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Ind. Code § 3-12-8-16 (2025)

Hearing; date

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     Sec. 16. The court shall fix a date within twenty (20) days after the return day fixed in the notice to the contestee for the hearing of a contest.

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-28-6 part.]

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.157.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1999–2008 · leading case: Pabey v. Pastrick, 816 N.E.2d 1138 (Ind. 2004).
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Pabey v. Pastrick, 816 N.E.2d 1138 (Ind. 2004). · cites it 8× “We reject Pastrick's *1143 premise that the trial court lacked jurisdiction. It is true that in an election contest, "[t]he court shall fix a date within twenty (20) days after the return day fixed in the notice to the Contestee for the hearing on a contest.”
Smith v. King, 716 N.E.2d 963 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 28× “[4] Indiana Code Section 3-12-8-16 provides: "The court shall fix a date within *968 twenty (20) days after the return day fixed in the notice to the contestee for the hearing of a contest.”
Hawkins v. Wayne Tp. Bd. of Marion Cnty., In, 183 F. Supp. 2d 1099 (S.D. Ind. 2002). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 3-12-8-16. In the end, however, if the court finds a mistake made it impossible to determine which candidate received the highest number of votes, the court “shall order that a special election be conducted.”
Burke v. Bennett, 896 N.E.2d 505 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “JUDGMENT Comes now the Court, and pursuant to Ind.Code 3-12-8-16, and declares as elected Duke A.”
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