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Ind. Code § 33-35-2-5 (2025)

Certain city or town courts; concurrent jurisdictions; limitations

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     Sec. 5. The city court of each of the five (5) cities having the largest populations and the town court of the town having the largest population in a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) and less than seven hundred thousand (700,000) have concurrent civil jurisdiction with the circuit court of the county where the amount in controversy does not exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000). The court has jurisdiction in any action where the parties or the subject matter are in the county in which the city or town is located. However, the city or town court does not have jurisdiction in:

(1) actions for slander or libel;

(2) matters relating to decedents' estates, appointment of guardians, and all related matters;

(3) dissolution of marriage actions; or

(4) injunction or mandate actions.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-10.1-2-4.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.143-2015, SEC.1; P.L.11-2023, SEC.101.

 

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McInnis v. Vets. Vill., No. 2:21-cv-00127 (N.D. Ind. Mar. 28, 2023). “Code § 33-35-2-5 ; https://www.cityofhobart.org/227/City-Court (last visited March 27, 2023)].”
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