IC 33-37-6
    Chapter 6. Credit Card Service Fee

IC 33-37-6-1
Application
    Sec. 1. This chapter applies to any transaction in which:
        (1) the clerk is required to collect money from a person,including:
            (A) bail;
            (B) a fine;
            (C) a civil penalty;
            (D) a court fee, court cost, or user fee imposed by the court;or
            (E) a fee for the preparation, duplication, or transmission ofa document; and
        (2) the person pays the clerk by means of a credit card, debitcard, charge card, or similar method.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16.

IC 33-37-6-2
Discharge of debt liability; vendor transaction charge or discountfee; contracts with payment processing companies authorized
    Sec. 2. (a) A payment made under this chapter does not finallydischarge the person's liability, and the person has not paid theliability until the clerk receives payment or credit from the institutionresponsible for making the payment or credit.
    (b) The clerk may contract with a bank or credit card vendor foracceptance of bank or credit cards. Subject to subsection (d), if thereis a vendor transaction charge or discount fee, whether billed to theclerk or charged directly to the clerk's account, the clerk shall collecta fee from the person using the bank card or credit card. The feecollected under this section is a permitted additional charge to themoney the clerk is required to collect under section 1(1) of thischapter.
    (c) Subject to subsection (d), the clerk may contract with apayment processing company, which may collect a transaction feefrom the person using the bank card or credit card. The fee collectedunder this section is a permitted additional charge to the money theclerk is required to collect under section 1(1) of this chapter.
    (d) The clerk shall collect and deposit in the appropriate fund anamount not less than the amount the clerk would collect and depositif the clerk received payment by a means other than a bank card orcredit card.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.65-2004,SEC.16; P.L.171-2006, SEC.8.

IC 33-37-6-3
Use of credit card service fee
    Sec. 3. (a) The clerk shall forward credit card service feescollected under section 2 of this chapter to the county auditor or the

city or town fiscal officer in accordance with IC 33-37-7-12(a).
    (b) Funds described in subsection (a) may be used withoutappropriation to pay the transaction charge or discount fee chargedby the bank or credit card vendor.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16.