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Chapter 1. State Public Defender
33-40-1-1. Appointment; Qualifications - Sec. 1. (a) The office of state public defender is...
33-40-1-2. Representing Penal Institution Inmates - Sec. 2. (a) The state public defender shall represent a...
33-40-1-3. Seal of Office; Powers of Public Defender - Sec. 3. (a) The state public defender shall be provided...
33-40-1-4. Salary; Employees; Office and Supplies - Sec. 4. (a) The state public defender shall be paid...
33-40-1-5. Transcript of Court Proceedings - Sec. 5. The state public defender may order on behalf...
33-40-1-6. Claims for Salary or Expenses; Appropriation - Sec. 6. All claims for salary or other expenses authorized...
Chapter 2. Public Defenders
33-40-2-1. Request to State Public Defender - Sec. 1. (a) Upon a determination by the judge of...
33-40-2-2. Appointment - Sec. 2. Upon receiving a written request under section 1...
33-40-2-3. Schedule of Fees - Sec. 3. (a) The state public defender shall prepare and...
33-40-2-4. Fees; Payment - Sec. 4. All fees for services rendered by the state...
33-40-2-5. Order for Payment - Sec. 5. The judge of a court having criminal jurisdiction...
33-40-2-6. Public Defender Investigators - Sec. 6. (a) A public defender may use a public...
Chapter 3. Supplemental Funding for Public Defender Services
33-40-3-1. Supplemental Public Defender Services Fund; Establishment - Sec. 1. A supplemental public defender services fund is established...
33-40-3-2. Appropriation - Sec. 2. The fiscal body of the county shall appropriate...
33-40-3-3. Use of Fund - Sec. 3. The supplemental public defender services fund may be...
33-40-3-4. Reversion of Money in Fund - Sec. 4. Any money remaining in the fund at the...
33-40-3-5. Multiple Court Appointed Legal Service Programs - Sec. 5. A county may not have more than one...
33-40-3-6. Payment of Costs by Person or Parent of Delinquent Child; Maximum Costs - Sec. 6. (a) If at any stage of a prosecution...
33-40-3-7. Determination of Ordering Payment of Costs - Sec. 7. (a) If a defendant or a child alleged...
33-40-3-8. Order for Costs as a Civil Judgment; Relief From Payment - Sec. 8. An order for costs assessed under section 6...
33-40-3-9. Collection and Deposit of Fees - Sec. 9. Fees assessed under section 6 of this chapter...
33-40-3-10. Establishment of Fund in Counties Where Public Defender Services Not Provided - Sec. 10. (a) In a county with a population of...
Chapter 4. Public Defender Council
33-40-4-1. "Council" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "council" refers to...
33-40-4-2. Establishment - Sec. 2. (a) There is established a public defender council...
33-40-4-3. Board of Directors; Members - Sec. 3. The activities of the council shall be directed...
33-40-4-4. Executive Director; Staff - Sec. 4. The council may employ an executive director, staff,...
33-40-4-5. Duties - Sec. 5. The council shall: (1) assist in the coordination...
Chapter 5. Public Defender Commission
33-40-5-1. "Commission" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to...
33-40-5-2. Establishment; Composition - Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana public defender commission is established....
33-40-5-3. Chairperson; Term of Office; Vacancies; Reimbursement of Expenses; Salary; Meetings - Sec. 3. (a) The members of the commission shall designate...
33-40-5-4. Duties - Sec. 4. The commission shall do the following: (1) Make...
33-40-5-5. Staff Support - Sec. 5. The commission shall hire staff to support the...
Chapter 6. Public Defense Fund
33-40-6-1. Purpose; Administration - Sec. 1. The public defense fund is established to receive...
33-40-6-2. Investment of Funds - Sec. 2. The treasurer of state shall invest the money...
33-40-6-3. Reversion of Money to State General Fund - Sec. 3. Money in the fund at the end of...
33-40-6-4. Certified Request for Reimbursement for Indigent Defense Services - Sec. 4. (a) For purposes of this section, the term...
33-40-6-5. Commission; Amount of Reimbursement for Indigent Defense Services; Disbursement - Sec. 5. (a) As used in this section, "commission" means...
33-40-6-6. Certified Claims in Capital Cases Given Priority - Sec. 6. The commission shall give priority to certified claims...
Chapter 7. County Public Defender Boards
33-40-7-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following...
33-40-7-2. "Board" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to...
33-40-7-3. Establishment of Board; Members; Terms; Chairperson; Meetings; Termination - Sec. 3. (a) A county executive may adopt an ordinance...
33-40-7-3.5. Creation of Multicounty Public Defender's Office; Joint Board - Sec. 3.5. (a) A county executive may adopt an ordinance...
33-40-7-4. Reimbursement for Expenses - Sec. 4. A member is entitled to reimbursement from the...
33-40-7-5. Comprehensive Plan - Sec. 5. (a) The board, or joint board of a...
33-40-7-6. Duties of Board; Term, Removal, and Qualifications of County Public Defender - Sec. 6. (a) For purposes of this section, the term...
33-40-7-7. Duties of County or Multicounty Public Defender - Sec. 7. A county or multicounty public defender shall do...
33-40-7-8. Contracts to Provide Legal Representation - Sec. 8. (a) A county public defender may contract with...
33-40-7-9. Assigned Counsel System - Sec. 9. The board may establish an assigned counsel system...
33-40-7-10. Court Appointment of Counsel or Co-Counsel - Sec. 10. (a) This chapter does not prevent a court...
33-40-7-11. Expenditures; Reimbursement - Sec. 11. (a) For purposes of this section, the term...
33-40-7-12. Conflict of Interest - Sec. 12. A county or multicounty public defender, a contract...
Chapter 8. Miscellaneous Legal Services for Indigents in Criminal Actions
33-40-8-1. Contracts - Sec. 1. The judge of any court having criminal jurisdiction,...
33-40-8-2. Fees - Sec. 2. A judge shall establish the fee to be...
33-40-8-3. Contracts; Duration - Sec. 3. A contract entered into under section 1 of...
33-40-8-4. Appropriations; Fees - Sec. 4. The county council of every county where the...
33-40-8-5. Transcription of Notes of Evidence - Sec. 5. (a) Subject to subsection (b), if an indigent...