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2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-47. Meetings of Commission

Sec. 47. (a) The commission on judicial qualifications shall meet periodically as necessary to discharge its statutory responsibilities. Meetings of the commission on judicial qualifications shall be called in the same manner as prescribed for the judicial nominating commission. A quorum for the transaction of business is four (4) members.
(b) The clerk of the St. Joseph circuit court shall make arrangements for a meeting place in St. Joseph County as the commission may request.
(c) The commission on judicial qualifications may act only at a meeting. The commission on judicial qualifications may adopt reasonable and proper rules and regulations for the conduct of its meetings and discharge of its duties.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-51.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-48. Confidentiality of Proceedings

Sec. 48. (a) All papers filed with and proceedings had before the commission on judicial qualifications before the institution of formal proceedings are confidential unless the judge against whom a complaint has been filed elects to have the information divulged or unless the commission elects to answer publicly disseminated statements issued by any complainant.
(b) All papers filed with the commission on judicial qualifications at the time of or after the institution of formal proceedings are open for public inspection at all reasonable times. Records of proceedings are open for public inspection at all reasonable times. All hearings and proceedings before the commission on judicial qualifications are open to the public.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-52.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-49. Defamatory Material

Sec. 49. The filing of papers with or the giving of testimony before the commission on judicial qualifications under this chapter are absolutely privileged in any action for defamation.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-53.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-50. Complaints

Sec. 50. Complaints directed to the commission on judicial qualifications do not have to be in writing. A specified form of complaint may be required if presented in writing.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-54.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-51. Complaint by Citizen; Investigation

Sec. 51. (a) Any citizen of Indiana may complain to the commission on judicial qualifications with reference to the activities, fitness, or qualifications of any judge of the St. Joseph superior court. Upon receiving a complaint or request, the commission on judicial qualifications shall make an initial inquiry to determine if a complaint is founded and not frivolous. The commission on judicial qualifications, without receiving a complaint, may make an initial inquiry on its own motion.
(b) If the commission on judicial qualifications considers it necessary as a result of its initial inquiry to conduct further investigation, the judge involved may then be notified of the investigation, the nature of the charge, the complaint that must be in writing, the name of the person making the complaint, if any, or that the investigation is on the commission's own motion and the judge shall be afforded reasonable opportunity in the course of the investigation to present matters as the judge may choose. When this notice is given, it must be by prepaid registered or certified mail addressed to the judge at the judge's chambers and at the judge's last known address. If the investigation does not disclose sufficient cause to warrant further proceedings, the judge may be so notified. The commission on judicial qualifications may make investigations by members of the commission or by special investigators employed by the commission, hold confidential hearings with the person filing the complaint or with the person's agents or attorneys, and hold confidential hearings with the judge involved in the complaint.
(c) If the commission on judicial qualification's initial inquiry or investigation does not disclose sufficient cause to warrant further proceedings and if the complainant subsequently issues any statement or statements of any kind for public dissemination relating to the activities or actions of the commission, the commission may answer that statement by reference to as much of the record of its proceedings or results of its investigation as it considers necessary.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-55.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-52. Notification of Formal Proceedings

Sec. 52. (a) After the investigation is completed and if the commission on judicial qualifications concludes that formal proceedings should be instituted, the commission shall give written notice to the judge advising the judge of the institution of formal proceedings to inquire into the charges against the judge. These proceedings shall be entitled:
"BEFORE THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY JUDICIAL
QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION
Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. _______ .".
(b) The notice must be issued in the name of the commission on judicial qualifications, specify in ordinary and concise language the charges against the judge and the alleged facts upon which the charges are based, and advise the judge of the judge's right to file a written answer to the charges against the judge within twenty (20) days after service of the notice upon the judge. A charge is not sufficient if it merely recites the general language of the original complaint. The charge must specify the facts relied upon to support a particular charge. A copy of the notice shall be filed in the office of the commission on judicial qualifications.
(c) The notice shall be made upon the judge by registered or certified mail addressed to the judge at the judge's chambers and the judge's last known address.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-56.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-53. Answer

Sec. 53. Within twenty (20) days after service of the notice of formal proceedings, the judge may file with the commission on judicial qualifications a signed original and one (1) copy of an answer, and shall serve a copy on the counsel by mail.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-57.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-54. Time and Place for Hearing

