Indiana § 33-35-2-6 City courts in third class cities that are not county seats; civil
jurisdiction; limitations

Indiana Statutes

§ 33-35-2-6 — City courts in third class cities that are not county seats; civil jurisdiction; limitations

Indiana·Art. 35 CITY AND TOWN COURTS·Ch. 2 Judge's Powers and Jurisdiction

A city court in a third class city that is not a county seat and to which section 5 of this chapter does not apply has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in civil cases in which the amount in controversy does not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000). However, the city court does not have:

(1)jurisdiction in actions for:

(A)slander;

(B)libel;

(C)foreclosure of mortgages on real estate, in which the title to real estate is in issue;

(D)all matters relating to a decedent's estate, appointment of guardians and all related matters; and

(E)actions in equity; and

(2)original jurisdiction in which the principal defendant resides within another city having a city court with a civil jurisdiction. Judgments rendered in the city court, when a certified transcript is filed with the

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A city court in a third class city that is not a
county seat and to which section 5 of this chapter does not apply has
concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in civil cases in which the
amount in controversy does not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000).
However, the city court does not have:
(1) jurisdiction in actions for:
(A) slander;
(B) libel;
(C) foreclosure of mortgages on real estate, in which the title to
real estate is in issue;
(D) all matters relating to a decedent's estate, appointment of
guardians and all related matters; and
(E) actions in equity; and
(2) original jurisdiction in which the principal defendant resides
within another city having a city court with a civil jurisdiction.
Judgments rendered in the city court, when a certified transcript is filed
with the clerk of the circuit court, have the same force as judgments
rendered in the circuit court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-10.1-2-5.]

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