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2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-11. Expenses for Judges Transferred to Other Counties

Sec. 11. Any judge transferred to a court in another county shall be paid travel and other necessary expenses by the county to which the judge is transferred. An allowance for expenses shall be certified by the chief justice in duplicate to the auditor of the county. The certificate of allowance is prima facie evidence of the correctness of the claims. An item of expenses certified to be correct must be allowed by the board of commissioners of that county.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-7-9.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-12. Court Technology Fund

Sec. 12. (a) The court technology fund is established to fund court technology. The office of judicial administration shall administer the fund. The fund consists of the following:
(1) Appropriations made by the general assembly.
(2) Grants and gifts designated for the fund or court technology.
(b) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.
(c) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
(d) The budget committee may release funds for court technology after the office of judicial administration certifies in conjunction with the Indiana office of technology, that the court technology is in compliance with the information sharing and exchange provisions of IC 33-24-6-3(a).
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-7-10.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.229-2011, SEC.256; P.L.284-2013, SEC.3; P.L.161-2018, SEC.65; P.L.201-2023, SEC.253.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-12.5. Statewide Collection of Juvenile Justice Data

Sec. 12.5. The office of judicial administration shall establish and administer a plan that will ensure that the juvenile justice data in each county is collected and shared with the office of judicial administration so that the office can compile and aggregate the data.
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.34.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-13. Report Concerning Enforcement of Residential Complex

Sec. 13. (a) Beginning in 2018, not later than March 1 of each year, the office of judicial administration shall submit a report to the legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 providing the following information relating to the enforcement of residential complex traffic ordinances on the property of residential complexes under contracts entered into under IC 9-21-18-4.3:
(1) The number of traffic stops.
(2) The number of citations issued.
(3) The number of traffic stops and citations issued.
(b) The report must set forth information required under subsection (a) by:
(1) each unit that has adopted a residential complex traffic ordinance:
(A) under IC 9-21-18-4.3; and
(B) through issuance of electronic traffic tickets (as defined in IC 9-30-3-2.5); and
(2) the totals for all units described in subdivision (1).
(c) The office of judicial administration must issue a report under this section for each of the following years:
(1) 2017.
(2) 2018.
(3) 2019.
(4) 2020.
(5) 2021.
(6) 2022.
(7) 2023.
(8) 2024.
(9) 2025.
(10) 2026.
As added by P.L.38-2016, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.161-2018, SEC.66; P.L.135-2021, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-14. Duty of Office to Collect Data and Submit a Report Concerning Firearm Confiscation

Sec. 14. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section:
(1) "Dangerous" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-47-14-1.
(2) "Firearm" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-47-1-5.
(3) "Office" means the office of judicial administration created by section 1 of this chapter.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2021, the office shall collect and record the following information:
(1) The law enforcement agency responsible for each confiscation of a firearm under IC 35-47-14-2 and IC 35-47-14-3.
(2) The number of:
(A) warrant based firearm confiscations under IC 35-47-14-2; and
(B) warrantless firearm confiscations under IC 35-47-14-3;
for each county, as applicable, each year.
(3) The total number of:
(A) handguns; and
(B) long guns;
confiscated under IC 35-47-14 for each county, as applicable, each year.
(4) The county in which a court issues an order that finds or does not find an individual to be dangerous under IC 35-47-14-6.
(c) The office shall, beginning July 1, 2021, not later than January 1 of each year, submit a report to the legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 that consolidates and presents the information described in subsection (b).
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) and information provided to a law enforcement agency for the purposes of handgun licenses, the office shall not disclose, distribute, transfer, or provide the following information to any person, entity, agency, or department:
(1) The:
(A) name;
(B) date of birth;
(C) Social Security number;
(D) address; or
(E) other unique identifier;
belonging to or associated with an individual alleged to be dangerous by a law enforcement officer or found to be dangerous by a circuit or superior court.
(2) The make, model, or serial number of any handgun, long gun, or firearm seized, confiscated, retained, disposed of, or sold under IC 35-47-14.
(e) Information:
(1) collected by the office; or
(2) used by the office;
to prepare the report described in subsection (c) is confidential and not subject to public inspection or copying under IC 5-14-3-3.
(f) The office shall make the report described in subsection (c) available to the public.
(g) The office may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this section.
As added by P.L.142-2020, SEC.54.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-15. Transmitting Prohibited Person Data

