the same oath of office as judges of circuit courts; and (2) execute a bond payable to the town in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned upon the faithful performance of the […]
Sec. 6. (a) A city or town that has not established a court under this chapter may enter into an interlocal agreement under IC 36-1-7 with a city or town that: (1) has established a court under this chapter; and (2) is located in the same judicial circuit as the city or town that has […]
