Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.221 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.221
§ 2307.221. Immunity from tort liability - nonprofit corporations
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 452 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "tort action" has the same meaning as in section 2307.60 of the Revised Code. (B) No person is liable in a tort action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly caused by the person's act of self-defense or defense of another when performed during the commission, or imminent commission, of an offense of violence to protect the members or guests, including the person's self, of a nonprofit corporation against the commission, or imminent commission, of that offense of violence, unless the person's act constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. (C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any right to bring a civil action under section 2307.60 of the Revised Code or any other section of the Revised Code. (D) This section does not affect, and shall not be construed as affecting, any immunity from civil liability or defense established by another section of the Revised Code or available at common law, to which the person may be entitled under circumstances not covered by this section. (E) Subject to division (B) of this section, there is a presumption that a person who approaches or enters a nonprofit corporation's premises or event with intent to commit an offense of violence is liable for any injury, death, or loss to person or property resulting from an act of self-defense or defense of another against that person. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.25
§ 2317.25. Contents of attachment or order to commit
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every attachment for the arrest or order to commit a witness to prison by a court or officer, pursuant to sections 2317.21 and 2317.22 of the Revised Code, must be under seal of the court or official seal of the officer, if he has one, and must particularly specify the cause of the arrest or commitment. When committed for a refusal to answer a question, the question must be stated in the order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.28
§ 2329.28. The return of the writ and record thereof
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 480 - 132nd General Assembly The levying officer shall indorse on the writ of execution the officer's proceedings thereon, and the clerk of the court of common pleas, upon the return thereof, immediately shall record all such indorsements at length, in the execution docket, or other docket provided for that purpose. Electronic indorsements shall be deemed valid. That record shall be a part of the record of the court of common pleas.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.40
§ 2329.40. Alias execution
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If lands and tenements levied on, or ordered to be sold, are not sold upon execution, other executions may be issued to sell them.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.38
§ 2335.38. Records shall be kept
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each clerk of the court of common pleas, probate judge, or sheriff shall keep a book, which shall be a record of his office, showing in detail all the moneys paid by him into the county treasury, with proper references showing where each item may be found on the respective cashbooks and dockets, and giving the names of the parties, in alphabetical order, to whom such money belongs. A detailed statement of each item shall be furnished the county auditor, and no clerk, probate judge, or sheriff, shall receive from his successor in office any fees earned by him, which have come into the hands of such successor, until settlements are all fully made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.23
§ 2317.23. Disposition of fines
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A fine imposed under section 2317.22 of the Revised Code by the court shall be paid into the county treasury; that imposed by an officer shall be for the use of the party for whom the witness was subpoenaed. The witness also shall be liable to the party injured for any damages occasioned by his failure to attend, or refusal to be sworn, to testify, or to give his deposition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.27
§ 2335.27. Costs collected by prosecuting attorney
Status: in_force

October 6, 1994 House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly On the first day of November of each year, the prosecuting attorney shall file with the clerk of the court of common pleas a certified report of all costs collected by him, or that are in the process of collection, in felony cases. The report shall state the amount received in each case, the date received, and when the amount was paid to the county treasurer. At the same time, the prosecuting attorney shall file a like report of all costs and fines that are collected by him in misdemeanors and that he is required to pay into the county treasury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.10
§ 2303.10. Indorsement of papers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The clerk of the court of common pleas shall indorse upon every paper filed with him the date of the filing thereof, and upon every order for a provisional remedy and upon every undertaking given thereunder, the date of its return to his office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.14
§ 2303.14. Maintenance of materials
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 567 - 134th General Assembly The clerk of the court of common pleas shall maintain all materials as referenced in the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio appertaining to the court and record its proceedings. Last updated February 23, 2023 at 9:13 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.38
§ 2317.38. Notice of intention to offer report
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The report or finding mentioned in section 2317.36 of the Revised Code is not admissible unless the party offering it has given notice to the adverse party a reasonable time before trial of his intention to offer it, together with a copy of the report or finding, or so much thereof as relates to the controversy, and has afforded him a reasonable opportunity to inspect and copy any records or other documents in the offering party's possession or control, on which the report or finding was based, and also the names of all persons furnishing facts upon which the report or finding was based. This section and sections 2317.36 and 2317.37 of the Revised Code shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make the law of this state uniform with those states which enact similar legislation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2327.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2327 / § 2327.04
§ 2327.04. Enforcing orders of court
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly When, in the exercise of its authority, a court orders the deposit or delivery of money or other thing, and the order is disobeyed, besides punishing the disobedience as for a contempt, the court may make an order requiring the sheriff or private selling officer to take the money or thing and deposit or deliver it in conformity with the court's direction. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.585 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.585
§ 2323.585. Immunity - waiver - illegal transfers
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 House Bill 223 - 132nd General Assembly (A) No payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall incur any penalty, forfeit any application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur any liability to the proposed transferee or any assignee based on a failure of the transfer to comply with any of the requirements of sections 2323.581 to 2323.584 of the Revised Code. (B) No provision of this section or section 2323.581 , 2323.582 , 2323.583 , or 2323.584 of the Revised Code may be waived by any payee. (C) No provision of this section or section 2323.581 , 2323.582 , 2323.583 , or 2323.584 of the Revised Code authorizes any transfer of structured settlement payment rights in contravention of applicable law or implies that any transfer under a transfer agreement that was entered into prior to the effective date of this amendment is valid or invalid. (D) Any transfer agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this amendment by a payee who resides in this state shall provide that disputes under the transfer agreement, including any claim that the payee has breached the agreement, are to be determined in and under the laws of this state. No such transfer agreement shall authorize the transferee or any other party to confess judgment or consent to entry of judgment against the payee. (E) No transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall extend to any payments that are life-contingent unless, prior to the date on which the payee signs the transfer agreement, the transferee has established and has agreed to maintain procedures reasonably satisfactory to the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor for both of the following: (1) Periodically confirming the payee's survival; (2) Giving the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor prompt written notice in the event of the payee's death. (F) If the payee cancels a transfer agreement, or if the transfer agreement otherwise terminates, after an application for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights has been filed and before it has been granted or denied, the transferee shall promptly request dismissal of the application.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.19
§ 2315.19. Review of evidence supporting damages for noneconomic loss
Status: in_force