Sec. 15. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section:
(1) "Firearm" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-47-1-5.
(2) "INcite" means the Indiana court information technology extranet.
(3) "NICS" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-47-2.5-2.5.
(4) "Office" means the office of judicial administration created by section 1 of this chapter.
(5) "Prohibited person" means a person who is prohibited from:
(A) possessing a firearm under state or federal law; or
(B) carrying a handgun under IC 35-47-2-1.5(b).
(b) The office may, before January 1, 2024, develop and maintain a system to transmit data contained in the following, for the purpose of aiding law enforcement in the identification of a prohibited person:
(1) The odyssey case management system.
(2) The NICS reporting application.
(3) The protection order registry.
(4) The offender management system.
(5) Any other relevant data source as determined by the office.
(c) The office may, before July 1, 2024, develop an electronic tool to allow a court to access its system in order to retrieve and transmit data that can be used to determine whether a person is a prohibited person. The office may create an INcite application to serve as the electronic tool.
As added by P.L.23-2023, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 7. Supreme Court Records › 33-24-7-1. Orders Concerning Transcription of Records

Sec. 1. When the supreme court or a majority of the justices of the supreme court consider it necessary to have all or part of the records of the court transcribed to protect those records from mutilation or decay arising from any cause, the court or justices shall order the clerk of the supreme court to transcribe the records in suitable books to be procured by the clerk for that purpose. The court shall make a reasonable allowance for the transcription to the clerk in an amount that the court considers just and proper. The allowance, when certified by a justice of the court, shall be audited by the auditor of state and paid as similar allowances in other cases.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-2-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 7. Supreme Court Records › 33-24-7-2. Transcription of Records; Force and Effect of Transcribed Records

Sec. 2. (a) When the supreme court makes an order under section 1 of this chapter, the clerk of the supreme court shall procure the books ordered by the court and transcribe in them the records or parts of records as ordered by the court.
(b) Records or parts of records transcribed under this chapter have the force and effect of the original records. Transcripts of records or parts of records transcribed under this chapter, certified by the clerk, under the seal of the court, have the same force and effect as transcripts of the original records.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-2-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 7. Supreme Court Records › 33-24-7-3. Index of Supreme Court Records

Sec. 3. (a) The clerk of the supreme court shall prepare for public use, under the direction of the supreme court, a systematic index to the court's records and papers on file in the clerk's office. The index must include the following:
(1) The title and number of every cause appealed to the supreme court.
(2) The county and court from which appealed.
(3) The date of filing the appeal in the clerk's office.
(4) The date of every decision and how decided.
(5) The number of the box or drawer in which the papers in every case can readily be found.
The clerk shall also properly clean, arrange, and securely tie the papers in each cause and place them in boxes and drawers when they are provided by the proper authorities for that purpose.
(b) The clerk of the supreme court shall also index other papers and records on file in the clerk's office as may be directed by the supreme court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-4-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 8. Supreme Court Fees › 33-24-8-1. Taxing Fees and Charging Amounts; Accounting; Report of Uncollected Fees

Sec. 1. (a) The clerk of the supreme court, for the clerk's services, shall, upon proper books to be kept in the clerk's office for that purpose, tax the fees and charge the amounts specified in this chapter. The fees and amounts belong to and are the property of the state.
(b) On March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year, the clerk shall:
(1) make and file with the auditor of state a verified account of all fees and amounts collected during the preceding three (3) months;
(2) pay the amount shown to be due the state to the treasurer of state; and
(3) file with the treasurer of state a verified report of uncollected fees and amounts due the state of Indiana accruing in cases disposed of during that quarter.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-5-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 8. Supreme Court Fees › 33-24-8-2. Filing Fee for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals

