Indiana § 33-35-2-6 - City courts in third class cities that are not county seats; civil jurisdiction; limitations

§ 33-35-2-6. City courts in third class cities that are not county seats; civil jurisdiction; limitations

Sec. 6. A city court in a third class city that is not a county seat and to which section 5 of this chapter does not apply has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in civil cases in which the amount in controversy does not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000). However, the city court does not have:

(1) jurisdiction in actions for:

(A) slander;

(B) libel;

(C) foreclosure of mortgages on real estate, in which the title to real estate is in issue;

(D) all matters relating to a decedent's estate, appointment of guardians and all related matters; and

(E) actions in equity; and

(2) original jurisdiction in which the principal defendant resides within another city having a city court with a civil jurisdiction.

Judgments rendered in the city court, when a certified transcript is filed with the clerk of the circuit court, have the same force as judgments rendered in the circuit court.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-10.1-2-5.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.14.