The House Ways and Means Committee heard SB 217, sponsored by Reps. Gutwein, McNamara and Lawson, on service of process fees collected by a sheriff. This bill requires a sheriff to collect a service of process fee of $25 instead of $13 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. It also … [Read more...] about Service of process fees collected by a sheriff
Judicial Administration
Criminal justice funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee heard HB 1006, sponsored by Sen. Steele and Sen. Young, on criminal justice funding. This bill was amended to provide: the DOC to compile certain information and submit a quarterly report to the state budget committee and a monthly report to the Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council; provides that counties or courts wishing to apply to the DOC … [Read more...] about Criminal justice funding
Service of process
The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 2 concerning service of process sponsored by Rep. Mayfield and Rep. Cox. Author Sen. Steele explained that this bill clarifies the cost of services to be paid from court fees and addresses service/process issues. This bill specifies that "registered or certified mail" includes any means of delivery that provides a return receipt. The bill also … [Read more...] about Service of process
Marion County small claims
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard SB 523, sponsored by Rep. Frizzell and Rep. Behning, on Marion County small claims courts. This bill was amended to: make the small claims courts in Marion County courts of record after July 1, 2018; make small claims courts full time courts before 2018 unless the township board objects, and full-time courts after 2018 by … [Read more...] about Marion County small claims
Magistrates
The Senate Appropriations Committee heard HB 1110, sponsored by Sens. Steele, Grooms, and Randolph, adding various magistrates. This bill allows: the judges of the Clark circuit court to jointly appoint a third full-time magistrate; the judge of the Greene circuit court and the judge of the Greene superior court to jointly appoint one full-time magistrate; the judges of the … [Read more...] about Magistrates