Sec. 2. The clerk of the supreme court shall tax and charge a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in each cause filed in either the supreme court or the court of appeals.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-5-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 8. Supreme Court Fees › 33-24-8-3. Fee Bills

Sec. 3. The clerk of the supreme court may, at any time after the services are rendered, issue fee bills under IC 33-37-4-10 for services rendered by the clerk or by another person in the court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-5-2.5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 8. Supreme Court Fees › 33-24-8-4. Fees Charged and Collected; Contracts; Exceptions

Sec. 4. (a) The clerk of the supreme court shall charge the following fees:
(1) For making record and certificate of admission of attorneys to practice before the supreme court, a fee of two dollars ($2).
(2) For making and furnishing to any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation unauthenticated copies of the opinions of the supreme court and the court of appeals for the purpose of publication by the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation obtaining the copies, if a contract has been made by the clerk with the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation to furnish the copies for at least one (1) year, a fee of two thousand eight hundred twenty-five dollars ($2,825) per year, to be paid quarterly in advance.
(b) The clerk of the supreme court may make a contract described in subsection (a).
(c) This section does not prohibit proprietors of newspapers from copying opinions of the supreme court and the court of appeals or from making abstracts of these opinions for publication in the newspapers.
(d) For all other unauthenticated copies of the opinions of the supreme court and the court of appeals furnished by the clerk of the supreme court to any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation, the clerk shall charge one dollar ($1) per page.
(e) The fees and amounts charged under this section shall be deposited by the clerk of the supreme court into the state general fund in the manner and at the time provided for the making of the quarterly reports of other collected fees due the state.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-5-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 8. Supreme Court Fees › 33-24-8-5. Contents of Quarterly Report; Special Reports

Sec. 5. The quarterly report required to be made by the clerk of the supreme court under section 1 of this chapter must show the number and title of the cause and the amount due the state. The clerk is not required to make any other or different reports, except special reports on the order of the supreme court or the court of appeals, or the written request of the governor or auditor of state.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-5-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 8. Supreme Court Fees › 33-24-8-6. Taxation of Sheriffs' Fees; Transmittal of Books, Papers, Fees, and Property to Successor; Disposition of Unclaimed Fees

Sec. 6. (a) The clerk of the supreme court shall tax and charge in favor of the sheriff of the supreme court, or in favor of county sheriffs for their services as the deputies of the sheriff of the supreme court, the fees and amounts provided by law. The fees and amounts described in this subsection do not belong to the state but are the property of the sheriff of the supreme court and the sheriff's agents. When the fees are collected, the fees shall be paid over to the sheriff or the sheriff's agents.
(b) The clerk of the supreme court at the expiration of the clerk's term shall hand over to the clerk's successor in office all of the books, papers, fees, costs, charges, and amounts, together with all money and other property received by the clerk by virtue of the clerk's office or under color of that office.
(c) The attorney general shall enforce the collection, for the use and benefit of the party entitled to them, all fees and amounts collected and retained by the person, including penalties, against any persons liable for the fees and amounts. All unclaimed fees collected under this chapter from former clerks that have been paid in for two (2) years and remain in the office of the clerk of the supreme court for six (6) months uncollected by the person to whom the fees are due, and all other unclaimed fees in the hands of the clerk of the supreme court, after the expiration of two (2) years from the date when the fees are paid to the clerk, shall be paid into the state treasury, to be held as other funds that escheat to the state. The clerk of the supreme court, when fees are paid into the office of the clerk for the benefit of any other officer or person, shall immediately notify that officer or person by mail that the fees have been paid, the date of payment, and the amount of the payment.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-5-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 9. Appeal Bonds › 33-24-9-1. Taxing Fees and Costs; Collection of Fees, Costs, and Executions

