Sec. 3. (a) If the venue of the action has already been changed from an adjoining county, the name of the adjoining county shall not be included in the written list submitted by the court.

     (b) If excluding the county from which venue was first changed results in fewer than three (3) adjoining counties, the list submitted by the court shall include the following:

(1) The adjoining county or counties.

(2) Not more than three (3) nonadjoining counties, the county seats of which are nearest to the county seat of the county from which the change of venue is sought when measured along improved and main traveled highways.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-9-1 part.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.31.