CHAPTER 8. SUPREME COURT FEES
IC 33-24-8
Chapter 8. Supreme Court Fees
IC 33-24-8-1
Taxing fees and charging amounts; accounting; report ofuncollected fees
Sec. 1. (a) The clerk of the supreme court, for the clerk's services,shall, upon proper books to be kept in the clerk's office for thatpurpose, tax the fees and charge the amounts specified in thischapter. The fees and amounts belong to and are the property of thestate.
(b) On March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 ofeach year, the clerk shall:
(1) make and file with the auditor of state a verified account ofall fees and amounts collected during the preceding three (3)months;
(2) pay the amount shown to be due the state to the treasurer ofstate; and
(3) file with the treasurer of state a verified report ofuncollected fees and amounts due the state of Indiana accruingin cases disposed of during that quarter.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
IC 33-24-8-2
Filing fee for supreme court and court of appeals
Sec. 2. The clerk of the supreme court shall tax and charge a feeof two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in each cause filed in either thesupreme court or the court of appeals.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
IC 33-24-8-3
Fee bills
Sec. 3. The clerk of the supreme court may, at any time after theservices are rendered, issue fee bills under IC 33-37-4-10 for servicesrendered by the clerk or by another person in the court.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
IC 33-24-8-4
Fees charged and collected; contracts; exceptions
Sec. 4. (a) The clerk of the supreme court shall charge thefollowing fees:
(1) For making record and certificate of admission of attorneysto practice before the supreme court, a fee of two dollars ($2).
(2) For making and furnishing to any person, firm, limitedliability company, or corporation unauthenticated copies of theopinions of the supreme court and the court of appeals for thepurpose of publication by the person, firm, limited liabilitycompany, or corporation obtaining the copies, if a contract hasbeen made by the clerk with the person, firm, limited liabilitycompany, or corporation to furnish the copies for at least one
(1) year, a fee of two thousand eight hundred twenty-fivedollars ($2,825) per year, to be paid quarterly in advance.
(b) The clerk of the supreme court may make a contract describedin subsection (a).
(c) This section does not prohibit proprietors of newspapers fromcopying opinions of the supreme court and the court of appeals orfrom making abstracts of these opinions for publication in thenewspapers.
(d) For all other unauthenticated copies of the opinions of thesupreme court and the court of appeals furnished by the clerk of thesupreme court to any person, firm, limited liability company, orcorporation, the clerk shall charge one dollar ($1) per page.
(e) The fees and amounts charged under this section shall bedeposited by the clerk of the supreme court into the state generalfund in the manner and at the time provided for the making of thequarterly reports of other collected fees due the state.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
IC 33-24-8-5
Contents of quarterly report; special reports
Sec. 5. The quarterly report required to be made by the clerk ofthe supreme court under section 1 of this chapter must show thenumber and title of the cause and the amount due the state. The clerkis not required to make any other or different reports, except specialreports on the order of the supreme court or the court of appeals, orthe written request of the governor or auditor of state.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
IC 33-24-8-6
Taxation of sheriffs' fees; transmittal of books, papers, fees, andproperty to successor; disposition of unclaimed fees
Sec. 6. (a) The clerk of the supreme court shall tax and charge infavor of the sheriff of the supreme court, or in favor of countysheriffs for their services as the deputies of the sheriff of the supremecourt, the fees and amounts provided by law. The fees and amountsdescribed in this subsection do not belong to the state but are theproperty of the sheriff of the supreme court and the sheriff's agents.When the fees are collected, the fees shall be paid over to the sheriffor the sheriff's agents.
(b) The clerk of the supreme court at the expiration of the clerk'sterm shall hand over to the clerk's successor in office all of thebooks, papers, fees, costs, charges, and amounts, together with allmoney and other property received by the clerk by virtue of theclerk's office or under color of that office.
(c) The attorney general shall enforce the collection, for the useand benefit of the party entitled to them, all fees and amountscollected and retained by the person, including penalties, against anypersons liable for the fees and amounts. All unclaimed fees collectedunder this chapter from former clerks that have been paid in for two(2) years and remain in the office of the clerk of the supreme court
for six (6) months uncollected by the person to whom the fees aredue, and all other unclaimed fees in the hands of the clerk of thesupreme court, after the expiration of two (2) years from the datewhen the fees are paid to the clerk, shall be paid into the statetreasury, to be held as other funds that escheat to the state. The clerkof the supreme court, when fees are paid into the office of the clerkfor the benefit of any other officer or person, shall immediatelynotify that officer or person by mail that the fees have been paid, thedate of payment, and the amount of the payment.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.