Sec. 54. Upon filing an answer or upon the expiration of the time for its filing, the commission on judicial qualifications shall order a hearing to be held before it concerning the discipline, retirement, or removal of the judge. The commission on judicial qualifications shall set an approximate date, time, and place for a hearing and shall give notice of the hearing by registered or certified mail to the judge and to the counsel at least twenty (20) days before the date set.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-58.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-55. Hearing

Sec. 55. (a) At the date, time, and place set for hearing, the commission on judicial qualifications may proceed with the hearing whether or not the judge has filed an answer or appears at the hearing.
(b) The failure of the judge to answer or to appear at the hearing, standing alone, may not be taken as evidence of the truth of the facts alleged to constitute grounds for censure, retirement, or removal. In any proceeding for involuntary retirement for disability, the failure of the judge to testify in the judge's own behalf or to submit to a medical examination requested by the commission on judicial qualifications may be considered, unless the failure to appear was due to circumstances beyond the judge's control.
(c) The proceedings at the hearing shall be reported verbatim.
(d) At least four (4) members of the commission on judicial qualifications must be present when the evidence is produced.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-59.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-56. Evidence

Sec. 56. At a hearing before the commission on judicial qualifications the evidentiary rules of the courts of Indiana apply.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-60.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-57. Rights of Judge in Formal Proceedings

Sec. 57. (a) In formal proceedings involving the judge's discipline, retirement, or removal, a judge has the right and reasonable opportunity to defend against the charges by the introduction of evidence, to be represented by counsel, and to examine and cross-examine witnesses. The judge has the right to the issuance of subpoenas for attendance of witnesses to testify or produce books, papers, and other evidentiary matter.
(b) When a transcript of the testimony has been prepared at the expense of the commission on judicial qualifications, a copy shall be furnished without cost to the judge. The judge has the right, without any order or approval, to have all or any part of the testimony in the proceedings transcribed at the judge's expense.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, whenever provision is made for giving notice or sending any matter to the judge, that notice or matter must be mailed by registered or certified mail to the judge at the judge's office and residence unless the judge requests otherwise in writing, and a copy is mailed to the judge's attorney of record.
(d) If the judge has been adjudged incapacitated under IC 29-3, the guardian may claim and exercise any right and privilege and make any defense for the judge with the same force and effect as if claimed, exercised, or made by the judge, if competent, and whenever these rules provide for serving or giving notice or sending any matter to the judge, a copy of the notice or matter also shall be served, given, or sent to the guardian.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-61.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-58. Amendments to Notice or Answer

Sec. 58. At any time before determination of the issues, the commission on judicial qualifications may allow or require amendments to the notice of formal proceedings and may allow amendments to the answer. The notice may be amended to conform to proof or to set forth additional facts, whether occurring before or after the commencement of the hearing. If an amendment is made, the judge shall be given reasonable time both to answer the amendment and to prepare and present the judge's defense against the matters charged thereby.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-62.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-59. Hearing Additional Evidence

Sec. 59. The commission on judicial qualifications may order a hearing for the taking of additional evidence at any time while the matter is pending before it. The order must set the date, time, and place of the hearing in St. Joseph County and must indicate the matters on which the evidence is to be taken. A copy of the order shall be sent by registered or certified mail to the judge and to the counsel at least ten (10) days before the date of the hearing.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-63.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-60. Recommendation of Commission; Vote

Sec. 60. If the commission on judicial qualifications finds good cause, it shall recommend to the supreme court the censure, retirement, or removal of the judge. The affirmative vote of four (4) members of the commission on judicial qualifications, including a majority of those who were present at the hearing or hearings when the evidence was produced, is required for a recommendation of discipline, retirement, or removal of a judge.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-64.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-61. Certified Recommendation to Supreme Court

Sec. 61. Upon making a determination recommending the censure, retirement, or removal of a judge, the commission on judicial qualifications shall promptly file a copy of the recommendation certified by the chairman or secretary of the commission, together with the transcript and findings and conclusions, with the clerk of the supreme court and shall promptly mail to the judge and to the counsel notice of the filing, together with a copy of the recommendation, finding, and conclusions.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-65.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-62. Petition to Modify or Reject Commission Recommendation

