Ind. Code ch. 33-24-8

Ind. Code ch. 33-24-8
in effect

Ind. Code § 33-24-8-1 Taxing fees and charging amounts; accounting; report of uncollected fees

Sec. 1. (a) The clerk of the supreme court, for the clerk's services, shall, upon proper books to be kept in the clerk's office for that purpose, tax the fees and charge the amounts specified in this chapter. The fees and amounts belong to and are the property of the state. (b) On March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year, the clerk shall: (1) make and file with the state comptroller a verified account of all fees and amounts collected during the preceding three (3) months; (2) pay the amount shown to be due the state to the treasurer of state; and (3) file with the treasurer of state a verified report of uncollected fees and amounts due the state of Indiana accruing in cases disposed of during that quarter. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-5-1.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.503.

Ind. Code § 33-24-8-2 Filing fee for supreme court and court of appeals

Sec. 2. The clerk of the supreme court shall tax and charge a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in each cause filed in either the supreme court or the court of appeals. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-5-2.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 33-24-8-3 Fee bills

Sec. 3. The clerk of the supreme court may, at any time after the services are rendered, issue fee bills under IC 33-37-4-10 for services rendered by the clerk or by another person in the court. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-5-2.5.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 33-24-8-4 Fees charged and collected; contracts; exceptions

Sec. 4. (a) The clerk of the supreme court shall charge the following fees: (1) For making record and certificate of admission of attorneys to practice before the supreme court, a fee of two dollars ($2). (2) For making and furnishing to any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation unauthenticated copies of the opinions of the supreme court and the court of appeals for the purpose of publication by the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation obtaining the copies, if a contract has been made by the clerk with the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation to furnish the copies for at least one (1) year, a fee of two thousand eight hundred twenty-five dollars ($2,825) per year, to be paid quarterly in advance. (b) The clerk of the supreme court may make a contract described in subsection (a). (c) This section does not prohibit proprietors of newspapers from copying opinions of the supreme court and the court of appeals or from making abstracts of these opinions for publication in the newspapers. (d) For all other unauthenticated copies of the opinions of the supreme court and the court of appeals furnished by the clerk of the supreme court to any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation, the clerk shall charge one dollar ($1) per page. (e) The fees and amounts charged under this section shall be deposited by the clerk of the supreme court into the state general fund in the manner and at the time provided for the making of the quarterly reports of other collected fees due the state. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-5-3.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 33-24-8-5 Contents of quarterly report; special reports

Sec. 5. The quarterly report required to be made by the clerk of the supreme court under section 1 of this chapter must show the number and title of the cause and the amount due the state. The clerk is not required to make any other or different reports, except special reports on the order of the supreme court or the court of appeals, or the written request of the governor or state comptroller. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-5-4.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.504.

Ind. Code § 33-24-8-6 Taxation of sheriffs' fees; transmittal of books, papers, fees, and property to successor; disposition of unclaimed fees

Sec. 6. (a) The clerk of the supreme court shall tax and charge in favor of the sheriff of the supreme court, or in favor of county sheriffs for their services as the deputies of the sheriff of the supreme court, the fees and amounts provided by law. The fees and amounts described in this subsection do not belong to the state but are the property of the sheriff of the supreme court and the sheriff's agents. When the fees are collected, the fees shall be paid over to the sheriff or the sheriff's agents. (b) The clerk of the supreme court at the expiration of the clerk's term shall hand over to the clerk's successor in office all of the books, papers, fees, costs, charges, and amounts, together with all money and other property received by the clerk by virtue of the clerk's office or under color of that office. (c) The attorney general shall enforce the collection, for the use and benefit of the party entitled to them, all fees and amounts collected and retained by the person, including penalties, against any persons liable for the fees and amounts. All unclaimed fees collected under this chapter from former clerks that have been paid in for two (2) years and remain in the office of the clerk of the supreme court for six (6) months uncollected by the person to whom the fees are due, and all other unclaimed fees in the hands of the clerk of the supreme court, after the expiration of two (2) years from the date when the fees are paid to the clerk, shall be paid into the state treasury, to be held as other funds that escheat to the state. The clerk of the supreme court, when fees are paid into the office of the clerk for the benefit of any other officer or person, shall immediately notify that officer or person by mail that the fees have been paid, the date of payment, and the amount of the payment. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-5-5.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
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