Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 36-2-5-14 (2026)
Nonapplicability of chapter to certain salaries; limitations on appropriations
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 14. (a) This chapter does not affect the salaries of judges, officers of courts, prosecuting attorneys, deputy prosecuting attorneys, and county sheriffs whose minimum salaries are fixed by statute, but the county fiscal body may make appropriations to pay them more than the minimums fixed by statute subject to subsection (b).
(b) Beginning July 1, 1995, an appropriation made under this section may not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each judge or full-time prosecuting attorney in any calendar year.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-1-24-18.1 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.279-1995, SEC.21; P.L.280-1995, SEC.23; P.L.2-1996, SEC.289; P.L.209-2019, SEC.11.
IC 36-2-6Chapter 6. Fiscal Administration
36-2-6-1Application of chapter
36-2-6-2Claims against county; procedure
36-2-6-3Inapplicability of section to certain claims;
publication of court allowances; payments in
violation; offense
36-2-6-4Allowance and payment of claims; requirements;
violation; offense; action to recover illegal
allowance
36-2-6-4.5Claim payments in advance of board allowance
36-2-6-5Supplies; review of invoice and certification;
approval of claim on contract; allowance for
printing of stationery
36-2-6-6Claim for work on contract; certification of
supervisor; allowance
36-2-6-7Payment of claims; warrants; requirements
36-2-6-8Prohibited allowances; exception; allowances to
certain officers; violation; offense
36-2-6-9Appeal of decision by county executive by
aggrieved person; procedure
36-2-6-10Judgments obligating county to exceed its
appropriation
36-2-6-11Charge of claim against appropriation;
apportionment
36-2-6-12Drawing of warrant on county treasury;
notification of depletion of treasury; liability of
county treasurer or county officer; void
agreements
36-2-6-13Recovery of payments in violation of article
36-2-6-14Money received for taxes; record; certification of
gross amount received
36-2-6-14.5Special assessment required to be certified to
county auditor
36-2-6-15Settlement made by county executive with
county, township, or school officer; overpayment
36-2-6-16Repealed
36-2-6-17Purchase of supplies for county institutions
36-2-6-18Loans; bonds; tax anticipation warrants; deficits;
requirements for incurring debt
36-2-6-19Bonds or tax anticipation warrants; sale; bidding;
notice; disclosures
36-2-6-20Issuance of bonds, notes, or warrants;
requirements; disposition of proceeds and
delivery of instruments
36-2-6-21Repealed
36-2-6-22Expired
36-2-6-23Definitions; "PILOTS"; adoption of ordinance;
calculation; imposition; distribution; due date
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1995–2011 · leading case: Tipton Cnty. ex rel. Tipton Cnty. Council v. State ex rel. Nash, 731 N.E.2d 12 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000).
Tipton Cnty. ex rel. Tipton Cnty. Council v. State ex rel. Nash, 731 N.E.2d 12 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000). “Ind.Code §§ 36-2-5-14 (1980) (amended 1995); 36-3-6-3(c) (1980) (amended 1986, 1995).”
Mance v. Bd. of Directors of the Pub. Employees' Ret. Fund, 652 N.E.2d 532 (Ind. Ct. App. 1995). “The Class's construction of the judges' retirement system statutes proves untenable because it would permit the counties to make decisions having an impact on the State's general fund beyond the control of the legislature.”
Colen v. Ohio Cnty., 890 N.E.2d 1 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). “Further, we note that Indiana Code section 36-2-5-14 indicates that chapter 5 “does not affect the salaries of judges, officers of courts, prosecuting attorneys, and deputy prosecuting attorneys whose minimum salaries are fixed by statute.”
In Re McKinney, 948 N.E.2d 1154 (Ind. 2011). “The Board sought a advisory opinion from the Indiana Attorney General on the issues of whether various attorneys within a prosecutor’s office could be paid in excess of their state minimum salary from funds generated by the prosecution of forfeiture and other cases; and if so,…”
TIPTON Cnty. v. State Ex Rel. Nash, 731 N.E.2d 12 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000). “Ind.Code §§ 36-2-5-14 (1980) (amended 1995); 36-3-6-3(c) (1980) (amended 1986, 1995).”
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