33-24-5-1. Appointment; bond; term of office; vacancies

IN Code § 33-24-5-1 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 1. (a) On the second Monday of January in each odd-numbered year, the supreme court shall appoint a sheriff.

(b) The sheriff of the supreme court must give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), with sureties to be approved by the court.

(c) The term of the sheriff's office is two (2) years.

(d) When a vacancy in the sheriff's office occurs in vacation, any two (2) of the justices of the court may appoint a sheriff to serve until the next term of the court, when the vacancy shall be filled by a vote of a majority of the court's justices.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-7-1.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.