Tipton County Courts, Indiana Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pretrial notice

A party offering biologically contaminated evidence must serve all parties with the pretrial notice before trial.

A party who offers biologically contaminated evidence must file a pretrial notice with the trial court and serve all the parties so that the court may consider the issue and rule appropriately before trial.

CRITICAL

Counsel and parties must keep the court informed of their current addresses, and notice to the last current address is sufficient.

Counsel and parties have the duty to keep the court informed of their current addresses and notice to the last current address shall be sufficient.

CRITICAL

Service

Mail to all parties

The court must mail actual notice, including by email, to attorneys of record and unrepresented parties stating the date by which evidence will be destroyed if not retrieved.

In all cases, the court shall provide actual notice, by mail (including email), to all attorneys of record and to parties only if unrepresented by counsel, that the evidence will be destroyed by a date certain if not retrieved before that date.

WARNING

Applies to

Jury summons

The jury qualification form is sent first, and the summons is sent to prospective jurors at least one week before jury service.

Pursuant to Indiana Jury Rule 4, the Court adopts the two-tier notice and summons procedure. The jury qualification form will be sent first, and the jury summons will be sent to the prospective jurors at least one week before service.