April 7, 2005 Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly (A) Upon a post-judgment motion, a trial court in a tort action shall review the evidence supporting an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss that the defendant has challenged as excessive. That review shall include, but is not limited to, the following factors: (1) Whether the evidence presented or the arguments of the attorneys resulted in one or more of the following events in the determination of an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss: (a) It inflamed the passion or prejudice of the trier of fact. (b) It resulted in the improper consideration of the wealth of the defendant. (c) It resulted in the improper consideration of the misconduct of the defendant so as to punish the defendant improperly or in circumvention of the limitation on punitive or exemplary damages as provided in section 2315.21 of the Revised Code. (2) Whether the verdict is in excess of verdicts involving comparable injuries to similarly situated plaintiffs; (3) Whether there were any extraordinary circumstances in the record to account for an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss in excess of what was granted by courts to similarly situated plaintiffs, with consideration given to the type of injury, the severity of the injury, and the plaintiff's age at the time of the injury. (B) A trial court upholding an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss that a party has challenged as inadequate or excessive shall set forth in writing its reasons for upholding the award. (C) An appellate court shall use a de novo standard of review when considering an appeal of an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss on the grounds that the award is inadequate or excessive.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2309.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2309 / § 2309.19
§ 2309.19. Cross demands compensated
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When cross demands have existed between persons under such circumstances that if one had brought an action against the other a counterclaim could have been set up, neither can be deprived of the benefit thereof by assignment by the other, or by his death. The two demands must be deemed compensated so far as they equal each other.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.67
§ 2307.67. Civil action - critical infrastructure facility
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 Senate Bill 33 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Compensation" means money, thing of value, or financial benefit. "Compensation" does not include bail, fines, or court costs. (2) "Critical infrastructure facility" has the same meaning as in section 2911.21 of the Revised Code. (3) "Organization" has the same meaning as in section 2901.23 of the Revised Code. (B) An owner or operator of a critical infrastructure facility may elect to commence a civil action under division (A) of section 2307.60 or section 2307.61 of the Revised Code or under this section against any person who willfully causes damage to the critical infrastructure facility. The plaintiff may recover compensatory damages equal to the replacement value of the property that was damaged. The plaintiff also may recover reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other reasonable expenses incurred in maintaining the civil action under this section. (C) A person or organization may only be held vicariously liable for a judgment the plaintiff obtains against the person who damaged the critical infrastructure facility if the person or organization did either of the following: (1) Directed, authorized, facilitated, or encouraged the person to cause damage to the critical infrastructure facility; (2) Provided compensation to the person for damaging the critical infrastructure facility. (D) In a civil action to recover damages under this section, the trier of fact may determine that the defendant willfully caused damage to the critical infrastructure facility, regardless of whether the defendant has been charged with any related criminal offense, has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of a criminal offense, or has been adjudicated a delinquent child in connection with the property damage. (E) This section does not affect any criminal prosecution or any action to obtain a delinquent child adjudication in connection with the property damage.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.52
§ 2305.52. Hold harmless clauses in motor carrier transportation contracts
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 House Bill 71 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a provision, clause, covenant, or agreement contained in, collateral to, or affecting a motor carrier transportation contract that purports to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless, or has the effect of indemnifying, defending, or holding harmless, the promisee from or against any liability for loss or damage resulting from the negligence or intentional acts or omissions of the promisee is void as against public policy. (B) This section does not apply to the uniform interchange and facilities access agreement, administered by the intermodal association of North America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use, or possession of intermodal chassis or other intermodal equipment. (C) For purposes of this section: (1) "Motor carrier" has the same meaning as in section 4923.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Motor carrier transportation contract" means a contract, agreement, or understanding covering any of the following: (a) The transportation of property for compensation or hire by a motor carrier; (b) Entrance onto property by a motor carrier for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for compensation or hire; (c) A service incidental to an activity described in division (C)(2)(a) or (b) of this section. (3) "Promisee" means the person who enters into a motor carrier transportation contract with a motor carrier. "Promisee" includes any agent, employee, servant, or independent contractor who is directly responsible to the promisee. "Promisee" does not include a motor carrier who is a party to a motor carrier transportation contract with the promisee, and that motor carrier's agents, employees, servants, or independent contractors directly responsible to that motor carrier. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.05
§ 2315.05. Jury may be discharged without verdict
Status: in_force

July 6, 2001 Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly Because of the sickness of a juror, or an accident or calamity which requires it, or with the consent of both parties, or after jurors have been kept together until it satisfactorily appears that there is no probability of their agreeing, the court may discharge the jury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.43
§ 2323.43. Limitation on compensatory damages that represent economic loss
Status: in_force

