HB 1344 Summary

• Requires the city clerk of a second class city to serve as the clerk of the city court.

• Adds new subsection (b) to IC 33-35-3-1 specifying that in second class cities, the city clerk is the clerk of the city court.

• Reorganizes subsections in IC 33-35-3-1 to clarify clerk duties for third class cities and town courts, with the judge able to act as clerk or appoint one.

• Adds a new duty (item 10) to IC 36-4-10-4 requiring the city clerk to serve as clerk of the city court in second class cities.

• Makes a technical correction changing "acknowledgement" to "acknowledgment" in IC 36-4-10-4.