Sec. 1. In all cases brought to the supreme court by appeal, in which an appeal bond is executed by the plaintiff in the appeal, the clerk of the supreme court shall:
(1) tax all fees and costs for which the plaintiff is liable in the court, against the principal and sureties on the bonds, as though they were co-plaintiffs or co-defendants;
(2) issue fee bills or executions for the collection of the fees or costs and executions; and
(3) collect all judgments that are rendered by the court against the plaintiffs, against the principals and sureties jointly.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-6-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 9. Appeal Bonds › 33-24-9-2. Endorsement on Writ; Levy on Property on Principal or Surety

Sec. 2. (a) Before delivering a writ for the collection of fees, costs, or execution to the proper officer, the clerk of the supreme court shall endorse on the writ which of the parties is the principal and which is the surety in the writ.
(b) The officer responsible for enforcement of the writ shall first levy upon the property of the principal in the writ. To the extent that sufficient property of the principal cannot be found, the officer shall, without delay, levy the writ upon the property of the surety or sureties, and proceed to sell that property as in other cases.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-6-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 9. Appeal Bonds › 33-24-9-3. Limitation of Action for Collection of Fees or Costs

Sec. 3. A writ may not be issued under this chapter for the collection of fees or costs more than five (5) years after the date the cause was decided in the supreme court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-6-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 10. Disciplinary Proceedings Against Attorneys › 33-24-10-1. "Admission and Discipline Rule"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "admission and discipline rule" refers to the Rules for Admission to the Bar and the "Discipline of Attorneys" adopted by the supreme court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-3.1-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 10. Disciplinary Proceedings Against Attorneys › 33-24-10-2. "Commission"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to the disciplinary commission created by Admission and Discipline Rule 23.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-3.1-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 10. Disciplinary Proceedings Against Attorneys › 33-24-10-3. "Commissioner"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "commissioner" means a member of the disciplinary commission appointed under Admission and Discipline Rule 23.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-3.1-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 10. Disciplinary Proceedings Against Attorneys › 33-24-10-4. "Executive Secretary"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "executive secretary" refers to the executive secretary of the disciplinary commission.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-3.1-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 10. Disciplinary Proceedings Against Attorneys › 33-24-10-5. Statements Made to Commission; Immunity From Civil Liability

Sec. 5. A person is immune from civil liability for damages for any sworn or written statements made:
(1) without malice and transmitted to the commission, the executive secretary, or the executive secretary's staff; or
(2) in the course of investigatory, hearing, or review proceedings under Admission and Discipline Rule 23.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citations: 33-2-3.1-2; 33-2-3.1-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 10. Disciplinary Proceedings Against Attorneys › 33-24-10-6. Liability of Commission and Staff

Sec. 6. The executive secretary, the executive secretary's staff, counsel, investigators, hearing officers, and the commissioners are immune from civil liability for damages for conduct within the scope and arising out of the performance of their duties.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 11. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citations:
33-24-11-1formerly 33-2.1-10-133-24-11-2formerly 33-2.1-10-233-24-11-3formerly 33-2.1-10-333-24-11-4formerly 33-2.1-10-433-24-11-5formerly 33-2.1-10-533-24-11-6formerly 33-2.1-10-633-24-11-7formerly 33-2.1-10-733-24-11-8formerly 33-2.1-10-833-24-11-9formerly 33-2.1-10-9.]
Repealed by P.L.53-2014, SEC.146.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 12. Civil Legal Aid Fund › 33-24-12-1. "Fund"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the civil legal aid fund established by section 5 of this chapter.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-11-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 12. Civil Legal Aid Fund › 33-24-12-2. "Indigent"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "indigent" means an individual whose income is not more than one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the federal income poverty level as determined annually by the federal Office of Management and Budget under 42 U.S.C. 9902.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-11-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 12. Civil Legal Aid Fund › 33-24-12-3. "Legal Services Provider"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "legal services provider" means a private, nonprofit organization incorporated and operated exclusively in Indiana, the primary function and purpose of which is to provide civil legal services without charge to the indigent.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-11-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 12. Civil Legal Aid Fund › 33-24-12-5. Establishment of Civil Legal Aid Fund; Administration

