Indiana § 12-24-16-2 - Costs and expenses; amounts

§ 12-24-16-2. Costs and expenses; amounts

Sec. 2. The taxable costs and expenses to be paid are as follows:

(1) To the physician for making the statement accompanying the allegation of insanity, an amount to be fixed by the court not more than ten dollars ($10).

(2) To the two (2) medical examiners for making out the certificate and attending the hearing, an amount to be fixed by the court not more than ten dollars ($10). The two (2) medical examiners shall be allowed, for each mile necessarily traveled in making the examination or attending the hearing, an amount for mileage equal to the amount per mile currently paid to state officers and employees.

(3) To other witnesses, the same fees as are allowed by law in other cases in the circuit court.

(4) To the clerk of the circuit court, the same fees as are allowed by law for similar services in other cases.

(5) To the sheriff, for serving process and attending the hearing, the same fees as are allowed by law for similar services in other cases, and for taking a patient to the hospital, or removing a patient from the hospital, upon warrant of the clerk, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per day for the support of each patient on the way to and from the hospital, and an amount for mileage equal to the amount per mile paid to state officers and employees.

(6) To each assistant allowed by the judge and accompanying the sheriff, with computation in both instances to be made from the county seat to the hospital by the nearest route, an amount for mileage equal to the amount per mile paid to state officers and employees.

(7) To other persons discharging the duties of sheriff, as provided by this article, the same fees as are allowed in this section to the sheriff. To the assistants of the person, the same fees as are allowed in this section to the assistants of the sheriff.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-15-5 part.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.