Sec. 62. (a) A petition to the supreme court to modify or reject the recommendation of the commission on judicial qualifications for censure, retirement, or removal of a judge may be filed by the judge within thirty (30) days after the filing with the clerk of the supreme court of the certified copy of the commission's recommendation. The petition must:
(1) be verified;
(2) be based on the record;
(3) specify the grounds relied on; and
(4) be accompanied by petitioner's brief together with proof of service on the commission of two (2) copies, and on the counsel of one (1) copy, of the petition and the brief.
Within twenty (20) days after service of petitioner's brief the commission on judicial qualifications shall file a respondent's brief and serve a copy of the respondent's brief on the judge. Within twenty (20) days after service of the respondent's brief, the petitioner may file a reply brief, two (2) copies of which shall be served on the commission on judicial qualifications and one (1) copy shall be served on the counsel.
(b) Failure to file a petition within the time provided is considered a consent to the determination on the merits based upon the record filed by the commission on judicial qualifications.
(c) To the extent necessary to implement this section and if not inconsistent with this section, the Indiana Rules of Appellate Procedure are applicable to reviews by the supreme court of commission on judicial qualifications proceedings.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-66.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-63. Powers of Commission in Investigations and Hearings

Sec. 63. The commission on judicial qualifications has jurisdiction and powers necessary to conduct the proper and speedy disposition of any investigation or hearing, including the power to compel the attendance of witnesses, to take or cause to be taken the deposition of witnesses, and to order the production of books, records, or other documentary evidence. Any member of the commission on judicial qualifications may administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses in any matter within the jurisdiction of the commission.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-67.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-64. Subpoenas

Sec. 64. Subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence between the commission on judicial qualifications or for discovery shall be issued by the chairman of the commission and shall be served in the manner provided by law for the service of process.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-68.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-65. Enforcement of Subpoena

Sec. 65. If in any proceeding before the commission on judicial qualifications, any witness fails or refuses to attend upon subpoena issued by the commission or any of the commission's representatives, or appearing, refuses to testify or refuses to produce any books and papers the production of which is called for by the subpoena, the attendance of any witness and the giving of the witness's testimony and the production of the books and papers required shall be enforced by the St. Joseph circuit court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-69.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-66. Papers and Pleadings Filed With Commission

Sec. 66. All papers and pleadings filed with the chairman of the commission on judicial qualifications at the chairman's office shall be considered filed with the commission.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-70.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-67. Discovery

Sec. 67. (a) In all formal proceedings, discovery shall be available to the commission on judicial qualifications and to the judge in accordance with the Indiana Rules of Civil Procedure. Any motions requesting court orders for discovery shall be made to the St. Joseph circuit court.
(b) In all formal proceedings before the commission on judicial qualifications, the counsel shall furnish to the judge not less than twenty (20) days before any hearing the following:
(1) The names and addresses of all witnesses whose testimony the counsel expects to offer at the hearing together with copies of all written statements and transcripts of testimony of the witnesses in the possession of the counsel or the commission that are relevant to the subject matter of the hearing and that have not previously been furnished the judge.
(2) Copies of all documentary evidence that the counsel expects to offer in evidence at the hearing. The testimony of any witness, except if offered in rebuttal or for impeachment, whose name and address have not been furnished to the judge, and documentary evidence, copies of which have not been furnished to the judge, as provided in this subsection, are not admissible in evidence at the hearing over the objection of the judge. After formal proceedings have been instituted, the judge may request in writing that the counsel furnish to the judge the names and addresses of all witnesses then or thereafter known to the counsel who have information that may be relevant to any charge against the judge and to any defense of the judge with respect to the charge. The counsel shall also furnish copies of such written statements, transcripts of testimony, and documentary evidence as are then or thereafter known to the counsel and are then or thereafter in the possession of the counsel or the commission that are relevant to any charges or defense and that have not previously been furnished the judge. The counsel shall comply with a request within ten (10) days after receipt of the request and thereafter within ten (10) days after any information or evidence becomes known to the counsel.
(c) During the course of an investigation by the commission on judicial qualifications, the judge whose conduct is being investigated may demand in writing that the commission either institute formal proceedings against the judge or enter a formal finding that there is not probable cause to believe that the judge is guilty of any misconduct. The commission on judicial qualifications shall within sixty (60) days after the judge's demand comply with the demand. A copy of the demand must be filed with the supreme court and is a matter of public record. If, after a demand, the commission on judicial qualifications finds that there is not probable cause, that finding must be filed with the supreme court and is a matter of public record.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-71.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-68. Retirement; Removal

