Parke County Courts, Indiana Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

Fee

4.5

Applies to

Additional registered or certified mailing

A person requesting an additional registered or certified mailing must pay its cost, currently $4.50 per item or the prevailing cost set by the clerk, or may provide certified mailing materials with postage prepaid.

If a person requests the clerk to send a mailing by registered or certified mail after the initial mailing, that person shall the cost of the mail. 2. The cost of additional mailing shall be $4.50 per item (or the prevailing costs as determined by the clerk), or the attorney/party can provide the certified mailing materials with postage pre-paid.

CRITICAL

Until the requester complies with the additional-mailing cost requirements, the clerk must not send the mailing or set a requested hearing and must notify the requester and note the noncompliance on the CCS.

If a person fails to comply with paragraph #2, then the clerk shall not issue the mailing(s) till compliance occurs. If the person requesting the mailing is also requesting that a hearing be set, no such hearing shall be set till compliance occurs. The clerk shall notify the person requesting the mailing of the non-compliance and note the same on the CCS.

WARNING

Fee

4.5

Applies to

Private transcript

A court reporter may charge at most $4.50 per page plus $25 per hour for specified compilation work on a private transcript.

(4) The maximum per page fee a court reporter may charge for the preparation of a private transcript shall be $4.50, plus $25.00 per hour for compiling, indexing exhibits and compiling table of contents.

WARNING

Fee

25

Applies to

Late payment

A qualifying non-indigent defendant who fails to timely pay a fine or civil judgment for specified disability-parking infractions must pay a $25 late fee, which the court may suspend for demonstrated good cause.

(d) Notwithstanding IC 33-37-4-2(f), IC 34-28-5-5(a), and IC 34-28-5-5(b) (Ordinance violation matters), the defendant shall pay a late payment fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) if the defendant: (1) is found to have committed a violation constituting a Class D infraction or Class C infraction under IC 5-16-9-5 or IC 5-16-9-8 for unlawfully parking in a space reserved for a person with a physical disability; (2) is required to pay a fine or civil judgment; (3) is not determined by the court imposing the fine or civil judgment to be indigent; and (4) fails to pay the fine or civil judgment in full before the later of: (A) the end of the business day on which the court imposes the fine or civil judgment; or (B) the end of the period specified in a payment schedule set for the payment of fines and civil judgments under rules adopted for the operation of the court. However, the court may suspend a late payment fee under this section if the court finds that the defendant has demonstrated good cause for failure to make timely payment of the fee.

WARNING

Applies to

Initial registered or certified mailing

The cost of the initial required registered or certified mailing to one address per party is paid from court costs and fees collected under IC 33-37.

Per I.C. 33-32-2-10, the initial mailing of a document by registered or certified mail sent: (1) to each party who is required to receive the mailing; and (2) to only one (1) of the party's addresses; shall be paid out of court costs and fees collected under IC 33-37.

WARNING

Applies to

State or county indigent transcript copy

No fee may be charged for a copy of a state or county indigent transcript.

(7) The Court Reporter will not charge a fee for a copy of a state or county indigent transcript.

WARNING

Fee

4.5

Applies to

State indigent transcript

A court reporter may charge at most $4.50 per page plus $25 per hour for specified compilation work on a state indigent transcript.

(3) The maximum per page fee a court reporter may charge for the preparation of a state indigent transcript shall be $4.50, plus $25.00 per hour for compiling, indexing exhibits and compiling table of contents.

WARNING

Fee

2

Applies to

Private transcript copy

A copy of a private transcript costs $2.00 per page, payable to the Treasurer of Parke County for deposit in the County General Fund.

(8) The charge for a copy of a private transcript will be $2.00 per page payable to the Treasurer of Parke County to be deposited in the County General Fund.

WARNING

Fee

100

Applies to

Drug court admission

The Court may charge Drug Court participants an administration fee of up to $100 per admission for initial services.

The Court may require Parke County Drug Court Participants to pay a problem-solving court administration fee of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) per admission to drug court for initial drug court services regardless of the length of participation in drug court.

WARNING

Fee

25

Applies to

Late payment

A qualifying non-indigent defendant who fails to pay covered costs, fines, or civil penalties by the applicable deadline must pay a $25 late fee, which the court may suspend for demonstrated good cause.

(a) Except as provided in subsections (d), this section applies to an action if all the following apply: (1) The defendant is found, in a court that has a local court rule imposing a late payment fee under this section, to have: (A) committed a crime; (B) violated a statute defining an infraction; (C) violated an ordinance of a municipal corporation; or (D) committed a delinquent act. (2) The defendant is required to pay: (A) court costs, including fees; (B) a fine; or (C) a civil penalty. (3) The defendant is not determined by the court imposing the court costs, fine, or civil penalty to be indigent. (4) The defendant fails to pay to the clerk the costs, fine, or civil penalty in full before the later of the following: (A) The end of the business day on which the court enters the conviction or judgment. (B) The end of the period specified in a payment schedule set for the payment of court costs, fines, and civil penalties under rules adopted for the operation of the court. (b) Subject to subsection (c), the clerk shall collect a late payment fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) from a defendant described in subsection (a). (c) Notwithstanding IC 33-37-2-2, a court may suspend a late payment fee if the court finds that the defendant has demonstrated good cause for failure to make a timely payment of court costs, a fine, or a civil penalty.

WARNING

Fee

8.5

Applies to

Expedited transcript

The maximum expedited-transcript fee is $8.50 per page when preparation is required within 24 hours or less.

(5) A maximum per page fee for an expedited transcript shall be set at $8.50 per page. If the court reporter is requested to prepare an expedited transcript, the maximum per page fee shall be $8.50 where the transcript must be prepared within 24 hours or less; $7.00 where the transcript must be prepared within seven working days.

WARNING

Fee

50

Applies to

Drug court services

The Circuit Court may charge a drug court services fee of up to $50 per month beginning in the second month of participation and continuing thereafter.

The Circuit Court may require participants to pay a drug court services fee for each admission to drug court. Drug Court may assess the services fee and collect the fee in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per month beginning with the second month of participation and for each month thereafter for the duration of participation in the problem-solving court.

WARNING

Fee

4.5

Applies to

County indigent transcript

A court reporter may charge at most $4.50 per page plus $25 per hour for specified compilation work on a county indigent transcript and must submit the claim directly to the county.

(2) The maximum per page fee a court reporter may charge for the preparation of a county indigent transcript shall be $4.50, plus $25.00 per hour for compiling, indexing exhibits and compiling table of contents; the court reporter shall submit a claim directly to the county for the preparation of any county indigent transcripts.