The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 217, sponsored by Reps. Gutwein, McNamara, and Lawson, concerning service of process fees collected by a sheriff. Author Sen. Boots explained that this bill increases the service of process fee from $13 to $25 from a party requesting service of a writ, an order, a process, a notice, a tax warrant, or any other paper completed by the sheriff. The bill also provides that the sheriff may collect an additional service of process fee for post-judgment service. Testimony was received by the Association of Indiana Counties and Indiana Sheriffs Association in favor of the bill. The bill passed 11-0.
Read the bill at http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/217.