CHAPTER 10. JUROR AND WITNESS FEES
IC 33-37-10
Chapter 10. Juror and Witness Fees
IC 33-37-10-1
Jury fees
Sec. 1. (a) A juror of a circuit, superior, county, or probate courtor a member of a grand jury is entitled to the sum of the following:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (f), an amount for mileageat the mileage rate paid to state officers and employees for eachmile necessarily traveled to and from the court.
(2) Payment at the rate of:
(A) fifteen dollars ($15) for each day the juror is in actualattendance in court until the jury is impaneled; and
(B) forty dollars ($40) for each day the juror is in actualattendance after impaneling and until the jury is discharged.
(b) A county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to pay fromcounty funds a supplemental fee in addition to the fees prescribed bysubsection (a)(2).
(c) A juror of a city or town court is entitled to the sum of thefollowing:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (f), an amount for mileageat the mileage rate paid to state officers and employees for eachmile necessarily traveled to and from the court.
(2) Fifteen dollars ($15) per day while the juror is in actualattendance.
(d) A city or town fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to pay fromcity or town funds a supplemental fee in addition to the feeprescribed by subsection (c)(2).
(e) For purposes of this section, a prospective juror who issummoned for jury duty and who reports to the summoning court onthe day specified in the summons is in actual attendance on that day.
(f) A county, city, or town fiscal body may adopt an ordinanceproviding for the payment by the county, city, or town of the parkingfees incurred by jurors of circuit, superior, county, and probate courtsand members of grand juries. If a county, city, or town fiscal bodyadopts an ordinance under this subsection, the county, city, or townmay pay the parking fees incurred by a juror of a circuit, superior,county, or probate court or a member of a grand jury instead ofpaying the juror or grand jury member an amount for mileage at therate provided in subsection (a)(1) or (c)(1).
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.118-2007,SEC.26.
IC 33-37-10-2
Witnesses in criminal actions
Sec. 2. (a) A witness in a criminal action may receive a fee if thewitness:
(1) is summoned by the state;
(2) is named on the indictment or information; and
(3) testifies under oath to a material fact in aid of the
prosecution.
(b) A fee paid under subsection (a) is the sum of the following:
(1) An amount for mileage at the mileage rate paid to stateofficers for each mile necessarily traveled to and from the court.
(2) For each day of attendance in court equal to:
(A) fifteen dollars ($15) for witnesses subpoenaed underIC 35-37-5-4; or
(B) five dollars ($5) for all other witnesses.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16.
IC 33-37-10-3
Witnesses in certain actions
Sec. 3. A witness in an action listed in IC 33-37-4-2, IC 33-37-4-3,IC 33-37-4-4, IC 33-37-4-6, and IC 33-37-4-7 is entitled to the sumof the following:
(1) An amount for mileage at the mileage rate paid to stateofficers for each mile necessarily traveled to and from the court.
(2) Five dollars ($5) for each day of attendance in court.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.1-2007,SEC.222.
IC 33-37-10-4
Witness and juror fees; noting and forwarding claims; affidavitfees; disbursements
Sec. 4. (a) The clerk shall note witness and juror fees when thefees are claimed and forward the claims to the county auditor or cityor town fiscal officer.
(b) The clerk is not entitled to a fee for providing an affidavit orother proof of attendance to a juror or witness.
(c) The county auditor or city or town fiscal officer shall disbursejuror or witness fees claimed under this section as provided inIC 33-37-7-12.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16.