Section 33-33-40-1 - Judicial circuit; appointment of magistrate(a) Jennings County constitutes the eighty-sixth judicial circuit.(b) The Jennings circuit court has a standard small claims and misdemeanor division.(c) The judge of the Jennings circuit court and the judge of the Jennings superior court may jointly appoint one (1) full-time magistrate under IC 33-23-5 to serve the circuit and superior courts.(d) A magistrate continues in office until jointly removed by the judge of the Jennings circuit court and the judge of the Jennings superior court.Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-1-40.
Amended by P.L. 138-2020,SEC. 21, eff. 7/1/2021.As added by P.L. 98-2004, SEC.12.