Sec. 5. (a) The civil legal aid fund is established to provide additional revenue for legal services providers.
(b) The fund is administered by the office of judicial administration.
(c) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-11-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.161-2018, SEC.68; P.L.201-2023, SEC.254.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 12. Civil Legal Aid Fund › 33-24-12-6. Formula for Fund Distribution

Sec. 6. (a) The office of judicial administration shall annually determine the amount to be distributed from the fund to each county's legal services provider under the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the number of civil cases filed in the county during the year as reported by the most recent Indiana Judicial Report.
STEP TWO: Determine the number of civil cases filed in Indiana during the year as reported by the most recent Indiana Judicial Report.
STEP THREE: Divide the amount determined in STEP ONE by the amount determined in STEP TWO.
STEP FOUR: Multiply the quotient determined in STEP THREE by the annual amount of the appropriation from the state general fund as provided in the state budget act.
Except as provided in subsection (b), the product determined in STEP FOUR is the amount to be distributed to the legal services provider or providers having the county in its service area.
(b) In a county where there is more than one (1) legal services provider, the amount distributed from the fund for that county shall be distributed among the legal services providers in direct proportion to the number of legal services providers in that county.
(c) Distributions from the fund shall be made on January 1 and July 1 of each year. Money in the fund is annually appropriated to carry out the purposes of the fund.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-11-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.161-2018, SEC.69; P.L.201-2023, SEC.255.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 12. Civil Legal Aid Fund › 33-24-12-7. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-11-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.201-2023, SEC.256.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 13. Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity › 33-24-13-1. "Program"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the Indiana conference for legal education opportunity established by section 2 of this chapter.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-12-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 13. Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity › 33-24-13-2. Establishment of Program; Purpose

Sec. 2. The Indiana conference for legal education opportunity is established to assist Indiana minority, low income, or educationally disadvantaged college graduates in pursuing a law degree and a career in the Indiana legal and professional community.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-12-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 13. Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity › 33-24-13-3. Organization and Administration of Program; Advisory Committee

Sec. 3. (a) The program shall be organized and administered by the chief justice of the supreme court. The chief justice shall appoint an advisory committee composed of eight (8) members as follows:
(1) Two (2) practicing attorneys.
(2) Two (2) judges.
(3) Two (2) Indiana law school professors or administrators.
(4) Two (2) members representing community groups.
(b) The chief justice shall serve as chair of the advisory committee.
(c) Appointed members of the committee serve for three (3) year terms and may be reappointed.
(d) The committee shall solicit applications and select persons for the program who:
(1) have earned a bachelor's degree;
(2) have applied to an Indiana law school;
(3) have demonstrated the interest, motivation, and capacity to earn a law degree; and
(4) would benefit from the special training offered by the program.
(e) The committee shall award annual stipends to certified graduates of the program.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-12-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 13. Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity › 33-24-13-4. Preparatory Course of Study Required; Instructors

Sec. 4. (a) The program must provide for an intensive course of study to prepare the students selected for the demands of a law school education through classroom discussion and instruction in legal research, writing, and analysis.
(b) The program shall be taught by law professors and others from the legal profession and shall be held at an Indiana law school during the summer months.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-12-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 13. Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity › 33-24-13-5. Financial Assistance

Sec. 5. (a) The program must provide financial assistance in the form of an annual stipend for those students who successfully complete the course of study and become certified graduates of the program.
(b) To be eligible for the annual stipend, certified graduates must be admitted to an Indiana law school, enroll on a full-time basis, and maintain good academic standing. However, for good cause and to advance the purposes of the program, the advisory committee may waive the requirement that a certified graduate must enroll on a full-time basis.
(c) The stipend may be awarded for up to three (3) successive academic years, if the student remains eligible. However, for good cause, the advisory committee may approve the award of a stipend to a student for more than three (3) successive academic years if:
(1) the student requires more than three (3) successive academic years to earn a law degree; and
(2) the total amount of the stipend that is awarded to the student does not exceed the amount the student would have been awarded if the student had been enrolled:
(A) on a full-time basis; and
(B) for up to three (3) successive academic years.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-12-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 13. Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity › 33-24-13-6. Development of Programs and Opportunities in Furtherance of Program Purposes

