Public defense administration fee

Sec. 21.2. (a) This subsection does not apply to the following: (1) A criminal proceeding. (2) A proceeding to enforce a statute defining an infraction. (3) A proceeding for an ordinance violation. In each action filed in a court described in IC 33-37-1-1 and in each small claims action in a court described in IC 33-34, the clerk shall collect a public defense administration fee of five dollars ($5). (b) In each action in which a person is: (1) convicted of an offense; (2) required to pay a pretrial diversion fee; (3) found to have committed an infraction; or (4) found to have violated an ordinance; the clerk shall collect a public defense administration fee of five dollars ($5). (c) This section does not apply to a child alleged to be a delinquent child. As added by P.L.85-2004, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.176-2005, SEC.11; P.L.1-2006, SEC.509; P.L.229-2011, SEC.259; P.L.151-2023, SEC.4.