Harrison County Courts, Indiana Document Filing Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Order of appointment

An Order of Appointment must use the form specified, including the appointment language, order date, judicial signature, and assignment information.

H. Form of Order. The Order of Appointment shall be in the following form: IN THE ________ COURT OF ________ COUNTY STATE OF INDIANA (Caption) ORDER OF APPOINTMENT Under the provisions of Trial Rule 79(H) of the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure or the Indiana Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Honorable ________ of the ________ Court of ________ County is hereby appointed to serve as special Judge in the above-captioned case. So ORDERED this _____ day of _____________, _______. ___________________________ Judge, ___________ Court Assigned this _____ day of __________, __________. __________________________________ Administrative District 24 Administrative Judge

CRITICAL

Applies to

Order of appointment

After selecting a special judge, the administrative judge must prepare and forward the Order of Appointment; the judge with the pending case must sign and enter it and forward a copy to the special judge and attorneys of record.

Upon selecting a special judge, the administrative judge shall prepare an Order of Appointment and forward said Order to the judge before whom the case is pending who shall then sign and enter the Order of Appointment and forward a copy of the Order to the special judge and the attorneys of record.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Bond

The jailer or bond maker must obtain the defendant’s address and telephone number for the bond.

The Jailer or Bond maker is DIRECTED to obtain an address and telephone number of the Defendant on the bond.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion or application

Must include

proposed order

Motions or applications to enlarge or shorten time, set a hearing, conference, or trial, continue a matter, or obtain default judgment must include a proposed order.

Proposed orders shall accompany motions or applications in the following matters: 1. to enlarge or shorten time 2. for setting of hearing, conference or trial 3. for continuance 4. for default judgment

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

The Court’s electronic copy becomes the official record and is retained by the Court; the reporter retains the reporter’s copy, and the original paper transcript and designated disk go to the Clerk for appeals or to the requesting party otherwise.

The Court’s copy of the electronic transcript shall become the official record of the Court proceeding, in lieu of a paper copy of the transcript, and shall be retained in the Court where said proceeding was held. The court reporter’s copy shall be retained by the court reporter. The original paper transcript along with the disk designated as the original transcript shall be forwarded to the Clerk if the transcript was prepared for purposes of appeal. If the transcript was not prepared for purposes of appeal, the original paper transcript shall be delivered to the requesting party.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Bond

All persons making bond must complete and sign the Terms and Conditions of Bond and are subject to the conditions in Exhibit “A.”

All persons making bond shall complete and sign Terms and Conditions of Bond and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of bond as set forth in Exhibit “A” attached hereto.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Plea agreement

In any criminal case, the State and defendant must file a written and signed plea agreement no later than 21 days before trial.

A. The State and the defendant shall file a written and signed Plea Agreement with respect to ANY criminal case no later than twenty-one (21) days prior to the trial date.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Written agreement

If the Court Reporter uses Court equipment, workspace, or supplies for private practice with the Court’s agreement, the parties must enter a written agreement addressing the use’s value, recordkeeping, and reimbursement.

If a Court Reporter elects to engage in private practice through recording a deposition and/or preparing of a deposition transcript, trial transcript, hearing transcripts, plea change and sentencing transcripts, or other transcripts, and the Court Reporter desires to utilize the Court’s equipment, work space, and supplies, and the Court agrees to the use of Court equipment for such purposes, the Court and the Court Reporter shall enter into a written agreement which must at a minimum designate the following: A) the reasonable market value for the use of equipment, work space and supplies; B) the method by which records are to be kept for the use of equipment, work space and supplies; and C) the method by which the Court Reporter is to reimburse the Court for the use of the equipment, work space and supplies.

WARNING

Applies to

Claim

A Court Reporter must submit a claim directly to the Court for preparing a county indigent transcript.

The Court Reporter shall submit a claim directly to the Court for the preparation of any county indigent transcript.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript supplies schedule

The County’s Judge or Judges must establish and publish a schedule of transcript supplies annually.

A schedule of transcript supplies will be established and published annually by the Judge or Judges of the County.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript fee report

At least annually, a Court Reporter must report transcript fees received for county indigent, state indigent, or private transcripts to the Indiana Supreme Court Division of State Court Administration.

The Court Reporter shall report, at least on an annual basis, all transcript fees received for the preparation of either county indigent, state indigent, or private transcripts to the Indiana Supreme Court Division of State Court Administration.

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed order

Proposed orders accompanying motions to schedule a hearing, pre-trial conference, or trial must provide space for the primary setting’s date and time and, if desired, a secondary setting’s date and time.

Proposed orders accompanying motions scheduling matters for hearing, pre-trial conference and trial shall contain adequate space for the insertion of a time and date for a primary setting of the matter and a secondary setting, if desired.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript fee report

Transcript-fee reporting must use forms prescribed by the Division of State Court Administration.

The reporting shall be made on forms prescribed by the Division of State Court Administration.

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed order or entry

Proposed orders and entries must identify the preparer under the indication “tendered by.”

All proposed orders and entries shall reflect the name of the person preparing under the indication “tendered by”.,