Title 33, COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "county salary" means that part of a court reporter's salary that is paid by the county. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-26-1.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "judicial circuit" means any county comprising a single judicial circuit or any combination of one (1) or more counties comprising a single judicial circuit. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-26-1.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "official court reporter" means any court reporter who is appointed as the official court reporter by the judge of any circuit, superior, or probate court in Indiana. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-26-1.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.…

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "salary" means the amount of the state salary and the amount of the county salary added together. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-26-1.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "state salary" means that part of a court reporter's salary that is paid by the state. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-26-1.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

Sec. 7. County councils shall appropriate annually a sufficient amount to pay the county salaries authorized by this chapter. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-26-2.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

Sec. 8. If a judicial circuit is composed of more than one (1) county, all the counties comprising the circuit, for purposes of this chapter, are considered as one (1) county. Each county in a circuit shall pay part of the county salary in the same proportion as its individual cl…

Sec. 9. For the purpose of this chapter: (1) counties are graded on the basis of population and gross assessed valuation; and (2) each county is set up on the percentage ratio it bears to the state with the whole state being considered as one hundred percent (100%). [Pre-2004 Rec…

Sec. 1. A person who: (1) professes to be a practicing attorney; (2) conducts the trial of a case in a court in Indiana; or (3) engages in the business of a practicing lawyer; without first having been admitted as an attorney by the supreme court commits a Class B misdemeanor. [P…

Sec. 2. In a prosecution under this chapter, the state is not required to prove that the defendant has not been admitted as an attorney. The burden of proving admission is on the defendant. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-1-5-3.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.22.

Sec. 1. This article does not apply to an activity that is: (1) the practice of law; and (2) regulated by the judicial department of state government. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-20-2-2.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.23.

Sec. 2. This article does not apply to the investment of nonqualified funds by an attorney: (1) in any other investment specified by a client or beneficial owner; or (2) as agreed to by the client, beneficial owner, or attorney. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-20-2-3.] As a…

Sec. 3. An attorney is not subject to disciplinary action as a result of any action taken in accordance with this article. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-20-2-1.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.23.

Sec. 1. (a) A circuit court, a superior court, a probate court, the tax court, or the court of appeals may apply to the supreme court for the appointment of a senior judge to serve the court. (b) The application submitted under this section must include the following: (1) Reasons…

Sec. 2. Upon approving the request by a circuit court, a superior court, a probate court, the tax court, or the court of appeals for a senior judge, the supreme court may appoint a senior judge to serve that court for the duration specified in the application submitted under sect…

Sec. 3. (a) A senior judge: (1) exercises the jurisdiction granted to the court served by the senior judge; (2) may serve as a domestic relations mediator, subject to the code of judicial conduct; (3) serves at the pleasure of the supreme court; and (4) serves in accordance with …

Sec. 4. The supreme court may not require a senior judge to accept an assignment to serve a circuit court, a superior court, a probate court, the tax court, or the court of appeals. If a senior judge declines an assignment to serve, the supreme court may offer the senior judge su…

Sec. 5. (a) A senior judge is entitled to the following compensation: (1) For each of the first thirty (30) days of service in a calendar year, a per diem of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175). (2) Except as provided in subsection (c), for each day the senior judge serves af…

Sec. 1. The supreme court shall adopt and publish rules in conformity with IC 33-24-1-2(b) specifying the terms and conditions under which the supreme court and the court of appeals exercise jurisdiction. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-3-1.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SE…

Sec. 2. The judicial opinion or decision in each case determined by the supreme court 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…

Sec. 3. (a) The supreme court shall have a seal that is devised by the justices of the supreme court. (b) A description of the seal shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-1-2.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.

Sec. 4. The supreme court may do the following: (1) Frame, direct, and cause to be used all process, establish modes of practice that may be necessary in the exercise of the supreme court's authority, and make and publish regulations concerning all process and modes of practice. …

Sec. 5. The supreme court may: (1) impose and administer all necessary oaths; (2) punish by fine and imprisonment for contempt of the supreme court's authority; and (3) process and compel the attendance of witnesses by attachment and fine. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-…

Sec. 6. The supreme court may, by rule of court, provide that if: (1) the Supreme Court of the United States, a circuit court of appeals of the United States, or the court of appeals of the District of Columbia determines that there are involved in any proceeding before the feder…

Sec. 7. (a) The supreme court may appoint a judge who is certified as a senior judge by the judicial nominating commission to serve a circuit court, a superior court, a probate court, the tax court, or the court of appeals if the court requests the services of a senior judge. (b)…

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…

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 h…

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 t…

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.98-2…

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.…

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-…

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 judgm…

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…

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.…

Sec. 1. The tax court is a court of limited jurisdiction. The tax court has exclusive jurisdiction over any case that arises under the tax laws of Indiana and that is an initial appeal of a final determination made by: (1) the department of state revenue with respect to a listed …

Sec. 2. In addition to the jurisdiction described in section 1 of this chapter, the tax court has: (1) any other jurisdiction conferred by statute; and (2) exclusive jurisdiction over any case that was an initial appeal of a final determination made by the state board of tax comm…

Sec. 3. The cases over which the tax court has exclusive original jurisdiction are referred to as original tax appeals in this article. The tax court does not have jurisdiction over a case unless: (1) the case is an original tax appeal; or (2) the tax court has otherwise been spe…

Sec. 4. A taxpayer that appeals to the tax court shall, at the time the appeal is filed, elect to have all evidentiary hearings in the appeal conducted in one (1) of the following counties: (1) Allen County. (2) Jefferson County. (3) Lake County. (4) Marion County. (5) St. Joseph…

Sec. 5. A taxpayer that is an appellee in an appeal to the tax court shall, within thirty (30) days after it receives notice of the appeal, elect to have all evidentiary hearings in the appeal conducted in a county listed in section 4 of this chapter. [Pre-2004 Recodification Cit…

Sec. 6. (a) The tax court does not have jurisdiction over a case that is an appeal from a final determination made by the Indiana gaming commission under IC 4-32.3. (b) The tax court has jurisdiction over a case that is an appeal from a final determination made by the department …

Sec. 1. (a) When a vacancy occurs in the supreme court, the court of appeals, or the tax court, the clerk of the court shall promptly notify the chairman of the commission of the vacancy. (b) The chairman shall call a meeting of the commission not later than twenty (20) days afte…

Sec. 2. (a) The judicial nominating commission shall submit to the governor, from those names the commission considers for a vacancy, the names of only the three (3) most highly qualified candidates. In determining which candidates are most highly qualified each commission member…

Sec. 3. If a nominee dies or requests in writing that the nominee's name be withdrawn, the commission shall nominate another person to replace the nominee from the list of nominees previously provided. Whenever two (2) or more vacancies exist, the commission shall nominate three …

Sec. 4. (a) If the governor fails to make an appointment not later than sixty (60) days after the date the names of the nominees are submitted to the governor, the chief justice shall make the appointment from the nominees. (b) A change in a list submitted to the governor under s…

Sec. 5. An individual appointed to the supreme court, the court of appeals, or the tax court by the governor shall commence the duties of the individual's office immediately upon the effective date of the appointment. An appointment to a judicial office does not take effect until…

Sec. 6. (a) The judicial nominating commission shall meet as necessary to discharge the commission's responsibilities under the Constitution of the State of Indiana and the state laws. Meetings of the commission shall be called by the chairman, or if the chairman fails to call a …