The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1141, sponsored by Sen. Steele, on judgment dockets. This bill specifies that the clerk of a circuit court shall keep a judgment docket for the circuit court and for each superior court and probate court served by the clerk, and that the clerk is the official keeper of the judgment docket for the circuit court and for each superior court and probate court served by the clerk. It also provides that a judgment docket may not include judgments in which the state, a county, or another governmental entity is the sole creditor, except for cases in which the state obtains a judgment for unpaid taxes, or any entry that is required by statute. This bill is meant to clarify that criminal court costs are not included on the judgment docket. The bill passed 6-0.
Read the bill at http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/house/1141.