What this office does · Indiana
Judge, City Court
Judge of a city court, which hears local ordinance violations, infractions, misdemeanors and small civil cases as its statute allows.
The basics
What the law puts in this job
- Jurisdiction set by IC 33-35 (city and town courts). [1]
Who the officeholder answers to
- Voters; Supreme Court discipline. [1]
What it pays, and who sets that
- Set by the city. [1]
Questions worth asking a candidate
Ours, not a questionnaire anyone answered. They come from what the job actually involves.
- What case types does the court hear, and how quickly are they resolved?
What we could not find
- Not researched in depth; single race.
Sources
Office research by Legal Insights (Oct. 13, 2026): Indiana Code 2026 edition, state agencies and county budgets. Nothing here rates an officeholder or candidate.
Sources
- Legal Insights judicial retention research (Civic research)
- Legal Insights explainer on Public Question 1 (bail) (Civic)
- What's included
- the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
- Everything else
- Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
- Candidate lists
- As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
- At the polls
- Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5
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