April 11, 2003 Senate Bill 281 - 124th General Assembly (A) In a civil action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property, all of the following apply: (1) There shall not be any limitation on compensatory damages that represent the economic loss of the person who is awarded the damages in the civil action. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(3) of this section, the amount of compensatory damages that represents damages for noneconomic loss that is recoverable in a civil action under this section to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property shall not exceed the greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or an amount that is equal to three times the plaintiff's economic loss, as determined by the trier of fact, to a maximum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars for each plaintiff or a maximum of five hundred thousand dollars for each occurrence. (3) The amount recoverable for noneconomic loss in a civil action under this section may exceed the amount described in division (A)(2) of this section but shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for each plaintiff or one million dollars for each occurrence if the noneconomic losses of the plaintiff are for either of the following: (a) Permanent and substantial physical deformity, loss of use of a limb, or loss of a bodily organ system; (b) Permanent physical functional injury that permanently prevents the injured person from being able to independently care for self and perform life sustaining activities. (B) If a trial is conducted in a civil action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property and a plaintiff prevails with respect to that claim, the court in a nonjury trial shall make findings of fact, and the jury in a jury trial shall return a general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories, that shall specify all of the following: (1) The total compensatory damages recoverable by the plaintiff; (2) The portion of the total compensatory damages that represents damages for economic loss; (3) The portion of the total compensatory damages that represents damages for noneconomic loss. (C)(1) After the trier of fact in a civil action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property complies with division (B) of this section, the court shall enter a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for compensatory damages for economic loss in the amount determined pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section, and, subject to division (D)(1) of this section, the court shall enter a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for compensatory damages for noneconomic loss. In no event shall a judgment for compensatory damages for noneconomic loss exceed the maximum recoverable amount that represents damages for noneconomic loss as provided in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section. Division (A) of this section shall be applied in a jury trial only after the jury has made its factual findings and determination as to the damages. (2) Prior to the trial in the civil action, any party may seek summary judgment with respect to the nature of the alleged injury or loss to person or property, seeking a determination of the damages as described in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section. (D)(1) A court of common pleas has no jurisdiction to enter judgment on an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss in excess of the limits set forth in this section. (2) If the trier of fact is a jury, the court shall not instruct the jury with respect to the limit on compensatory damages for noneconomic loss described in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, and neither counsel for any party nor a witness shall inform the jury or potential jurors of that limit. (E) Any excess amount of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss that is greater than the applicable amount specified in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section shall not be reallocated to any other tortfeasor beyond the amount of compensatory damages that that tortfeasor would otherwise be responsible for under the laws of this state. (F)(1) If pursuant to a contingency fee agreement between an attorney and a plaintiff in a civil action upon a medical claim, dental claim, optometric claim, or chiropractic claim, the amount of the attorney's fees exceed the applicable amount of the limits on compensatory damages for noneconomic loss as provided in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, the attorney shall make an application in the probate court of the county in which the civil action was commenced or in which the settlement was entered. The application shall contain a statement of facts, including the amount to be allocated to the settlement of the claim, the amount of the settlement or judgment that represents the compensatory damages for economic loss and noneconomic loss, the relevant provision in the contingency fee agreement, and the dollar amount of the attorney's fees under the contingency fee agreement. The application shall include the proposed distribution of the amount of the judgment or settlement. (2) The attorney shall give written notice of the hearing and a copy of the application to all interested persons who have not waived notice of the hearing. Notwithstanding the waivers and consents of the interested persons, the probate court shall retain jurisdiction over the settlement, allocation, and distribution of the claim. (3) The application shall state the arrangements, if any, that have been made with respect to the attorney's fees. The attorney's fees shall be subject to the approval of the probate court. (G) This section does not apply to any of the following: (1) Civil actions upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim that are brought against the state in the court of claims, including, but not limited to, those actions in which a state university or college is a defendant and to which division (B)(3) of section 3345.40 of the Revised Code applies; (2) Civil actions upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim that are brought against political subdivisions of this state and that are commenced under or are subject to Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code. Division (C) of section 2744.05 of the Revised Code applies to recoverable damages in those actions; (3) Wrongful death actions brought pursuant to Chapter 2125. of the Revised Code. (H) As used in this section: (1) "Economic loss" means any of the following types of pecuniary harm: (a) All wages, salaries, or other compensation lost as a result of an injury, death, or loss to person or property that is a subject of a civil action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim; (b) All expenditures for medical care or treatment, rehabilitation services, or other care, treatment, services, products, or accommodations as a result of an injury, death, or loss to person or property that is a subject of a civil action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim; (c) Any other expenditures incurred as a result of an injury, death, or loss to person or property that is a subject of a civil action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim, other than attorney's fees incurred in connection with that action. (2) "Medical claim, dental claim," "optometric claim," and "chiropractic claim" have the same meanings as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (3) "Noneconomic loss" means nonpecuniary harm that results from an injury, death, or loss to person or property that is a subject of a civil action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim, including, but not limited to, pain and suffering, loss of society, consortium, companionship, care, assistance, attention, protection, advice, guidance, counsel, instruction, training, or education, disfigurement, mental anguish, and any other intangible loss. (4) "Trier of fact" means the jury or, in a nonjury action, the court. Last updated October 2, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.17
§ 2335.17. Witness fees of policemen
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly No police officer is entitled to witness fees in a cause prosecuted under an ordinance of a city before a magistrate. In all prosecutions under a criminal law of the state involving a felony, municipal police officers shall be allowed the same fees for attendance as are allowed by section 2335.06 of the Revised Code. Such fees shall be taxed in the bill of costs and deposited, by municipal police officers, with the treasurer of the municipal corporation, to the credit of the general fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.42
§ 2311.42. Jury may be drawn from adjoining county
