Sec. 1. (a) Jennings County constitutes the eighty-sixth judicial circuit.

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     (b) The Jennings circuit court has a standard small claims and misdemeanor division.

     (c) The judge of the Jennings circuit court and the judge of the Jennings superior court may jointly appoint one (1) full-time magistrate under IC 33-23-5 to serve the circuit and superior courts.

     (d) A magistrate continues in office until jointly removed by the judge of the Jennings circuit court and the judge of the Jennings superior court.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-1-40.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.138-2020, SEC.21.