Indiana § 33-39-6-5 - Minimum annual salary; full-time or part-time prosecuting attorneys
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§ 33-39-6-5. Minimum annual salary; full-time or part-time prosecuting attorneys
Sec. 5. (a) The annual minimum salary paid by the state to a full-time prosecuting attorney described in section 6 of this chapter is equal to the minimum salary of the circuit court judge of the same judicial circuit as the prosecuting attorney.
(b) A prosecuting attorney of a judicial circuit, other than a full-time prosecuting attorney described in section 6 of this chapter is entitled to a minimum annual salary in an amount equal to sixty percent (60%) of the salary provided in subsection (a), except as provided by subsection (c).
(c) A prosecuting attorney, other than a full-time prosecuting attorney described in section 6 of this chapter, of a judicial circuit:
(1) that has a population of less than eighty-five thousand (85,000) and that adjoins any county having a population of more than one hundred sixty thousand (160,000); or
(2) in which is located:
(A) the Indiana state prison, the Pendleton Correctional Facility, the Plainfield Correctional Facility, the Branchville Correctional Facility, the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, or the Putnamville Correctional Facility; or
(B) a state institution (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-318) that has a daily population of at least three hundred fifty (350) patients;
is entitled to a minimum annual salary in an amount equal to sixty-six percent (66%) of the salary provided in subsection (a).
(d) The state shall pay, from the state general fund, the minimum annual salary of a prosecuting attorney. The state shall pay the minimum annual salary in equal installments with payments being made once every two (2) weeks.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-14-7-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.145-2026, SEC.222.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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