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly In any civil case pending in the court of common pleas of any county in which the parties are entitled to a trial by jury, if it appears that the board of county commissioners of the county in which the action is pending is a party to the action, the court, upon the application of either party, shall certify that fact to the clerk of the court of common pleas in any adjoining county, together with the time fixed for the trial of the case and the number of jurors to be drawn, and shall order the clerk and commissioners of jurors of that county to draw from the annual jury list the number of names of persons certified to serve as jurors in the trial of such cases in that county. The sheriff or commissioners of jurors of the county from which the jury is drawn shall summon the jurors as provided in section 2313.10 of the Revised Code. The persons so drawn and summoned shall, in obedience to the summons, appear in the court of the county in which the action is pending to serve as jurors therein, being impaneled and subject to challenge the same as in other civil cases. Each juror shall receive the greater of the compensation established for jurors in the adjoining county or three dollars for each day of service and mileage, and all costs, including the costs incident to the drawing, issuing, and service of the venire shall be paid from the county treasury in which the action is pending upon certificate by the clerk of that county as to the service and mileage of the jurors, and to the officers performing those services, upon the certificate of those officers. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.39
§ 2335.39. Compensation for fees incurred by prevailing party in connection with action or appeal
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Court" means any court of record. (2) "Eligible party" means a party to an action or appeal involving the state, other than the following: (a) The state; (b) An individual whose net worth exceeded one million dollars at the time the action or appeal was filed; (c) A sole owner of an unincorporated business that had, or a partnership, corporation, association, or organization that had, a net worth exceeding five million dollars at the time the action or appeal was filed, except that an organization that is described in subsection 501(c)(3) and is tax exempt under subsection 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not be excluded as an eligible party under this division because of its net worth; (d) A sole owner of an unincorporated business that employed, or a partnership, corporation, association, or organization that employed, more than five hundred persons at the time the action or appeal was filed. (3) "Fees" means reasonable attorney's fees, in an amount not to exceed seventy-five dollars per hour or a higher hourly fee approved by the court. (4) "Internal Revenue Code" means the "Internal Revenue Code of 1954," 68A Stat. 3, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended. (5) "Prevailing eligible party" means an eligible party that prevails in an action or appeal involving the state. (6) "State" has the same meaning as in section 2743.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in divisions (B)(2) and (F) of this section, in a civil action, or appeal of a judgment in a civil action, to which the state is a party, or in an appeal of an adjudication order of an agency pursuant to section 119.12 of the Revised Code, the prevailing eligible party is entitled, upon filing a motion in accordance with this division, to compensation for fees incurred by that party in connection with the action or appeal. Compensation, when payable to a prevailing eligible party under this section, is in addition to any other costs and expenses that may be awarded to that party by the court pursuant to law or rule. A prevailing eligible party that desires an award of compensation for fees shall file a motion requesting the award with the court within thirty days after the court enters final judgment in the action or appeal. The motion shall do all of the following: (a) Identify the party; (b) Indicate that the party is the prevailing eligible party and is entitled to receive an award of compensation for fees; (c) Include a statement that the state's position in initiating the matter in controversy was not substantially justified; (d) Indicate the amount sought as an award; (e) Itemize all fees sought in the requested award. The itemization shall include a statement from any attorney who represented the prevailing eligible party, that indicates the fees charged, the actual time expended, and the rate at which the fees were calculated. (2) Upon the filing of a motion under this section, the court shall review the request for the award of compensation for fees and determine whether the position of the state in initiating the matter in controversy was substantially justified, whether special circumstances make an award unjust, and whether the prevailing eligible party engaged in conduct during the course of the action or appeal that unduly and unreasonably protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy. The court shall issue an order, in writing, on the motion of the prevailing eligible party, which order shall include a statement indicating whether an award has been granted, the findings and conclusions underlying it, the reasons or bases for the findings and conclusions, and, if an award has been granted, its amount. The order shall be included in the record of the action or appeal, and the clerk of the court shall mail a certified copy of it to the state and the prevailing eligible party. With respect to a motion under this section, the state has the burden of proving that its position in initiating the matter in controversy was substantially justified, that special circumstances make an award unjust, or that the prevailing eligible party engaged in conduct during the course of the action or appeal that unduly and unreasonably protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy. A court considering a motion under this section may deny an award entirely, or reduce the amount of an award that otherwise would be payable, to a prevailing eligible party only as follows: (a) If the court determines that the state has sustained its burden of proof that its position in initiating the matter in controversy was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust, the motion shall be denied; (b) If the court determines that the state has sustained its burden of proof that the prevailing eligible party engaged in conduct during the course of the action or appeal that unduly and unreasonably protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy, the court may reduce the amount of an award, or deny an award, to that party to the extent of that conduct. An order of a court considering a motion under this section is appealable as in other cases, by a prevailing eligible party that is denied an award or receives a reduced award. If the case is an appeal of the adjudication order of an agency pursuant to section 119.12 of the Revised Code, the agency may appeal an order granting an award. The order of the court may be modified by the appellate court only if it finds that the grant or the failure to grant an award, or the calculation of the amount of an award, involved an abuse of discretion. (C) Compensation for fees awarded to a prevailing eligible party under this section may be paid by the specific branch of the state government or the state department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality over which the party prevailed in the action or appeal from any funds available to it for payment of such compensation. If compensation is not paid from such funds or such funds are not available, upon the filing of the court's order in favor of the prevailing eligible party with the clerk of the court of claims, the order shall be treated as if it were a judgment under Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code and be payable in accordance with the procedures specified in section 2743.19 of the Revised Code, except that interest shall not be paid in relation to the award. (D) If compensation for fees is awarded under this section to a prevailing eligible party that is appealing an agency adjudication order pursuant to section 119.12 of the Revised Code, it shall include the fees incurred in the appeal and, if requested in the motion, the fees incurred by the party in the adjudication hearing conducted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. A motion containing such a request shall itemize, in the manner described in division (B)(1)(e) of section 119.092 of the Revised Code, the fees, as defined in that section, that are sought in an award. (E) Each court that orders during any fiscal year compensation for fees to be paid to a prevailing eligible party pursuant to this section shall prepare a report for that year. The report shall be completed no later than the first day of October of the fiscal year following the fiscal year covered by the report, and copies of it shall be filed with the general assembly. It shall contain the following information: (1) The total amount and total number of awards of compensation for fees required to be paid to prevailing eligible parties; (2) The amount and nature of each individual award ordered; (3) Any other information that may aid the general assembly in evaluating the scope and impact of awards of compensation for fees. (F) The provisions of this section do not apply in any of the following: (1) Appropriation proceedings under Chapter 163. of the Revised Code; (2) Civil actions or appeals of civil actions that involve torts; (3) An appeal pursuant to section 119.12 of the Revised Code that involves any of the following: (a) An adjudication order entered after a hearing described in division (F) of section 119.092 of the Revised Code; (b) A prevailing eligible party represented in the appeal by an attorney who was paid pursuant to an appropriation by the federal or state government or a local government; (c) An administrative appeal decision made under section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.46
§ 2305.46. False identifying information
Status: in_force