Sec. 68. (a) Whenever a judge of a St. Joseph County court is retired by the supreme court under this chapter and on the grounds set forth in sections 44 and 46 of this chapter, the judge is considered to have retired voluntarily. In these situations, this chapter may not be construed to authorize any encroachment upon or impairment of any rights of the judge or the judge's surviving spouse under any constitutional or statutory retirement program.
(b) A judge of a St. Joseph County court who is removed from office by the supreme court on those grounds set forth in sections 44 and 46 of this chapter, is ineligible for judicial office and, pending further order of the supreme court, shall be suspended from the practice of law in Indiana.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-72.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 71. St. Joseph County › 33-33-71-69. Magistrates

Sec. 69. (a) The superior court may jointly appoint four (4) full-time magistrates under IC 33-23-5 to serve the court using the selection method provided by IC 36-1-8-10(b)(1) or IC 36-1-8-10(b)(2). Not more than two (2) of the magistrates appointed under this section may be members of the same political party.
(b) A magistrate continues in office until jointly removed by the judges of the court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-73.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.1-2007, SEC.219; P.L.127-2008, SEC.18; P.L.173-2015, SEC.13; P.L.193-2017, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 72. Scott County › 33-33-72-1. Judicial Circuit; Magistrate

Sec. 1. (a) Scott County constitutes the sixth judicial circuit.
(b) The judges of the Scott circuit court and Scott superior court may jointly appoint one (1) full-time magistrate under IC 33-23-5 to serve the circuit and superior courts.
(c) The magistrate continues in office until removed by the judges of the Scott circuit and superior courts.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-1-71.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.156-2018, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 72. Scott County › 33-33-72-2. Establishment of Standard Superior Court

Sec. 2. (a) There is established a court of record to be known as the Scott superior court.
(b) The Scott superior court is a standard superior court as described in IC 33-29-1.
(c) Scott County comprises the judicial district of the court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-38.9-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 72. Scott County › 33-33-72-3. Judge; Location of Court Sessions

Sec. 3. The Scott superior court has one (1) judge who shall hold sessions in Scottsburg.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-38.9-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 72. Scott County › 33-33-72-4. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-38.9-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.201-2011, SEC.115.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 72. Scott County › 33-33-72-5. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-38.9-11.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.201-2011, SEC.115.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 73. Shelby County › 33-33-73-1. Judicial Circuit

Sec. 1. Shelby County constitutes the sixteenth judicial circuit.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-1-72.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 73. Shelby County › 33-33-73-2. Establishment of Standard Superior Courts

Sec. 2. (a) There are established two (2) courts of record to be known as the Shelby superior court No. 1 and the Shelby superior court No. 2.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each Shelby superior court is a standard superior court as described in IC 33-29-1.
(c) The judges of the Shelby circuit and superior courts may jointly appoint one (1) full-time magistrate under IC 33-23-5 to serve the circuit and superior courts. A magistrate appointed under this section continues in office until jointly removed by the judges of the circuit and superior courts.
(d) Shelby County comprises the judicial district of the courts.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-39-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.129-2017, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 73. Shelby County › 33-33-73-3. Judges; Location of Court Sessions

Sec. 3. Each Shelby superior court has one (1) judge who shall hold sessions in the Shelby County courthouse in Shelbyville.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citations: 33-5-39-2; 33-5-39-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 73. Shelby County › 33-33-73-4. Transcripts

Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to criminal cases.
(b) If the transcript of the original papers in a civil action or proceeding received by the clerk of the Shelby circuit court and Shelby superior courts on change of venue from another county contains an order of the court from which venue was changed designating the court to which the case is to be transferred, the clerk shall file the action or proceeding on the docket of the designated court.
(c) If the transcript of the original papers in a civil action or proceeding does not contain an order designating the court to which the case is to be transferred, the clerk shall alternately file each action or proceeding on the docket of the Shelby circuit court and the docket of the Shelby superior courts depending on the order and sequence in which the papers of the cases reach the clerk.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-39-9.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 73. Shelby County › 33-33-73-5. Change of Venue

Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to criminal cases.
(b) Notwithstanding IC 33-29-1-9, after any action or proceeding is docketed in a Shelby superior court or the Shelby circuit court on change of venue, all parties who have appeared in the case in person or by counsel may agree on and request a transfer from a superior court to the circuit court or from the circuit court to a superior court.
(c) Upon the agreement of all parties, the court in which the action is pending shall order the case transferred to the other court. The clerk shall transmit the original papers of the case to the other court and docket the case in the other court without any transcript being required.
(d) All further proceedings in the case shall take place in the court to which the case is transferred. If the case is one in which the prosecuting attorney is required to appear and defend and a party fails to appear or to employ counsel, the prosecuting attorney has the right to agree to the transfer instead of the nonappearing party or counsel.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-39-10.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 73. Shelby County › 33-33-73-6. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-39-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.201-2011, SEC.115.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 73. Shelby County › 33-33-73-7. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-39-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.201-2011, SEC.115.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 74. Spencer County › 33-33-74-1. Judicial Circuit

