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Legislative Update

Lake County city and town court jurisdiction

June 3, 2015 Filed Under: Judicial Administration

H.E.A. 1307, P.L. 55-2015
Effective: July 1, 2015
Increases the maximum civil jurisdiction from an amount in controversy of $3,000 to an amount in controversy of $6,000 for the: (1) East Chicago, Gary, Hammond, Hobart, and Crown Point city courts; and (2) Merrillville town court. Specifies that a “clerk serving the county” includes the clerk of a city or town court for purposes of supplementing jury fees from the local jury pay fund.
The full law is available at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/house/1307

Filed Under: Judicial Administration Tagged With: city/town court, jurisdiction

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