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219-866-4930

115 W Washington St
Rensselaer, IN 47978

Monday - Friday
8am - 4pm C.S.T.

219-866-4930

115 W Washington St
Rensselaer, IN 47978

Court Cases & Fees

NOTICE
Fee Increase Effective July 1, 2023
Please make note that beginning July 1, 2023 there will be an increase in court costs as follows:

JASPER COUNTY COURT FILING FEES
Jasper County went to E-file on June 2, 2017

**CIVIL (CC, DR, MH, MI, RS)….Case with 1 defendant....$157.00
**CIVIL (CT & PL) - $75 jury fee....Case with 1 defendant....$232.00
Add $10 for each additional defendant *(including garnishee-defendants in excess of 3)
**CIVIL MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE (MF)....Case with 1 defendant....$157.00
Add $10 for each additional defendant *(including garnishee-defendants in excess of 3)

**JUVENILE CHINS (JC)...................................................$176.00
**JUVENILE PATERNITY (JP).............................................$176.00
**JUVENILE DELINQUENT (JD, JM, JS)……………………………$171.00
PLUS OTHER FEES IF APPLICABLE

**ADOPTIONS (AD)........................................................$157.00
(ISDH-MEDICAL HISTORY FEE - $20.00, ISDH-PUTATIVE FATHER REGISTRY - $50.00)
(These fees now get paid directly to the State)

**CRIMINAL (CM, FA, FB, FC, FD, F1-6)…………………..............$189.00

PLUS FINE & OTHER FEES

**RESTRICTED CRIMINAL CASE (XP)……………………….........$157.00
**HARDSHIP LICENSE (MI) (FILED IN CIRCUIT ONLY)..........…..$157.00
**SPECIAL/RESTRICTED LICENSE (MI)……………………………$157.00
**INFRACTIONS (IF)............................................................$139.50
PLUS FINE (MOVING $139.50, NON MOVING $139.00)
**PROBATE (ES, EU) (EM-small estate affidavit gets charged).............$177.00
(EM- NO FEE- to only Probate a Will)
**GUARDIANSHIP (GU)............................................................$177.00
**TRUST (TR)...........................................................................$177.00
**SMALL CLAIMS (SC)..................Case with 1 defendant....................$97.00-If paper filed, $87.00-If E-filed

Add $10 for each additional defendant *(including garnishee-defendants in excess of 3)-This fee does not apply to E-Filed cases.

*Add a $10.00 fee per garnishee-defendant in excess of 3 whether named or added
Per (IC 33-37-5-28)

**Add $28.00 fee per case if service is to be made by the Sheriff

**Sheriff fee for post judgment is $28.00 per case.
per (IC-33-37-5-15)

Services

Jasper County Court Designations

  • Circuit Court C01 Judge John D. Potter
  • Superior Court D01 Judge Russell D. Bailey

Find Case Information
All cases filed in Jasper County Courts are assigned a case number. It is important to keep this number since all records are filed by case number.All case numbers have fourteen sometimes fifteen digits as follows:

XX-XXX-XXXX-XX-XXXX

  • County #; first 2 digits are always 37 for Jasper County
  • Court Type: C01 or D01
  • Date, year and month of filing (i.e., January 2003 = 0301)
  • Case type: SC, ES, GU, MF, DR, PO, CT, PL, MI, CM, FA, FB, FC, etc...
  • Sequence number: automatically assigned when case is implemented

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