Indiana § 33-34-8-3 Payment, distribution, and deposit of costs and fees

Indiana Statutes

§ 33-34-8-3 — Payment, distribution, and deposit of costs and fees

Indiana § 33-34-8-3

Art. 34MARION COUNTY SMALL CLAIMS COURTS

Ch. 8Fees and Costs

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Ind. Code § 33-34-8-3 (2026).

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(a)Payment for all costs made as a result of proceedings in a small claims court shall be to the _______ Township of Marion County Small Claims Court (with the name of the township inserted). The court shall issue a receipt for all money received on a form numbered serially in duplicate.

(b)The court shall distribute collected fees according the following:

(1)Distribute semiannually to the state comptroller:

(A)all automated record keeping fees (IC 33-37-5-21) received by the court for deposit in the homeowner protection unit account established by IC 4-6-12-9 and the state user fee fund established under IC 33-37-9;

(B)all public defense administration fees collected by the court under IC 33-37-5-21.2 for deposit in the state general fund;

(C)sixty percent (60%) of all court adminis

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(a) Payment for all costs made as a result of
proceedings in a small claims court shall be to the _______ Township
of Marion County Small Claims Court (with the name of the township
inserted). The court shall issue a receipt for all money received on a
form numbered serially in duplicate.
(b) The court shall distribute collected fees according the following:
(1) Distribute semiannually to the state comptroller:
(A) all automated record keeping fees (IC 33-37-5-21) received
by the court for deposit in the homeowner protection unit
account established by IC 4-6-12-9 and the state user fee fund
established under IC 33-37-9;
(B) all public defense administration fees collected by the court
under IC 33-37-5-21.2 for deposit in the state general fund;
(C) sixty percent (60%) of all court administration fees
collected by the court under IC 33-37-5-27 for deposit in the
state general fund;
(D) all judicial insurance adjustment fees collected by the court
under IC 33-37-5-25 for deposit in the state general fund;
(E) seventy-five percent (75%) of all judicial salaries fees
collected by the court under IC 33-37-5-26 for deposit in the
state general fund; and
(F) one hundred percent (100%) of the pro bono legal services
fees collected by the court under IC 33-37-5-31 for deposit in
the pro bono legal services fund established by IC 33-37-5-34.
(2) Distribute monthly to the county auditor all document storage
fees received by the court. The county auditor shall deposit the
document storage fees received under this subdivision into the
clerk's record perpetuation fund under IC 33-37-5-2.
(3) Distribute the following fees monthly to the county auditor for
deposit in the small claims fund established under IC 33-37-5-36:
(A) The remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the judicial
salaries fees described in subdivision (1)(E).
(B) Township docket fees and late fees.
(C) Small claims service fee received under IC 33-37-5-35.
(D) The remaining forty percent (40%) of the court
administration fees described under subdivision (1)(C).
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-11.6-9-1.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.176-2005, SEC.3; P.L.174-2006, SEC.9; P.L.122-2008, SEC.2; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.391; P.L.136-2012, SEC.13; P.L.170-2015, SEC.15; P.L.39-2017, SEC.2; P.L.165-2021, SEC.191; P.L.174-2022, SEC.60; P.L.201-2023, SEC.258; P.L.9-2024, SEC.507; P.L.106-2025, SEC.2; P.L.213-2025, SEC.302.