Sec. 28. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), this section applies to a civil action in which the clerk is required to collect a civil costs fee under IC 33-37-4-4(a).

     (b) The clerk shall collect the following:

(1) From the party filing the civil action, a service fee of ten dollars ($10) for each additional defendant that is not a garnishee defendant named other than the first named defendant.

(2) From any party adding a defendant that is not a garnishee defendant, a service fee of ten dollars ($10) for each defendant that is not a garnishee defendant added in the civil action.

(3) From a party that has named more than three (3) garnishees or garnishee defendants, a garnishee service fee of ten dollars ($10) for each garnishee or garnishee defendant in excess of three (3).

(4) From a party adding a garnishee or garnishee defendant, a garnishee service fee of ten dollars ($10) for each garnishee or garnishee defendant added to the action. However, a clerk may not collect a garnishee service fee for the first three (3) garnishees or garnishee defendants named in the action.

     (c) This section does not apply to an action in which service is made by publication in accordance with Indiana Trial Rule 4.13 or to an action filed through the Indiana electronic filing system adopted by the Indiana supreme court.

As added by P.L.176-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.174-2006, SEC.14; P.L.235-2017, SEC.13.