Sec. 4. (a) Expenses shall be audited and allowed by the court to which the cause is venued. The allowance shall be certified by the court in duplicate to the auditor of the county, who shall:

(1) retain one (1) of the certificates of allowance in the auditor’s office; and

(2) mail by certified mail the duplicate certificate of allowance to the auditor of the county in which the cause originated and from which such expenses are due.

     (b) The auditor of the county in which the cause originated shall enter the duplicate certificate of allowance as a claim against the county in which the cause originated on the claim docket of the auditor’s office for allowance by the board of county commissioners of the county at their next regular or special session. The certificate of allowance shall be allowed by the board of county commissioners unless it is contested and proved incorrect as provided in this chapter.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-15-1(a) part.]

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