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IN Code § 33-33-2-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-8. Judges; Divisions

Sec. 8. (a) The Allen superior court consists of nine (9) judges as follows:(1) Two (2) judges serve in the family relations division.(2) Three (3) judges serve in the criminal division.(3) Four (4) judges serve in the civil division.A newly elected or appointed judge assumes the division assignment of the judge whom the judge replaces.(b) If in the opinion of a majority of the judges there is an undue disparity in the number of cases in any division, the chief judge may assign specific cases normally assigned to that division to a judge in another division as directed by a majority of the judges.(c) Not later than December 31 of the year immediately preceding a year in which the office of judge of the Allen superior court will be on the ballot, the clerk of the circuit court shall file with the election division a list containing the name, the division assignment, and the court number assigned by the roster of judicial officers maintained by the office of judicial administration, for each judge of the Allen superior court.(d) During the period under IC 3-8-2-4 in which a declaration of candidacy may be filed for a primary election, any person desiring to become a candidate for one (1) of the Allen superior court judgeships must file with the election division a declaration of candidacy adapted from the form prescribed under IC 3-8-2 that:(1) is signed by the candidate; and(2) designates the division and the court number of the judgeship that the candidate seeks.(e) A petition without the designation required under subsection (c) shall be rejected by the election division (or by the Indiana election commission under IC 3-8-1-2).(f) If an individual who files a declaration under subsection (d) ceases to be a candidate after the final date for filing a declaration under subsection (d), the election division may accept the filing of additional declarations of candidacy for that seat not later than noon on August 1.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-29.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.169-2015, SEC.166; P.L.161-2018, SEC.78.
IN Code § 33-33-2-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-9. Judicial Candidates; Terms

Sec. 9. (a) All candidates for each respective Allen superior court judgeship shall be listed on the general election ballot in the form prescribed by IC 3-11, without party designation. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for each judgeship shall be elected to that office.(b) IC 3, except where inconsistent with this chapter, applies to elections held under this chapter.(c) The term of each Allen superior court judge:(1) begins January 1 following election and ends December 31 following the election of a successor; and(2) is six (6) years.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-29.1.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.58-2005, SEC.33.
IN Code § 33-33-2-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-10. Candidate for Judge; Qualifications

Sec. 10. (a) To qualify as a candidate for Allen superior court judge, a person:(1) must be a citizen of the United States domiciled in Allen County;(2) must have at least five (5) years active practice of law, including cases involving matters assigned to the division in which the person would serve as judge;(3) may not previously have had any disciplinary sanction imposed upon the person by the supreme court disciplinary commission of Indiana or any similar body in another state; and(4) may not previously have been convicted of any felony.(b) If a person does not qualify under subsection (a), the person may not be listed on the ballot as a candidate. However, an individual who was a judge of the court on January 1, 1984, does not have to comply with subsection (a)(2).[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-29.3.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-11. Limits on Acceptance of Contributions

Sec. 11. A judge or candidate for judge of the Allen superior court may not:(1) accept a contribution (as defined in IC 3-5-2-15) from any political party, political action committee (as defined in IC 3-5-2-37), or regular party committee (as defined in IC 3-5-2-42); or(2) accept more than a total of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in contributions from all sources to pay expenses connected with the candidate's candidacy.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-29.5.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-12. Rules and Regulations; Incidental Powers of Judges

Sec. 12. (a) The Allen superior court:(1) may make and adopt rules and regulations for conducting the business of the court, not repugnant to Indiana laws and the rules of the supreme court; and(2) has all the powers incident to a court of record in relation to the attendance of witnesses, the punishment of contempts, and the enforcement of its orders.(b) The judges of the superior court may administer oaths, solemnize marriages, take and certify acknowledgments of deeds, and all legal instruments, and give all necessary certificates for the authentication of the records and proceedings in the court.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-6.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-13. Orders, Writs, Appointments, and Commissions

Sec. 13. The Allen superior court may:(1) grant restraining orders and injunctions;(2) issue writs of habeas corpus;(3) appoint receivers, masters, and commissioners to convey real property and to grant commissions for the examination of witnesses; and(4) appoint other officers necessary to facilitate and transact the business of the court;as conferred on circuit courts or the judges of circuit courts.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-7.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-15. Salary of Juvenile Referee

Sec. 15. Each juvenile referee appointed under section 14 of this chapter who:(1) is appointed by the court to serve as a full-time referee; and(2) does not practice law during the referee's term as referee;is entitled to receive an annual salary as provided in IC 33-38-5-7.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-8.5.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-16. Clerk and Sheriff

Sec. 16. The clerk of the Allen circuit court and the sheriff of Allen County shall be the clerk and sheriff of the Allen superior court.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-11.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-17. Clerk and Sheriff; Duties, Liabilities, Fees, and Procedure

