CHAPTER 17. DEKALB COUNTY

IC 33-33-17
    Chapter 17. DeKalb County

IC 33-33-17-1
Judicial circuit
    Sec. 1. DeKalb County constitutes the seventy-fifth judicialcircuit.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.

IC 33-33-17-2
Establishment of standard superior courts
    Sec. 2. (a) There are established two (2) courts of record to beknown as the DeKalb superior court No. 1 and the DeKalb superiorcourt No. 2.
    (b) Each DeKalb superior court is a standard superior court asdescribed in IC 33-29-1.
    (c) DeKalb County comprises the judicial district of each superiorcourt.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.237-2005,SEC.7.

IC 33-33-17-3
Judges; location of court sessions
    Sec. 3. Each DeKalb superior court has one (1) judge who shallhold sessions in:
        (1) the DeKalb County courthouse in Auburn; or
        (2) other places in the county as the board of countycommissioners of DeKalb County may provide.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.237-2005,SEC.8.

IC 33-33-17-4
Change of venue
    Sec. 4. (a) If:
        (1) the clerk of the circuit court of DeKalb County receives thetranscript of the original papers in a civil action or proceedingon a change of venue from another county; and
        (2) the papers described in subdivision (1) contain an order ofthe court from which venue was changed designating the circuitcourt or one (1) of the superior courts as the court to which thecase is to be transferred;
the clerk shall file the action or proceeding on the docket of thedesignated court.
    (b) If:
        (1) the clerk of the circuit court of DeKalb County receives thetranscript of the original papers in a civil action or proceedingon a change of venue from another county; and
        (2) the papers described in subdivision (1) do not contain anorder designating the court to which the case is to betransferred;the clerk shall alternately file each action or proceeding on thedocket of the circuit court or the docket of one (1) of the superiorcourts, depending on the order and sequence in which the papers ofthe cases reach the clerk, so that if the first case is assigned to thecircuit court, the next must be assigned to the superior court No. 1,and the next must be assigned to the superior court No. 2.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.237-2005,SEC.9.

IC 33-33-17-5
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.237-2005, SEC.25.)

IC 33-33-17-6
Jurisdiction
    Sec. 6. Each DeKalb superior court has the same jurisdiction asthe DeKalb circuit court.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.237-2005,SEC.10.

IC 33-33-17-7
Small claims and misdemeanor division
    Sec. 7. Each DeKalb superior court has a standard small claimsand misdemeanor division.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.237-2005,SEC.11.