September 30, 1976 House Bill 1217 - 111th General Assembly (A) No person, with purpose to deceive, shall provide, wear, use, or possess a false identifying device or identification card. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.21
§ 2311.21. Abatement by death of party
Status: in_force

January 1, 1958 House Bill 937 - 102nd General Assembly Unless otherwise provided, no action or proceeding pending in any court shall abate by the death of either or both of the parties thereto, except actions for libel, slander, malicious prosecution, for a nuisance, or against a judge of a county court for misconduct in office, which shall abate by the death of either party.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.33
§ 2323.33. Action dismissed for want of security for costs; applicability
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 595 - 132nd General Assembly (A) If security for costs is not given in a case mentioned in sections 2323.30 to 2323.32 of the Revised Code, at any time before the commencement of the trial, on motion of the defendant, and notice to the plaintiff, the court shall dismiss the action, unless in a reasonable time, which it may allow, security is given. (B) This section does not apply if a party makes an application under section 2323.30 or 2323.31 of the Revised Code to qualify as an indigent litigant as set forth in section 2323.311 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.36
§ 2315.36. Apportionment of liability
Status: in_force

April 7, 2005 Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly If contributory fault is asserted as an affirmative defense to a tort claim, if it is determined that the plaintiff was contributorily at fault and that contributory fault was a direct and proximate cause of the injury, death, or loss to person or property that is the subject of the tort action, and if the plaintiff is entitled to recover compensatory damages pursuant to section 2315.33 of the Revised Code from more than one party, after it makes findings of fact or after the jury returns its general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories as described in section 2315.34 of the Revised Code, the court shall enter a judgment that is in favor of the plaintiff and that imposes liability pursuant to section 2307.22 of the Revised Code. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.08
§ 2313.08. Notice of drawing; collection of forfeiture
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly (A) At least six days before the drawing of jurors under section 2313.09 of the Revised Code, the commissioners of jurors shall publish notice of the drawing in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county. They shall also serve written notice upon the clerk of the court of common pleas and at least one judge of the court of common pleas of the county. (B) All drawings of jurors shall be public on a day designated by the commissioners of jurors. A commissioner or a designated deputy commissioner, a judge of the court of common pleas or the judge's designated representative, and the clerk of the court of common pleas or the clerk's deputy or other designated representative shall attend at the office of the commissioners to supervise the jury list selection process.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.06
§ 2335.06. Witness fees in civil cases
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in section 2335.061 of the Revised Code, each witness in civil cases shall receive the following fees: (1) Twelve dollars for each full day's attendance and six dollars for each half day's attendance at a court of record, mayor's court, or before a person authorized to take depositions, to be taxed in the bill of costs. Each witness shall also receive reimbursement for each mile necessarily traveled to and from the witness's place of residence to the place of giving testimony, to be taxed in the bill of costs. The board of county commissioners of each county shall set the reimbursement rate for each mile necessarily traveled by a witness in a civil case in the common pleas court, any division of the common pleas court, a county court, or a county-operated municipal court. The rate shall not exceed fifty and one-half cents for each mile. (2) For attending a coroner's inquest, the same fees and mileage provided by division (A)(1) of this section, payable from the county treasury on the certificate of the coroner. (B) As used in this section, "full day's attendance" means a day on which a witness is required or requested to be present at proceedings before and after twelve noon regardless of whether the witness actually testifies; "half day's attendance" means a day on which a witness is required or requested to be present at proceedings either before or after twelve noon, but not both, regardless of whether the witness actually testifies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2301.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2301 / § 2301.04
§ 2301.04. Temporary location of division in event of emergency
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 290 - 130th General Assembly (A) In the event of a natural or man-made disaster, civil disorder, or any extraordinary circumstance that interrupts or threatens to interrupt the orderly operation of a division of a court of common pleas within the territorial jurisdiction of the division, the administrative judge of the division may issue an order authorizing the division to operate at a temporary location inside or outside the territorial jurisdiction of the division. The order shall identify the temporary location at which the division shall operate and the date on which operations shall commence at the temporary location. The division shall operate at the temporary location until the administrative judge withdraws, cancels, or rescinds the order. (B) The authority of an administrative judge of a division of a court of common pleas to issue an order authorizing the division to operate at a temporary location pursuant to division (A) of this section is independent of and shall not be conditioned upon a declaration of a judicial emergency issued by the chief justice of the supreme court pursuant to Rule 14 of the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio. (C) For the period during which a division of a court of common pleas operates in a temporary location pursuant to division (A) of this section, the division shall continue to have the territorial jurisdiction set forth in section 2301.01 of the Revised Code and the court shall have jurisdiction to hear actions and conduct proceedings the same as if the division were operating within that territorial jurisdiction. (D) As soon as practicable following issuance of an order pursuant to division (A) of this section, both of the following shall occur: (1) The administrative judge of the division of the court of common pleas shall provide notice and a copy of the order by regular or electronic mail to all of the following: (a) The chief justice and administrative director of the supreme court; (b) The legislative authorities of the local funding authorities of the court; (c) All appropriate law enforcement agencies, prosecuting authorities, public defender agencies, and local bar associations within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. (2) If the division operates and maintains a web site, the web site shall provide notification of the operation of the division at the temporary location, including the site of the temporary location and the date on which operations shall commence at the temporary location. (E) As soon as practicable following the withdrawal, cancellation, or rescission of an order issued pursuant to division (A) of this section, each of the following shall occur: (1) The administrative judge of the division of the court of common pleas shall provide notice by regular or electronic mail to all of the following: (a) The chief justice and administrative director of the supreme court; (b) The legislative authorities of the local funding authorities of the court; (c) All appropriate law enforcement agencies, prosecuting authorities, public defender agencies, and local bar associations within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. (2) If the division operates and maintains a web site, the web site shall provide notification of the operation of the division at the permanent location of the division, including the site of the permanent location and the date on which operations shall commence at the permanent location.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.153 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.153
§ 2329.153. Official public sheriff sale web site; integrated auction management system
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly (A) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the department of administrative services shall solicit competitive sealed proposals for the creation, operation, and maintenance of the official public sheriff sale web site and an integrated auction management system. The official public sheriff sale web site and integrated auction management system shall be a single statewide system for use by all county sheriffs in accordance with the requirements of this section. (B) The official public sheriff sale web site shall meet the following minimum requirements: (1) The web site shall have a domain name relevant to the judicial sale of real property. (2) The web site shall be limited to the judicial sale of real property located in this state. (3) The web site shall not charge a fee for members of the public to view properties for sale. (4) The web site shall allow each county sheriff to add text, images, or graphics to the web site for the purpose of identifying the county or sheriff conducting the sale. (5) The web site shall include industry-standard features and functionality, including user guides, online financial transaction device payments, anti-snipe functionality, watch lists, electronic mail notifications, maximum bid limits, automatic incremental bidding, and search and map features that allow users to search by county, zip code, address, parcel number, appraised value, party name, case number, and other variables relevant to the judicial sale of real property. As used in this section, "financial transaction device" has the same meaning as in section 301.28 of the Revised Code. (6) The web site shall include features that allow for the cancellation of sales as required by law or court order and the postponement of sales in accordance with divisions (E)(2) and (3) of this section. (7) The web site shall provide a secure payment processing system that accepts online payments for property sold via the web site and, in an efficient and costeffective manner, transfers those payments to the appropriate county official or account. (8) The web site shall include the ability for an attorney or law firm to enter a bid in a representative capacity. (9) The web site shall be integrated with the auction management system described in division (C) of this section. (C) The auction management system shall meet the following minimum requirements: (1) The auction management system shall have a role-based workflow engine to assist in conducting sales on the web site, capturing data, complying with all relevant laws, and managing administrative processes related to the judicial sale of real property in a timely, secure, and accurate manner. (2) The auction management system shall record the data necessary to meet the reporting requirements of section 2329.312 of the Revised Code. (3) The auction management system shall be able to generate documents required by the court ordering the sale or related to the judicial sale of real property. (4) The auction management system shall be able to record fees, costs, deposits, and other money items with the objective of ensuring an accurate accounting of moneys received and disbursed in each judicial sale of real property. (5) The auction management system shall be integrated with the web site described in division (B) of this section. (D) The license fee for the creation, operation, and maintenance of the official public sheriff sale web site and integrated auction management system shall be determined using a per-transaction license fee model or a per-use license fee model. The addition of a property to the official public sheriff sale web site or the auction management system shall each be deemed a transaction for purposes of determining the license fee. The license fee applicable to each judicial sale of real property shall be taxed as costs in the case. No additional license fees shall be assessed to the county sheriff. (E)(1) Not later than one year after the effective date of this section, in all cases in which the sheriff is ordered to conduct a judicial sale of real property, the following shall occur: (a) For residential property, the sale may be conducted on the official public sheriff sale web site for a five-year period beginning on the date the online system is fully operational. After this five-year period sales shall be conducted on the official public sheriff sale web site. (b) For commercial property, the sale may be conducted on the official public sheriff sale web site. All sales conducted on the official public sheriff sale web site shall be open for bidding for at least seven days. (2) If the sale of the real property is to be conducted on the official public sheriff sale web site, the judgment creditor may instruct the sheriff to postpone the sale of the real property one time for up to one hundred eighty days after the initial sale date. Upon receiving such instruction for postponement, the sheriff shall postpone the sale of the property by announcing on the official public sheriff sale web site that the sale is postponed and giving notice of the rescheduled sale date. This announcement shall be deemed to meet the notice requirement of section 2329.26 of the Revised Code. (3) If the judgment creditor does not wish to postpone the sale of the real property, the judgment creditor may instruct the sheriff to cancel the sale of the property. Upon receiving this instruction, the sheriff shall cancel the sale of the property by announcing on the official public sheriff sale web site that the sale is canceled. This announcement shall remain posted on the official public sheriff sale web site until at least the end of the seven-day bidding period described in division (E)(1) of this section. (4) If the sale of the real property is postponed or canceled according to divisions (E)(2) and (3) of this section, all bids made on the real property prior to the postponement or cancellation of the sale shall be void. (F) Pursuant to their authority in section 9.482 of the Revised Code, counties may elect to enter into a shared services agreement relating to the judicial sale of real property on the official public sheriff sale web site. The shared services agreement may seek to improve efficiency and reduce costs in the judicial sale of real property by consolidating administrative functions and processes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.02
§ 2315.02. View of property by jury
Status: in_force

