Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1022
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:
IC 33-5-2-4
;
IC 33-11.6-4-2
Synopsis: Small claims court jurisdiction. Increases the maximum
jurisdictional limit of Marion County small claims courts from $6,000
to $10,000. Increases the maximum jurisdictional limit of other small
claims courts from $3,000 to $10,000.
Effective: July 1, 2002.
Ulmer
January 8, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedures.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2002)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1022
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
courts and court officers.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 33-5-2-4; (02)IN1022.1.1. -->
SECTION 1.
IC 33-5-2-4
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.180-1999,
SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 4.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), The
small claims docket has jurisdiction over the following:
(1) Civil actions in which the amount sought or value of the
property sought to be recovered is not more than
three thousand
dollars ($3,000). ten thousand dollars ($10,000). The plaintiff in
a statement of claim or the defendant in a counterclaim may
waive the excess of any claim that exceeds
three thousand dollars
($3,000) ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in order to bring it
within the jurisdiction of the small claims docket.
(2) Possessory actions between landlord and tenant in which the
rent due at the time the action is filed does not exceed
three
thousand dollars ($3,000). ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(3) Emergency possessory actions between a landlord and tenant
under
IC 32-7-9.
(b) This subsection applies to a county having a population of more
than three hundred thousand (300,000) but less than four hundred
thousand (400,000). The small claims docket has jurisdiction over the
following:
(1) Civil actions in which the amount sought or value of the
property sought to be recovered is not more than six thousand
dollars ($6,000). The plaintiff in a statement of claim or the
defendant in a counterclaim may waive the excess of any claim
that exceeds six thousand dollars ($6,000) in order to bring it
within the jurisdiction of the small claims docket.
(2) Possessory actions between landlord and tenant in which the
rent due at the time the action is filed does not exceed six
thousand dollars ($6,000).
(3) Emergency possessory actions between a landlord and tenant
under IC 32-7-9.
SOURCE: IC 33-11.6-4-2; (02)IN1022.1.2. -->
SECTION 2.
IC 33-11.6-4-2
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 2. The court shall have
original and concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit and superior courts
in all civil cases founded on contract or tort in which the debt or
damage claimed does not exceed
six thousand dollars ($6,000), ten
thousand dollars ($10,000), not including interest or
attorney
attorney's fees.