Sec. 1. (a) A judge of a city or town court: (1) may adopt rules for conducting the business of the court; (2) has all powers incident to a court of record in relation to: (A) the attendance of witnesses; (B) the punishment of contempts; (C) the enforcement of its orders; and (D) the issuance […]
Sec. 2. A judge of a city or town court shall provide, at the expense of the town or city, a seal for the court that must contain on the face the words: “(Town or City) Court of __________, Indiana.”. A description of the seal, together with an impress of it, shall be put on […]
Sec. 3. A city court has the following jurisdiction over crimes, infractions, and ordinance violations: (1) Jurisdiction of all violations of the ordinances of the city. (2) Jurisdiction of all misdemeanors and all infractions. (3) If the city that established the city court has entered into an interlocal agreement described in IC 33-35-1-6, jurisdiction of […]
Sec. 4. A city court has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in civil cases in which the amount in controversy does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500). However, the city court does not have jurisdiction in actions for: (1) slander; (2) libel; (3) foreclosure of mortgage on real estate, in which the title to […]
Sec. 5. The city court of each of the five (5) cities having the largest populations and the town court of the town having the largest population in a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000) have concurrent civil jurisdiction with the circuit court […]
Sec. 6. A city court in a third class city that is not a county seat and to which section 5 of this chapter does not apply has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in civil cases in which the amount in controversy does not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000). However, the city court does […]
Sec. 6.5. A city court in a city having a population of more than ten thousand four hundred (10,400) and less than eleven thousand (11,000) has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in civil cases in which the amount in controversy does not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). However, the city court does […]
Sec. 7. If in a proceeding in a city court the title to land is put in issue by plea supported by affidavit, or manifestly appears from the proof on trial to be in issue, the court shall, without further proceeding, certify the case and papers to the circuit or other court having jurisdiction in […]
Sec. 8. (a) A town court has exclusive jurisdiction of all violations of the ordinances of the town. (b) A town court also has jurisdiction of all misdemeanors and all infractions. (c) If the town that established the town court has entered into an interlocal agreement described in IC 33-35-1-6, the town court has jurisdiction […]
