To qualify for membership in the 1977 or 1985 Judges Retirement System (JRS), you must have served or be serving, as a regular judge or magistrate for any of the following courts:
- Supreme Court of the State of Indiana
- Court of Appeals of the State of Indiana
- Circuit Court of a Judicial Circuit
- Superior Court of a county
- Criminal Court of a county having a separate criminal court
- Probate Court of a county having a separate probate court
- Juvenile Court of a county having a separate juvenile court
- Municipal Court of a county
- County Court of a county
- Indiana Tax Court