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Citations Affected: IC 33-4; IC 33-5; noncode.

Synopsis: Court fees. Reduces the deposit that must be made to transfer a case from a small claims docket to a plenary docket from $70 to $65.

Effective: July 1, 2002.

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Richardson, Sturtz

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    January 15, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
    January 30, 2002, amended, reported _ Do Pass.

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning courts and court officers.

SOURCE: IC 33-4-3-10; (02)HB1366.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 33-4-3-10 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 10. (a) The filing of a claim on the small claims docket is deemed a waiver of trial by jury.
    (b) The defendant may, not later than ten (10) days following service of the complaint in a small claims case, demand a trial by jury by filing an affidavit that:
        (1) states that there are questions of fact requiring a trial by jury;
        (2) specifies those questions of fact; and
        (3) states that the demand is in good faith.
    (c) Notice of the defendant's right to a jury trial, and the ten (10) day period in which to file for a jury trial, shall be clearly stated on the notice of claim or on an additional sheet to be served with the notice of claim on the defendant.
    (d) Upon the deposit of seventy sixty-five dollars ($70) ($65) in the small claims docket by the defendant, the court shall transfer the claim to the plenary docket. Upon transfer, the claim then loses its status as a small claim.

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SOURCE: IC 33-5-2-7; (02)HB1366.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 33-5-2-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 7. (a) The filing of a claim on the small claims docket is deemed a waiver of trial by jury.
    (b) The defendant may, not later than ten (10) days following service of the complaint in a small claims case, demand a trial by jury by filing an affidavit that:
        (1) states that there are questions of fact requiring a trial by jury;
        (2) specifies those questions of fact; and
        (3) states that the demand is in good faith.
    (c) Notice of the defendant's right to a jury trial, and the ten (10) day period in which to file for a jury trial, shall be clearly stated on the notice of claim or on an additional sheet to be served with the notice of claim on the defendant.
    (d) Upon the deposit of seventy sixty-five dollars ($70) ($65) in the small claims docket by the defendant, the court shall transfer the claim to the plenary docket. Upon transfer, the claim then loses its status as a small claim.

SOURCE: ; (02)HB1366.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002] IC 33-4-3-10 and IC 33-5-2-7, both as amended by this act, apply only to a deposit to transfer a case on a small claims docket to the plenary docket that is made after June 30, 2002.