CHAPTER 1. JUDGES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICTS

IC 33-25
    ARTICLE 25. COURT OF APPEALS

IC 33-25-1
    Chapter 1. Judges; Geographic Districts

IC 33-25-1-1
Court of appeals
    Sec. 1. The court of appeals consists of fifteen (15) judges, whoserve for the hearing and decision of causes in five (5) geographicdistricts described in section 2 of this chapter under Article 7,Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.

IC 33-25-1-2
Districts
    Sec. 2. Indiana is divided into five (5) geographic districts, whichshall be designated as the "court of appeals - First District; SecondDistrict; Third District; Fourth District; and Fifth District" asfollows:
        (1) First District: Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay,Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd,Fountain, Franklin, Gibson, Greene, Hancock, Harrison,Hendricks, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox,Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Ohio,Orange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Randolph,Ripley, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Sullivan, Switzerland,Union, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Warrick, Washington,and Wayne.
        (2) Second District: Adams, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Clinton,Delaware, Grant, Hamilton, Howard, Huntington, Jay, Madison,Marion, Miami, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Wabash, Wells, andWhite.
        (3) Third District: Allen, Benton, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton,Jasper, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Lake, LaPorte, Marshall,Newton, Noble, Porter, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben,Warren, and Whitley.
        (4) The entire state constitutes the Fourth District.
        (5) The entire state constitutes the Fifth District.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.

IC 33-25-1-3
Residency requirements for judges
    Sec. 3. (a) Judges of the First, Second, and Third Districts of thecourt of appeals must have resided in their respective districts beforeappointment to the court. However, judges of the court of appealsappointed before July 1, 1993, must reside in the district from whichthey are appointed.
    (b) The following requirements apply to judges of the Fourth andFifth Districts of the court of appeals:        (1) One (1) judge must have resided in the First District beforeappointment to the court.
        (2) One (1) judge must have resided in the Second Districtbefore appointment to the court.
        (3) One (1) judge must have resided in the Third District beforeappointment to the court.
    (c) When a vacancy is created in the court of appeals, theindividual who is appointed by the governor to fill the vacancy mustbe a resident of the district in which the vacancy occurred.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.

IC 33-25-1-4
Location for hearings
    Sec. 4. All districts of the court of appeals shall sit for the hearingand decision of causes in:
        (1) Indianapolis; or
        (2) any other place that the chief judge of the court of appealsmay designate.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.

IC 33-25-1-5
Docketing of cases
    Sec. 5. A case appealed to the court of appeals shall be placedupon the docket of the district from which the appeal is taken. If, atany time, the court of appeals believes there is an undue disparity inthe number of cases pending on the dockets of the districts, the courtof appeals may order the transfer of cases as it considers advisablefrom one (1) district to another.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.

IC 33-25-1-6
Sitting as judge of circuit, superior, and criminal courts
    Sec. 6. The judges of the court of appeals are competent to sit asjudges of the circuit, superior, and criminal courts.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.4.