Sec. 1. Spencer County constitutes the eighty-fourth judicial circuit.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-1-73.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.201-2011, SEC.88.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 75. Starke County › 33-33-75-1. Judicial Circuit

Sec. 1. Starke County constitutes the forty-fourth judicial circuit.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-1-74.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.201-2011, SEC.89.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 75. Starke County › 33-33-75-2. Magistrate

Sec. 2. The judge of the Starke circuit court may appoint one (1) full-time magistrate under IC 33-23-5. The magistrate continues in office until removed by the judge.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-1-74.3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 75. Starke County › 33-33-75-3. Judicial Powers

Sec. 3. All inherent powers of judicial mandate in Starke County remain vested solely in the judge of the Starke circuit court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-1-74.6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 76. Steuben County › 33-33-76-1. Judicial Circuit; Magistrate

Sec. 1. (a) Steuben County constitutes the eighty-fifth judicial circuit.
(b) The judges of the Steuben circuit and superior courts may jointly appoint one (1) full-time magistrate under IC 33-23-5 to serve the circuit and superior courts.
(c) The magistrate continues in office until removed by the judges of the Steuben circuit and superior courts.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citations: 33-4-1-76; 33-4-1-76.1; 33-5-40.1-12.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 76. Steuben County › 33-33-76-2. Establishment of Standard Superior Court

Sec. 2. (a) There is established a court of record to be known as the Steuben superior court.
(b) The Steuben superior court is a standard superior court as described in IC 33-29-1.
(c) Steuben County comprises the judicial district of the court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40.1-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 76. Steuben County › 33-33-76-3. Judge; Location of Court Sessions

Sec. 3. The Steuben superior court has one (1) judge who shall hold sessions in:
(1) the Steuben County courthouse in Angola; or
(2) other places in the county that the Steuben County executive may provide.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40.1-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 76. Steuben County › 33-33-76-4. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40.1-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.201-2011, SEC.115.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 76. Steuben County › 33-33-76-5. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40.1-11.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.201-2011, SEC.115.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 77. Sullivan County › 33-33-77-1. Judicial Circuit; Magistrate

Sec. 1. (a) Sullivan County constitutes the fourteenth judicial circuit.
(b) Until January 1, 2017, the judge of the Sullivan circuit court and the judge of the Sullivan superior court may jointly appoint one (1) full-time magistrate under IC 33-23-5 to serve the circuit and superior courts.
(c) A magistrate appointed under subsection (b) continues in office until the earlier of the following:
(1) The date the magistrate is jointly removed by the judge of the Sullivan circuit court and the judge of the Sullivan superior court.
(2) January 1, 2017.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citations: 33-4-1-77; 33-5-40.5-12.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.173-2015, SEC.14; P.L.17-2016, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 77. Sullivan County › 33-33-77-2. Establishment of Standard Superior Court

Sec. 2. (a) There is established a court of record to be known as the Sullivan superior court.
(b) The Sullivan superior court is a standard superior court as described in IC 33-29-1.
(c) Sullivan County comprises the judicial district of the court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40.5-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 77. Sullivan County › 33-33-77-3. Judge; Location of Court Sessions

Sec. 3. The Sullivan superior court has one (1) judge who shall hold sessions in:
(1) the Sullivan County courthouse in Sullivan; or
(2) other places in the county that the Sullivan County executive provides.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40.5-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 77. Sullivan County › 33-33-77-4. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40.5-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.201-2011, SEC.115.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 77. Sullivan County › 33-33-77-5. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40.5-11.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.201-2011, SEC.115.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-2. Judicial Circuit

Sec. 2. Switzerland County constitutes the ninety-first judicial circuit.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-1-78.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.127-2008, SEC.19; P.L.201-2011, SEC.90.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-3. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-37.7-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.127-2008, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-4. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-37.7-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.127-2008, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-5. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-37.7-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.127-2008, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-6. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-37.7-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.127-2008, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-7. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-37.7-11.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.127-2008, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-8. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-37.7-9.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.127-2008, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-9. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-37.7-10.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.127-2008, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-10. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-37.7-12.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.118-2007, SEC.38.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-11. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-37.7-14.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.127-2008, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-12. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-37.7-15.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.127-2008, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-13. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-37.7-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.127-2008, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 78. Switzerland County › 33-33-78-14. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-37.7-16.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.127-2008, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-2. Judicial Circuit