Sec. 17. (a) The sheriff shall attend the Allen superior court. The clerk and the sheriff shall discharge all the duties pertaining to their respective offices as they are required to do by law in the circuit court.(b) All laws prescribing the duties and liabilities of clerk and sheriff and the mode of proceeding against them, or either of them, for neglect of official duty, allowing fees, and providing for the collection fees in the circuit court, apply to the Allen superior court.(c) In a case in the Allen superior court based upon a violation of a city ordinance where fines or forfeitures are adjudged against a party:(1) the fines or forfeitures shall be paid to and collected by the clerk and regularly remitted to the city clerk of the city that issued the ordinance; and(2) the city clerk shall disburse the fines or forfeitures as required by law.Payment of fines for admitted parking violations shall be made to the city clerk of the city that issued the ordinances concerning parking violations.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-12.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.78-2014, SEC.11.
IN Code § 33-33-2-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-18. Record Books and Dockets

Sec. 18. The clerk, under the direction of the Allen superior court, shall provide:(1) order books;(2) judgment dockets;(3) execution dockets;(4) fee books; and(5) other books, papers, and records;as are necessary for the court. All books, papers, and proceedings of the court shall be kept distinct and separate from those of other courts.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-14.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-19. Single Order Book

Sec. 19. The Allen superior court shall maintain a single order book for the entire court. The order book may be signed on behalf of the court by any of the judges of the court. The signature constitutes authentication of the actions of each judge in the court.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-15.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-21. Fees

Sec. 21. The same fees shall be taxed in the Allen superior court as are provided by law to be taxed in the Allen circuit court. When collected in the Allen superior court, the fees shall be disbursed in the same manner as similar fees are disbursed in the Allen circuit court.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-13.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-22. Laws Applicable to Superior Court

Sec. 22. All laws of the state and rules adopted by the supreme court governing the Allen circuit court in matters of pleading, practice, the issuing and service of process, the giving of notice, the appointing of judges pro tempore and special judges, changes of venue from the judge and from the county, adjournments by the court and by the clerk in the absence of the judge, and the selection of jurors for the court apply to and govern the Allen superior court.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-16.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-24. Fees of Jurors and Witnesses

Sec. 24. Jurors and witnesses in attendance upon the Allen superior court shall receive the same fees as are provided for by law for jurors and witnesses in the circuit court.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-18.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-25. Transfer of Cases From Circuit Court

Sec. 25. The judge of the Allen circuit court may, with the consent of the Allen superior court, transfer any action, cause, or proceeding filed and docketed in the circuit court to the superior court by transferring all original papers and instruments filed in the action, cause, or proceeding without a further transcript to be redocketed and disposed of as if originally filed with the Allen superior court.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-25.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-26. Transfer of Cases to Circuit Court

Sec. 26. Any judge of the Allen superior court may, with the consent of the judge of the Allen circuit court, transfer any action, cause, or proceeding filed and docketed in the superior court to the circuit court by transferring all original papers and instruments filed in the action, cause, or proceeding without further transcript thereof to be redocketed and disposed of as if originally filed with the circuit court.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-26.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-27. Authority of Circuit Judge to Sit in Superior Court

Sec. 27. The judge of the Allen circuit court may sit as a judge of the superior court, with the superior court's permission, in all matters pending before the superior court, without limitation and without any further order, in the same manner as if the circuit court judge were a judge of the superior court with all the rights and powers as if the circuit court judge were appointed judge of the superior court.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-27.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-28. Appeals

Sec. 28. Any party may appeal from any order or judgment of the superior court in any case where an appeal may be had from a similar order or judgment of the circuit court.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-19.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-29. Process

Sec. 29. The process of the Allen superior court must have the seal affixed and be attested, directed, served, and returned, and be in the form as is provided for process issuing from the circuit court.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-20.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-30. Board of Judges

Sec. 30. (a) The Allen superior court shall be governed and operated by a board of judges composed of all the judges of the superior court. Six (6) judges are required for a quorum for conducting business and as a majority for taking action. Every two (2) years the board of judges shall elect a chief judge to carry out ministerial functions of representation as the board of judges periodically determines by a majority of the board's members.(b) Matters of administration, budget, expenditures, policy, and procedure affecting the entire superior court shall be determined by a majority of the board of judges. Any determination binds the entire board of judges and each judge of the board.(c) One (1) budget covering all the divisions of the superior court shall be prepared for the superior court and submitted to the county fiscal body. However, each division shall prepare its own budget as a component of the superior court's total budget.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-21.1.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-31. Divisions of the Court

