Sec. 1. (a) The clerk shall endorse the time of filing on each writing required to be filed in the office of the clerk.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 33-32-3-1

  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • clerk: means a clerk of the circuit court elected and qualified under Article 6, Sections 2 and 4 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. See Indiana Code 33-32-1-1
  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (b) The clerk shall carefully preserve in the office of the clerk all records and writings pertaining to the clerk’s official duties.

     (c) The clerk shall procure, at the expense of the county, all necessary judges’ appearance, bar, judgment, and execution dockets, order books, and final record books.

     (d) The clerk shall enter in proper record books all orders, judgments, and decrees of the court.

     (e) Not more than fifteen (15) days after the cases are finally determined, the clerk shall enter in final record books a complete record of:

(1) all cases involving the title to land;

(2) all criminal cases in which the punishment is death or imprisonment, except where a nolle prosequi is entered or an acquittal is had; and

(3) all other cases, at the request of either party and upon payment of the costs.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-17-2-1.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.78-2014, SEC.7.

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