Sec. 6. The courts of the state are encouraged and requested to develop programs and opportunities to further the purposes of the program.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-12-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 13. Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity › 33-24-13-7. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-12-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.161-2018, SEC.70. Repealed by P.L.201-2023, SEC.257.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 1. Judges; Geographic Districts › 33-25-1-1. Court of Appeals

Sec. 1. The court of appeals consists of fifteen (15) judges, who serve for the hearing and decision of causes in five (5) geographic districts described in section 2 of this chapter under Article 7, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 1. Judges; Geographic Districts › 33-25-1-2. Districts

Sec. 2. Indiana is divided into five (5) geographic districts, which shall be designated as the "court of appeals - First District; Second District; Third District; Fourth District; and Fifth District" as follows:
(1) First District: Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain, Franklin, Gibson, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Ohio, Orange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Sullivan, Switzerland, Union, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Warrick, Washington, and Wayne.
(2) Second District: Adams, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Delaware, Grant, Hamilton, Howard, Huntington, Jay, Madison, Marion, Miami, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Wabash, Wells, and White.
(3) Third District: Allen, Benton, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Lake, LaPorte, Marshall, Newton, Noble, Porter, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben, Warren, and Whitley.
(4) The entire state constitutes the Fourth District.
(5) The entire state constitutes the Fifth District.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 1. Judges; Geographic Districts › 33-25-1-3. Residency Requirements for Judges

Sec. 3. (a) Judges of the First, Second, and Third Districts of the court of appeals must have resided in their respective districts before appointment to the court. However, judges of the court of appeals appointed before July 1, 1993, must reside in the district from which they are appointed.
(b) The following requirements apply to judges of the Fourth and Fifth Districts of the court of appeals:
(1) One (1) judge must have resided in the First District before appointment to the court.
(2) One (1) judge must have resided in the Second District before appointment to the court.
(3) One (1) judge must have resided in the Third District before appointment to the court.
(c) When a vacancy is created in the court of appeals, the individual who is appointed by the governor to fill the vacancy must be a resident of the district in which the vacancy occurred.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 1. Judges; Geographic Districts › 33-25-1-4. Location for Hearings

Sec. 4. All districts of the court of appeals shall sit for the hearing and decision of causes in:
(1) Indianapolis; or
(2) any other place that the chief judge of the court of appeals may designate.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 1. Judges; Geographic Districts › 33-25-1-5. Docketing of Cases

Sec. 5. A case appealed to the court of appeals shall be placed upon the docket of the district from which the appeal is taken. If, at any time, the court of appeals believes there is an undue disparity in the number of cases pending on the dockets of the districts, the court of appeals may order the transfer of cases as it considers advisable from one (1) district to another.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 1. Judges; Geographic Districts › 33-25-1-6. Sitting as Judge of Circuit, Superior, and Criminal Courts

Sec. 6. The judges of the court of appeals are competent to sit as judges of the circuit, superior, and criminal courts.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-1-8.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 2. Retention of Judges › 33-25-2-1. Approval or Rejection of Appeals Court Judges

Sec. 1. Judges of the court of appeals shall be approved or rejected by the electorate of Indiana under Article 7, Section 11 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 2. Retention of Judges › 33-25-2-2. Filing of Statement of Retention With Secretary of State

