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