September 11, 1961 House Bill 213 - 104th General Assembly If the court is of the opinion that it is proper for the jurors to have a view of property which is the subject of litigation, or of a place where a material fact occurred, it may order them to be conducted in a body under the charge of an officer to such property or place, which shall be shown to them by a person appointed by the court for that purpose. While the jurors are thus absent, no person, other than the person so appointed, shall speak to them on any subject connected with the trial. The expense of such view as approved by the court shall be taxed as other costs in the case.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.41
§ 2317.41. Photographic copies of records admissible as competent evidence
Status: in_force

October 4, 1996 House Bill 495 - 121st General Assembly "Photograph" as used in this section includes but is not limited to microphotograph, a roll or strip of film, a roll or strip of microfilm, a photostatic copy, or an optically-imaged copy. To the extent that a record would be competent evidence under section 2317.40 of the Revised Code, a photograph of such record shall be competent evidence if the custodian of the photograph or the person who made such photograph or under whose supervision such photograph was made testifies to the identity of and the mode of making such photograph, and if, in the opinion of the trial court, the record has been destroyed or otherwise disposed of in good faith in the regular course of business, and the mode of making such photograph was such as to justify its admission. If a photograph is admissible under this section, the court may admit the whole or a part thereof. Such photograph shall be admissible only if the party offering it has delivered a copy of it, or so much thereof as relates to the controversy, to the adverse party a reasonable time before trial, unless in the opinion of the court the adverse party has not been unfairly surprised by the failure to deliver such copy. No such photograph need be submitted to the adverse party as prescribed in this section unless the original instrument would be required to be so submitted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.253 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.253
§ 2305.253. Incident or risk management report not admissible or discoverable
Status: in_force

April 9, 2003 Senate Bill 179 - 124th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 149.43 , 1751.21 , 2305.24 , 2305.25 , 2305.251 , 2305.252 , or 2305.28 of the Revised Code, an incident report or risk management report and the contents of an incident report or risk management report are not subject to discovery in, and are not admissible in evidence in the trial of, a tort action. An individual who prepares or has knowledge of the contents of an incident report or risk management report shall not testify and shall not be required to testify in a tort action as to the contents of the report. (B)(1) Except as specified in division (A) of this section, this section does not affect any provision of section 149.43 , 1751.21 , 2305.24 , 2305.25 , 2305.251 , 2305.252 , or 2305.28 of the Revised Code that describes, imposes, or confers any of the following: (a) An immunity from tort or other civil liability; (b) A forfeiture of an immunity from tort or other civil liability; (c) A requirement of confidentiality; (d) A limitation on the use of information, data, reports, or records; (e) Tort or other civil liability; (f) A limitation on discovery of matter, introduction into evidence of matter, or testimony pertaining to matter in a tort or other civil action. (2) Divisions (A) and (B)(1) of this section do not prohibit or limit the discovery or admissibility of testimony or evidence relating to patient care that is within an individual's personal knowledge. (3) Divisions (A) and (B)(1) and (2) of this section do not affect a privileged communication between an attorney and the attorney's client as described in section 2317.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.06
§ 2311.06. Numbering of cases
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A case in all its stages in the same court and upon every docket or book, and all papers filed or issued therein, shall bear the appearance docket number. The clerk of the court shall not place a case upon the trial docket in which nothing remains to be done except to execute an order for the sale of real or personal property and to distribute the proceeds as directed by the order. If it becomes necessary, the case may be redocketed, on the application of either party, whereupon it shall stand in all respects as if it had remained on the docket.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.36
§ 2305.36. Limited immunity for injury due to cumulative consumption, weight gain, or obesity
Status: in_force