Sec. 2. A judge who wishes to be retained in office shall file a statement with the secretary of state, not later than noon July 15 of the year in which the question of retention of the judge is to be placed on the general election ballot, indicating that the judge wishes to have the question of the judge's retention placed on the ballot. The judge's statement must include a statement of the judge's name as:
(1) the judge wants the judge's name to appear on the ballot; and
(2) the candidate's name is permitted to appear on the ballot under IC 3-5-7.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 2. Retention of Judges › 33-25-2-3. Expiration of Term of Judge Who Does Not File for Retention

Sec. 3. This section applies to a judge:
(1) who does not file a statement under section 2 of this chapter; and
(2) whose term expires under Article 7, Section 11 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana during the year in which the question of the retention of the judge would have been placed on the general election ballot.
The term of a judge expires December 31 of the year in which the question of the judge's retention would have been placed on the ballot.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 2. Retention of Judges › 33-25-2-4. Expiration of Term of Rejected Judge

Sec. 4. This section applies to a judge:
(1) who files a statement under section 2 of this chapter; and
(2) whose retention is rejected by the electorate.
The term of a judge ends when the secretary of state issues a certificate under IC 3-12-5-1 stating that the judge has been removed. However, if the judge has filed a petition for a recount under IC 3-12-11, the term of the judge does not end until the state recount commission has issued a certificate under IC 3-12-11-18 stating that the electorate has rejected the retention of the judge.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 2. Retention of Judges › 33-25-2-5. Wording of Question of Retention on Ballot

Sec. 5. The question of approval or rejection of a judge shall be placed on the general election ballot in the form prescribed by IC 3-11 and must state "Shall Judge (insert name (as permitted under IC 3-5-7) here) be retained in office?".
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.58-2005, SEC.30.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 2. Retention of Judges › 33-25-2-6. Name of Judge on Statement and Voter Registration Record

Sec. 6. The statement filed under section 2 of this chapter must include a statement that the judge requests the name on the judge's voter registration record be the same as the name the judge uses on the statement. If there is a difference between the name on the judge's statement and the name on the judge's voter registration record, the officer with whom the statement is filed shall forward the information to the voter registration officer of the appropriate county as required by IC 3-5-7-6(d). The voter registration officer of the appropriate county shall change the name on the judge's voter registration record to be the same as the name on the judge's statement.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.227-2023, SEC.140.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 3. Rules and Procedures › 33-25-3-1. Chief Judge; Presiding Judges

Sec. 1. (a) The judges of the court of appeals shall select one (1) of their members as chief judge of the court. The member selected retains that office for three (3) years after the effective date of the member's appointment, subject to reappointment in the same manner. However, a member of the court may resign the office of chief judge without resigning from the court. When a vacancy in the office of chief judge occurs due to absence, illness, incapacity, or resignation, the powers and duties of the chief judge devolve upon the judge of the court of appeals who is senior in length of service. However, if two (2) or more judges are equal in length of service and senior in length of service, the determination of chief judge shall be by lot until the cause of vacancy is terminated or the vacancy is filled.
(b) The members of each district, other than the district from which the chief judge was chosen, shall select one (1) of their members as presiding judge of the district.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 3. Rules and Procedures › 33-25-3-2. Disqualification of Judge

Sec. 2. If a judge of the court of appeals:
(1) is related to a party;
(2) is interested in a case;
(3) was a counsel in a case; or
(4) was the judge who rendered the decision in a lower court that has been appealed to the court of appeals;
the judge shall disqualify himself or herself and not sit to hear the case.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-1-9.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 3. Rules and Procedures › 33-25-3-3. Replacement of Disqualified or Absent Judge

Sec. 3. When a judge disqualifies himself or herself or is otherwise unable to sit for the hearing or decision of a case in the judge's district, the chief judge shall assign a court of appeals judge to the disqualified or absent judge's district for the hearing and decision of the case.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 3. Rules and Procedures › 33-25-3-4. Appeals; Amount in Controversy

Sec. 4. Except as provided in IC 34-56-1, an appeal may not be taken to the court of appeals in any civil case where the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, does not exceed fifty dollars ($50).
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-2-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 3. Rules and Procedures › 33-25-3-5. Hearing and Argument of Cases