Sec. 2. Tippecanoe County constitutes the twenty-third judicial circuit.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-1-79.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-3. Establishment of Superior Court; Election of Judge

Sec. 3. (a) There is established a court of record to be known as the superior court of Tippecanoe County.
(b) The superior court has one (1) judge, who shall hold office for six (6) years, beginning on the first day of January after the judge's election, and until the judge's successor is elected and qualified. The judge shall be elected every six (6) years at the general election.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-4. Seal

Sec. 4. The judge of the superior court shall cause to be provided a seal for the court. The seal must contain on its face the words "Superior Court of Tippecanoe County". A description and impression of the seal shall be spread upon the order book of the court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-5. Location of Court Sessions

Sec. 5. The superior court shall hold its sessions at the Tippecanoe County courthouse or at any other convenient place as the board of county commissioners or the judge of the court may provide in Lafayette.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-6. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.201-2011, SEC.115.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-7. Process of Court

Sec. 7. The process of the superior court must have the seal affixed, and be attested, directed, served, returned, and in the form as is provided for process issuing from the circuit court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-8. Court of Record; Force and Effect of Judgments and Orders

Sec. 8. The superior court is a court of record and of general jurisdiction, and its judgments, decrees, orders, and proceedings have the same force and effect as those of the circuit court and shall be enforced in the same manner.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-8.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-9. Power of Court or Judge

Sec. 9. The superior court may:
(1) issue and direct all process to courts of inferior jurisdiction, corporations, and individuals necessary in exercising the court's jurisdiction and for the regular execution of the law;
(2) make all proper judgments, sentences, decrees, orders, and injunctions;
(3) issue all process and executions; and
(4) perform other acts necessary to implement this chapter;
in conformity with the Constitution of the State of Indiana and Indiana law.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-9.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-10. Power of Judge Same as Circuit Court Judge

Sec. 10. The judge of the court may grant restraining orders and injunctions; issue writs of habeas corpus and of mandate and prohibition; appoint receivers, master commissioners, and commissioners to convey real property; grant commissions for the examination of witnesses; and appoint other officers necessary to facilitate and transact the business of said court, conferred on circuit courts or circuit court judges.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-10.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-11. Power and Authority of Judge

Sec. 11. (a) The judge of the court:
(1) may make and adopt rules and regulations for conducting the business of the court; and
(2) has the power 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 judge of the court may:
(1) administer oaths;
(2) solemnize marriages;
(3) take and certify acknowledgments of deeds; and
(4) give all necessary certificates for the authentication of the records and proceedings in the court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-11.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-12. Adverse or Pecuniary Interest of Judge

Sec. 12. If the judge of the court is interested, or in the progress of the cause becomes interested, in an action or a matter pending in the court, the action or matter shall be removed for hearing and determination to the Tippecanoe circuit court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-12.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-13. Affidavit for Change of Venue

Sec. 13. (a) When an affidavit for a change of venue is filed in the superior court for any of the causes described in IC 34-35-1-1(1), IC 34-35-1-1(2), IC 34-35-1-1(6), or IC 34-35-1-1(7), a judge of the circuit or a superior court shall be called to hear and determine the cause as provided by law for changes of venue in causes pending in the circuit court.
(b) If the causes are alleged in the affidavit and described in IC 34-35-1-1(3), IC 34-35-1-1(4), and IC 34-35-1-1(5), the change of venue shall be granted and the cause directed to the circuit court of some other county, as provided in cases of changes of venue from the circuit court. The court to which the case is sent has jurisdiction to hear and determine the cause and render judgment.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-13.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-14. Dockets; Books and Papers

Sec. 14. The clerk shall, under the direction of the judge, provide for the court, order books, judgment dockets, execution dockets, fee books, and other books as necessary, and all the books, papers, and proceedings of the court shall be kept distinct and separate from those of other courts.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-14.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79. Tippecanoe County › 33-33-79-15. Appeals From Superior Court

Sec. 15. In a case where, under state law, a person has the right of appeal from the circuit court to the supreme court, an appeal may be had from the superior court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-41-17.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County › Chapter 79.2. Tippecanoe Superior Court No. 2 › 33-33-79.2-1. Application

Sec. 1. IC 33-29-1 does not apply to this chapter.
[2004 Recodification Citation: New.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.