Sec. 31. (a) The court, by rules adopted by the Allen superior court, shall divide the work of the court into the following divisions:(1) A family relations division.(2) A criminal division (including a standard minor offenses and violations docket under IC 33-29-2-8).(3) A civil division (including a standard small claims docket under IC 33-29-2-4).(b) Cases involving juvenile matters shall be assigned to the family relations division.(c) Cases involving matters specified in IC 33-29-2-8 shall be assigned to the criminal division.(d) Cases involving matters specified in IC 33-29-2-4 shall be assigned to the small claims docket in the civil division.(e) The work of each division may be divided further by rules adopted by the court.(f) Every two (2) years each division of the court shall elect an administrative judge for that division. The administrative judge shall carry out ministerial, administrative, and assignment functions as are periodically determined by a majority of the judges of that division.(g) Matters of administration, budget, expenditures, policy, and procedure in each division shall be determined by a majority of the judges of that division.(h) Disputes within any division concerning administration, budget, expenditures, policy, procedure, and assignments that pertain to the division as a whole or to any individual judge of the division, that for any reason cannot be resolved by a majority of the judges in the division, shall be submitted to the board of judges and determined by a majority of the board of judges.(i) A resolution approved by a majority of the board of judges that resolves disputes within a division must include at least one (1) of the judges of that division and binds all of the judges of that division.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-23.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.1-2007, SEC.217.
IN Code § 33-33-2-32 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-32. Judicial Nominating Commission; Establishment

Sec. 32. (a) There is established a judicial nominating commission for the Allen superior court.(b) The board of county commissioners of Allen County shall provide all facilities, equipment, supplies, and services necessary for the administration of the duties of the commission.(c) The members of the commission serve without compensation. However, the board of commissioners shall reimburse members of the commission for actual expenses incurred in performing their duties.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-30.1.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-33 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-33. Judicial Nominating Commission; Membership

Sec. 33. (a) The judicial nominating commission consists of seven (7) members, the majority of whom shall form a quorum. The chief justice of the supreme court (or a justice of the supreme court or judge of the court of appeals designated by the chief justice) shall be a member and shall act as chairman. Persons who are admitted to the practice of law and who reside in Allen County shall, under sections 35 and 36 of this chapter, elect three (3) members to serve on the commission. The governor shall appoint to the commission three (3) residents of Allen County who are not admitted to the practice of law. However, not more than two (2) of these appointees may be from the same political party. If the governor fails to appoint any of the nonattorney commission members within the time required under section 34 of this chapter, the appointment shall be made by the chief justice of the supreme court.(b) A member of the commission other than a judge or justice may not hold any other salaried public office, and a member may not hold an office in a political party or organization. A member of the commission is ineligible for appointment to a judicial office in Allen County while the member is a member of the commission and for three (3) years thereafter. If any member of the commission other than a judge or justice terminates the member's residence in Allen County, the member is considered to have resigned from the commission.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-31.1.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-34 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-34. Judicial Nominating Commission; Nonattorney Members

Sec. 34. (a) The governor shall appoint the three (3) nonattorney members of the commission.(b) One (1) month before the expiration of a term of office of a nonattorney commissioner, the governor shall:(1) reappoint the commissioner; or(2) appoint a replacement.All appointments shall be certified to the secretary of state, the clerk of the supreme court, and the clerk of Allen superior court not more than ten (10) days after the appointment.(c) After their initial terms, the governor shall appoint each nonattorney commissioner for a term of four (4) years.(d) When a vacancy occurs in the office of a nonattorney commissioner, the chairman of the commission shall promptly notify the governor in writing of that fact. Vacancies in the office of nonattorney commissioners shall be filled by appointment of the governor not more than sixty (60) days after the governor has notice of the vacancy. The nonattorney commissioner appointed shall serve during the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy the nonattorney commissioner has filled.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-32.1.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-35 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-35. Judicial Nominating Commission; Attorney Members

Sec. 35. (a) Persons who are admitted to the practice of law and who reside in Allen County (referred to as "attorney electors") shall elect three (3) members to serve on the commission. The term of office of each elected attorney member is four (4) years, commencing on the first day of October following the member's election. The election day is the first Tuesday in September 1983, and every four (4) years thereafter. During the month before the expiration of each attorney commissioner's term of office, an election shall be held to fill the succeeding four (4) year term of office.(b) Except when a term of office has less than ninety (90) days remaining, vacancies in the office of an attorney commissioner shall be filled for the unexpired term by a special election.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-33.1.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
IN Code § 33-33-2-36 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County|Chapter 2. Allen County|33-33-2-36. Judicial Nominating Commission; Election of Attorney Members

Sec. 36. The attorney members of the commission shall be elected by the following process:(1) The clerk of the superior court shall, at least ninety (90) days before the date of election, notify all attorneys in Allen County of the election by mail, informing them that nominations must be made to the clerk of the superior court at least sixty (60) days before the election.(2) A nomination in writing, accompanied by a signed petition of ten (10) attorney electors and the written consent of the qualified nominee, shall be filed by an attorney elector in the office of the clerk at least sixty (60) days before the election.(3) The clerk shall prepare and print ballots containing the names and residential addresses of all attorney nominees whose written nominations, petitions, and written statements of consent have been received sixty (60) days before the election.(A) The ballot must read:"ALLEN SUPERIOR COURTNOMINATING COMMISSION BALLOTTo be cast by individuals residing in Allen County and admitted to the practice of law in Indiana. Vote for not more than three (3) of the following candidates for terms commencing __________.