Sec. 5. The hearing and argument of cases in the court of appeals shall be in accordance with:
(1) the rules of the supreme court as to hearing and argument; or
(2) any rules the court of appeals adopts.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-1-10.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 3. Rules and Procedures › 33-25-3-6. Opinions; Reports; Publication and Distribution

Sec. 6. The judicial opinion or decision in each case determined by the court of appeals shall be reduced to writing. Reports of these opinions and decisions may be published and distributed in the manner prescribed by the supreme court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-3-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 3. Rules and Procedures › 33-25-3-7. Opinion and Judgment; Certification to Lower Court

Sec. 7. (a) In every case reversed by a division of the court of appeals:
(1) an opinion shall be given on the material questions in the case in writing; and
(2) the appropriate judgment shall be entered, with directions to the lower court.
(b) In all cases, the opinion and judgment shall be certified to the lower court thirty (30) days after the date allowed by law for the filing of a petition for a rehearing, unless:
(1) an earlier date has been ordered by the division;
(2) a petition for a rehearing is filed; or
(3) the case is transferred or appealed to the supreme court.
If a case is transferred or appealed to the supreme court, or a rehearing is granted, the judgment of the division of the court of appeals is vacated. If a rehearing is denied, the opinion and judgment shall, thirty (30) days after the date of the ruling, be certified to the lower court, unless the case is transferred or appealed to the supreme court.
(c) If the losing party files a waiver of the party's right to file a petition for a rehearing, the opinion shall be immediately certified to the lower court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-2-15.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 3. Rules and Procedures › 33-25-3-8. Process, Rules, and Orders; Execution and Service

Sec. 8. All process, rules, and orders of the court of appeals shall be executed and served by the sheriff of the county in which a process, a rule, or an order has been directed. The sheriff is entitled to collect the fees allowed by law for similar service of process, rules, or orders issued by the supreme court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-1-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 3. Rules and Procedures › 33-25-3-9. Seal of Court

Sec. 9. The court of appeals shall have a seal:
(1) designed and provided by the secretary of state at the expense of the state; and
(2) that contains the title of the court on the face of the seal.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-1-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 4. Personnel and Facilities › 33-25-4-1. Clerk and Sheriff

Sec. 1. The clerk and sheriff of the supreme court shall be clerk and sheriff of the court of appeals.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-1-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 4. Personnel and Facilities › 33-25-4-2. Personnel

Sec. 2. (a) The court of appeals may appoint personnel as the court determines necessary.
(b) The judges of each geographic district may appoint law clerks, secretaries, and other personnel necessary for the holding of court and the administration of the court's duties.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 25. Court of Appeals › Chapter 4. Personnel and Facilities › 33-25-4-3. Rooms, Furniture, and Stationery; Supreme Court Library

Sec. 3. The commissioner of the Indiana department of administration shall provide rooms for the use of the judges and the court of appeals in Indianapolis. The court of appeals:
(1) may:
(A) provide the necessary furniture and stationery and other things necessary for the transaction of the court's business, at the expense of the state; and
(B) make allowances for the items described in clause (A) to be audited and paid out of the state treasury upon presentation of the order of allowance; and
(2) is entitled to access and use the law library of the supreme court equally with the justices of the supreme court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-1-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 26. Tax Court › Chapter 1. Establishment of the Indiana Tax Court › 33-26-1-1. Indiana Tax Court; Establishment

Sec. 1. The Indiana tax court is established.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-5-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 26. Tax Court › Chapter 1. Establishment of the Indiana Tax Court › 33-26-1-2. Indiana Tax Court; Court of Record

Sec. 2. The tax court is a court of record.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-5-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 26. Tax Court › Chapter 2. Tax Court Judge › 33-26-2-2. Qualifications of Judge

Sec. 2. The judge of the tax court must:
(1) be a citizen of Indiana; and
(2) have been admitted to the practice of law in Indiana for a period of at least five (5) years.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-5-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.5.