Title 33, COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS

Sec. 13. To be eligible to hold office as a superior court judge, a person must: (1) be a resident of Warrick County; and (2) be admitted to the practice of law in Indiana. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-45.5-12.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.161-2011,…

Sec. 14. Any vacancy occurring in the office of the judge of the superior court shall be filled by appointment by the governor in the same manner as are vacancies in the office of the judge of the circuit court. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-45.5-13.] As added by P.L.98…

Sec. 16. (a) All laws and rules adopted by the supreme court enacted governing the circuit court in matters of pleading, practice, the issuing and service of process, the giving of notice, the appointing of judges pro tempore and special judges, changes of venue from the judge an…

Sec. 17. Whenever a trial by jury is demanded, a judge of the superior court may call a jury from the list provided to the court, although the filing of a small claim shall be considered a waiver of trial by jury by the plaintiff. The defendant may, not later than ten (10) days a…

Sec. 18. When the judgment or order in the small claims division of the superior court is against the defendant, the defendant shall pay the judgment or order immediately or at any time and upon such terms and conditions as the judge prescribes. If the judge orders that the judgm…

Sec. 19. All judgments rendered in the small claims division of a superior court shall be properly recorded in the judgment docket book of the court. The judgments are liens on real estate in the same manner as judgments in a court of general jurisdiction become liens on real est…

Sec. 2. (a) Warrick County constitutes the second judicial circuit. (b) The judge of the Warrick circuit court and the judges of the Warrick superior courts may jointly appoint one (1) full-time magistrate under IC 33-23-5 to serve the circuit and superior courts. (c) The magistr…

Sec. 20. An appeal of a judgment from a standard small claims and misdemeanor division of a superior court shall be taken in the same manner and under the same rules and statutes and with the same assessment of costs as cases appealed from the circuit courts. The appeal in a smal…

Sec. 21. Each superior court shall appoint a bailiff, a court reporter, and the additional personnel necessary to carry out the business of the court. The duties, salaries, and terms of the bailiff and reporter shall be regulated in the same manner as provided for the circuit cou…

Sec. 22. (a) Warrick superior court No. 1 and Warrick superior court No. 2 shall hold sessions in: (1) the Warrick County courthouse in Boonville; or (2) any other place in Warrick County as the board of county commissioners may provide. (b) The board of county commissioners of W…

Sec. 3. There are established two (2) courts of record to be known as "Warrick superior court No. 1" and "Warrick superior court No. 2". [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-45.5-1.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.

Sec. 4. Each superior court shall have a seal consisting of a circular disk containing the words "Warrick Superior Court No. 1" or "Warrick Superior Court No. 2" and a design as each court may determine. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-45.5-2.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SE…

Sec. 5. Each superior court's judgments, decrees, orders, and proceedings have the same force and effect and shall be enforced in the same manner as those of the circuit court. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-45.5-3.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.

Sec. 7. (a) The judge of the circuit court may, with the consent of a superior court, transfer any action, cause, or proceeding filed and docketed in the circuit court to the superior court by transferring all original papers and instruments filed in the action, cause, or proceed…

Sec. 8. (a) The judge of the Warrick circuit court may, with a superior court's permission, sit and act as a judge of the superior court in all matters before the court, without limitation and without any further order in the same manner and with all the rights and powers as if t…

Sec. 9. (a) The Warrick superior court No. 1 or Warrick superior court No. 2 may make rules for conducting the business of the court. (b) The Warrick superior court No. 1 or the Warrick superior court No. 2 may issue warrants and issue and direct all processes that are necessary …