April 7, 2005 Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Cumulative consumption" means, with respect to a health condition, any health condition, including, but not limited to, increased cholesterol, heart disease, or high blood pressure, that is caused by successive consumption of a qualified product. (2) "Person engaged in the business" means a person who manufactures, markets, distributes, advertises, or sells a qualified product in the regular course of the person's trade or business. (3) "Manufacturer" and "supplier" have the same meanings as in section 2307.71 of the Revised Code. (4) "Qualified product" means all of the following: (a) Articles used for food or drink for a human being or other animal; (b) Chewing gum; (c) Articles used for components of any article listed in division (A)(4)(a) or (b) of this section. (5) "Seller" means, with respect to a qualified product, a person lawfully engaged in the business of marketing, distributing, advertising, or selling the product. (6) "Trade association" means any association or business organization that is not operated for profit and in which two or more members of the trade association are manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, or sellers of a qualified product. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no manufacturer, seller, or supplier of a qualified product and no trade association is liable for injury, death, or loss to person or property for damages, is subject to an action for declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, or declaratory relief, or is responsible for restitution, damages, or other relief arising out of, resulting from, or related to cumulative consumption, weight gain, obesity, or any health condition that is related to cumulative consumption, weight gain, or obesity. (C) A party that prevails on a motion to dismiss an action under division (B) of this section may recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs that the party incurred in connection with the motion to dismiss. (D) The immunity from liability provided in division (B) of this section does not apply to any of the following if it, alone or in combination with any of the following, was the predominate proximate cause of the claim of injury, death, or loss resulting from cumulative consumption, weight gain, obesity, or any health condition that is related to cumulative consumption, weight gain, or obesity: (1) The misbranding of the qualified product involved; (2) Any knowing and willful violation of state or federal law that applies to the qualified product involved; (3) Any breach of express contract or breach of express warranty in connection with the purchase of the qualified product involved. (E) Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating any new cause of action for a claim of injury, death, or loss resulting from a person's cumulative consumption, weight gain, obesity, or any health condition that is related to cumulative consumption, weight gain, or obesity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.14
§ 2311.14. Interpreter provided for person with hearing, speech or other impediment
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A)(1) Whenever because of a hearing, speech, or other impairment a party to or witness in a legal proceeding cannot readily understand or communicate, the court shall appoint a qualified interpreter to assist such person. (2) This section is not limited to a person who speaks a language other than English. It also applies to the language and descriptions of any person with a developmental disability who cannot be reasonably understood, or who cannot understand questioning, without the aid of an interpreter. The interpreter may aid the parties in formulating methods of questioning the person with a developmental disability and in interpreting the answers of the person. (B) Before entering upon official duties, the interpreter shall take an oath that the interpreter will make a true interpretation of the proceedings to the party or witness, and that the interpreter will truly repeat the statements made by such party or witness to the court, to the best of the interpreter's ability. If the interpreter is appointed to assist a person with a developmental disability as described in division (A)(2) of this section, the oath also shall include an oath that the interpreter will not prompt, lead, suggest, or otherwise improperly influence the testimony of the witness or party. (C) The court shall determine a reasonable fee for all such interpreter service which shall be paid out of the same funds as witness fees. If the party taxed with costs is indigent, the court shall not tax the interpreter's fees as costs, and the county or, if the court is a municipal court that is not a county-operated municipal court, the municipal corporation in which the court is located shall pay the interpreter's fees. (D) As used in this section, " developmental disability" has the same meaning as in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2301.141 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2301 / § 2301.141
§ 2301.141. Documentation of criminal convictions and guilty pleas to be retained in admissible form
Status: in_force

March 23, 2005 House Bill 30 - 125th General Assembly Notwithstanding section 149.38 of the Revised Code, each clerk of a court of common pleas shall retain documentation regarding each criminal conviction and plea of guilty involving a case that is or was before the court. The documentation shall be in a form that is admissible as evidence in a criminal proceeding as evidence of a prior conviction or that is readily convertible to or producible in a form that is admissible as evidence in a criminal proceeding as evidence of a prior conviction and may be retained in any form authorized by section 9.01 of the Revised Code. The clerk shall retain this documentation for a period of fifty years after the entry of judgment in the case, except that documentation regarding cases solely concerned with minor misdemeanor offenses or minor misdemeanor traffic offenses shall be retained as provided in divisions (A) and (B) of section 1901.41 of the Revised Code, and documentation regarding other misdemeanor traffic offenses shall be retained for a period of twenty-five years after the entry of judgment in the case. This section shall apply to records currently retained and to records created on or after September 23, 2004.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.07
§ 2303.07. Oaths and acknowledgments
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The clerk of the court of common pleas may administer oaths and take and certify affidavits, depositions, and acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, and other instruments in writing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.39
§ 2305.39. Non-responsible persons responding to oil spill not liable
Status: in_force

