2012 Indiana Code
TITLE 33. COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS
ARTICLE 34. MARION COUNTY SMALL CLAIMS COURTS
CHAPTER 8. FEES AND COSTS

IC 33-34-8
Chapter 8. Fees and Costs

IC 33-34-8-0.2
Application of certain amendments to prior law
Sec. 0.2. The amendments made to IC 33-11.6-4-15 (before its repeal, now codified at section 1 of this chapter) by P.L.141-2002 apply only to small claims actions initiated after June 30, 2002.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.536.

IC 33-34-8-1
Fees and costs
Sec. 1. (a) The following fees and costs apply to cases in the small claims court:
(1) A township docket fee of five dollars ($5) plus forty-five percent (45%) of the infraction or ordinance violation costs fee under IC 33-37-4-2.
(2) The bailiff's service of process by registered or certified mail fee of thirteen dollars ($13) for each service.
(3) The cost for the personal service of process by the bailiff or other process server of thirteen dollars ($13) for each service.
(4) Witness fees, if any, in the amount provided by IC 33-37-10-3 to be taxed and charged in the circuit court.
(5) A redocketing fee, if any, of five dollars ($5).
(6) A document storage fee under IC 33-37-5-20.
(7) An automated record keeping fee under IC 33-37-5-21.
(8) A late fee, if any, under IC 33-37-5-22.
(9) A public defense administration fee under IC 33-37-5-21.2.
(10) A judicial insurance adjustment fee under IC 33-37-5-25.
(11) A judicial salaries fee under IC 33-37-5-26.
(12) A court administration fee under IC 33-37-5-27.
(13) Before July 1, 2017, a pro bono legal services fee under IC 33-37-5-31.
The docket fee and the cost for the initial service of process shall be paid at the institution of a case. The cost of service after the initial service shall be assessed and paid after service has been made. The cost of witness fees shall be paid before the witnesses are called.
(b) If the amount of the township docket fee computed under subsection (a)(1) is not equal to a whole number, the amount shall be rounded to the next highest whole number.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.85-2004, SEC.15; P.L.95-2004, SEC.3; P.L.2-2005, SEC.99; P.L.176-2005, SEC.2; P.L.136-2012, SEC.12.

IC 33-34-8-2
Transcripts
Sec. 2. The person who is designated by a judge to prepare transcripts may collect a fee of not more than five dollars ($5) for each transcript from a person who requests the preparation of a transcript. As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.13.

IC 33-34-8-3
Payment, distribution, and deposit of costs and fees
Sec. 3. (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. All township docket fees and late fees received by the court shall be paid to the township trustee at the close of each month.
(b) The court shall:
(1) semiannually distribute to the auditor of state:
(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 judicial branch insurance adjustment account established by IC 33-38-5-8.2;
(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 before July 1, 2017, by the court under IC 33-37-5-31; and
(2) distribute monthly to the county auditor all document storage fees received by the court.
The remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the judicial salaries fees described in subdivision (1)(E) shall be deposited monthly in the township general fund of the township in which the court is located. The county auditor shall deposit fees distributed under subdivision (2) into the clerk's record perpetuation fund under IC 33-37-5-2.
(c) The court semiannually shall pay to the township trustee of the township in which the court is located the remaining forty percent (40%) of the court administration fees described under subsection (b)(1)(C) to fund the operations of the small claims court in the trustee's township.
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.

IC 33-34-8-4
Quarterly accounting Sec. 4. Fees, costs, and any other amounts collected by the courts shall be accounted for quarterly to the clerk of the circuit court on:
(1) March 31;
(2) June 30;
(3) September 30; and
(4) December 31;
of each year.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.13.