Bill Text: IN HB1044 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Clerk liability.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-25 - Effective 07/01/2010 [HB1044 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1044-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 33-32; IC 34-30.
Synopsis: County clerk liability. Provides that a circuit court clerk is
not personally liable for acts or omissions in the performance of the
clerk's duties absent gross negligence or intentional disregard of the
responsibilities of the office of clerk. Specifies that the fact that a clerk
is not personally liable does not preclude an action against the clerk's
bond based on an error or omission committed by the clerk.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.
January 7, 2010, reported _ Do Pass.
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(b) The fact that a clerk is not personally liable under subsection (a) does not preclude an action against the clerk's bond based on an error or omission committed by the clerk.