Indiana Code 33-35-2-6. City courts in third class cities that are not county seats; civil jurisdiction; limitations
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Sec. 6. A city court in a third class city that is not a county seat and to which section 5 of this chapter does not apply has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in civil cases in which the amount in controversy does not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000). However, the city court does not have:
(A) slander;
(1) jurisdiction in actions for:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 33-35-2-6
- Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
(B) libel;
(C) foreclosure of mortgages on real estate, in which the title to real estate is in issue;
(D) all matters relating to a decedent‘s estate, appointment of guardians and all related matters; and
(E) actions in equity; and
(2) original jurisdiction in which the principal defendant resides within another city having a city court with a civil jurisdiction.
Judgments rendered in the city court, when a certified transcript is filed with the clerk of the circuit court, have the same force as judgments rendered in the circuit court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-10.1-2-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.14.