Indiana Code 33-37-5-15 (as of July 1st 2017)
IC 33-37-5-15 Service of process fee
Sec. 15.
(a) The clerk shall collect a service of process fee of twenty-eight dollars ($28) from a party requesting service of a writ, an order, a process, a notice, a tax warrant, or any other paper completed by the sheriff. A service of process fee collected under this subsection may be collected only one (1) time per case for the duration of the case. However, a clerk may collect an additional service of process fee of twenty-eight dollars ($28) per case for any post judgment service.
(b) The clerk shall collect from the person who filed the civil action a service of process fee of sixty dollars ($60), in addition to any other fee for service of process, if:
(1) a person files a civil action outside Indiana; and
(2) a sheriff in Indiana is requested to perform a service of process associated with the civil action in Indiana.
(c) A clerk shall transfer fees collected under this section to the county auditor of the county in which the sheriff has jurisdiction.
(d) The county auditor shall deposit fees collected under this section as follows:
(1) One dollar ($1) from each service of process fee described in subsection (a) into the clerk’s record perpetuation fund established by the clerk under section 2 of this chapter.
(2) Twenty-seven dollars ($27) from each service of process fee described in subsection (a) into either:
(A) the pension trust established by the county under IC 36-8-10-12; or
(B) if the county has not established a pension trust under IC 36-8-10-12, the county general fund.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-19-6-15.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.174-2006, SEC.12; P.L.156-2007, SEC.3; P.L.165-2015, SEC.1; P.L.255-2017, SEC.33.