August 23, 1995 House Bill 37 - 121st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Damages" means damages of any kind for which liability may exist under the laws of this state resulting from, arising out of, or related to the discharge or threatened discharge of oil. (2) "Discharge" means an intentional or unintentional emission of oil into or upon the navigable waters located within this state or the adjoining shorelines of such navigable waters, including spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping. "Discharge" does not include natural seepage. (3) "Federal on-scene coordinator" means the federal official designated in the national contingency plan. (4) "National contingency plan" means the plan prepared and published under the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act," 33 U.S.C.A. 1321(d), as amended by the "Oil Pollution Act of 1990," Pub. L. No. 101-380, 104 Stat. 484. (5) "Oil" means oil of any kind or in any form, including petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil. "Oil" does not include petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof that is specifically a hazardous substance identified or listed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(c) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. (6) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code and additionally includes governmental entities. (7) "Removal costs" means the costs of containing and removing oil that are incurred after a discharge of oil has occurred or, when there is a substantial threat of a discharge of oil, the costs of preventing, minimizing, or mitigating oil pollution arising from the incident, including the costs of taking other actions as may be necessary to minimize or mitigate damage to the public health or welfare, and damage to fish, shellfish, wildlife, and public and private property, including shorelines and beaches. (8) "Responsible party" has the same meaning as in the "Oil Pollution Act of 1990," Pub. L. No. 101-380, 104 Stat. 486, 33 U.S.C.A. 2701. (9) "Navigable waters" has the same meaning as in the "Federal Water Pollution Act Amendments of 1972," 86 Stat. 816, 33 U.S.C.A. 1251, as amended. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person, other than a responsible party, is not liable for removal costs or damages that result from an act or omission in the course of rendering care, assistance, or advice consistent with the national contingency plan, or as otherwise directed by the federal on-scene coordinator or by a state official with responsibility for responding to a discharge. Division (B) of this section does not apply to acts or omissions of the person constituting gross negligence or reckless or willful misconduct. (C)(1) This section does not limit or affect the liability of a responsible party. A responsible party is liable for removal costs or damages resulting from the act or omission of a person who is relieved of liability under division (B) of this section. (2) This section does not limit or affect the liability of any person for personal injury or wrongful death. (3) This section does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right against any person resulting from an act or omission in the course of responding to a discharge.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.46
§ 2323.46. Fees on summons to another county
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a summons is issued to another county, it may be returned by mail, and the sheriff shall be entitled to the same fees as if it had issued in the county of which he is sheriff.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2319.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2319 / § 2319.11
§ 2319.11. Officers authorized to take depositions for use outside of state
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Depositions taken in and to be used in this state must be taken by an officer or person whose authority is derived within the state; but, if for use elsewhere, they may be taken before a commissioner or officer who derives his authority from the state, district, or territory in which they are to be used.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.26
§ 2303.26. Duties of clerk
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The clerk of the court of common pleas shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties enjoined upon the clerk by statute and by the common law; and in the performance of official duties the clerk shall be under the direction of the court. The clerk shall not restrict, prohibit, or otherwise modify the rights of parties to seek service on party defendants allowed by the Rules of Civil Procedure, either singularly or concurrently. In furtherance of the performance of the duties enjoined upon the clerk by statute, common law, and the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall be responsible for determining the best means and methods for storing, maintaining, and retrieving all papers delivered to the clerk, whether delivered in writing or in electronic form, in compliance with Rule 26 of the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio. Once determined by the clerk of court of common pleas, the clerk shall be responsible for implementing the means and methods for storage, maintenance, and retrieval. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.51
§ 2307.51. Civil action for damages related to crime of trafficking in persons
Status: in_force

June 27, 2012 House Bill 262 - 129th General Assembly (A) A victim of a violation of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code has and may commence a civil cause of action for compensatory and punitive damages against the trafficker for harm that resulted from the violation of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code. (B) The cause of action created by this section is in addition to any other cause of action available under statutory or common law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.25
§ 2307.25. Right of contribution
Status: in_force

April 9, 2003 Senate Bill 120 - 124th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 2307.25 to 2307.28 of the Revised Code, if one or more persons are jointly and severally liable in tort for the same injury or loss to person or property or for the same wrongful death, there may be a right of contribution even though judgment has not been recovered against all or any of them. The right of contribution exists only in favor of a tortfeasor who has paid more than that tortfeasor's proportionate share of the common liability, and that tortfeasor's total recovery is limited to the amount paid by that tortfeasor in excess of that tortfeasor's proportionate share. No tortfeasor may be compelled to make contribution beyond that tortfeasor's own proportionate share of the common liability. There is no right of contribution in favor of any tortfeasor against whom an intentional tort claim has been alleged and established. (B) A tortfeasor who enters into a settlement with a claimant is not entitled to contribution from another tortfeasor whose liability for the injury or loss to person or property or the wrongful death is not extinguished by the settlement, or in respect to any amount paid in a settlement that is in excess of what is reasonable. (C) A liability insurer that by payment has discharged in full or in part the liability of a tortfeasor and has discharged in full by the payment its obligation as insurer is subrogated to the tortfeasor's right of contribution to the extent of the amount it has paid in excess of the tortfeasor's proportionate share of the common liability. This division does not limit or impair any right of subrogation arising from any other relationship. (D) This section does not impair any right of indemnity under existing law. If one tortfeasor is entitled to indemnity from another, the right of the indemnity obligee is for indemnity and not contribution, and the indemnity obligor is not entitled to contribution from the obligee for any portion of the indemnity obligation. (E) This section does not apply to breaches of trust or of other fiduciary obligations. (F) The proportionate shares of tortfeasors in the common liability shall be based upon their relative degrees of legal responsibility. If equity requires the collective liability of some as a group, the group shall constitute a single share, and principles of equity applicable to contribution generally shall apply. (G) Whether or not judgment has been entered in an action against two or more tortfeasors for the same injury or loss to person or property or for the same wrongful death, contribution may be enforced by separate action. (H) Whenever the provisions of the "Federal Tort Claims Act," 60 Stat. 842 (1946), 28 U.S.C. 2671 et seq., are applicable to a tort and the United States is held liable in tort, the United States has no right of contribution under this section against the state pursuant to the waiver of sovereign immunity contained in Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.20
§ 2329.20. Land not to be sold for less than two thirds of appraised value
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in this section or sections 2329.51 and 2329.52 of the Revised Code, no tract of land shall be sold for less than two-thirds the amount of the appraised value as determined pursuant to section 2329.17 of the Revised Code. In all cases in which a junior mortgage or other junior lien is sought to be enforced against real estate by an order, judgment, or decree of court, subject to a prior lien thereon, and such prior lien, and the claims or obligations secured thereby, are unaffected by such order, judgment, or decree, the court making such order, judgment, or decree, may determine the minimum amount for which such real estate may be sold. In such a case, the minimum amount shall be not less than two-thirds of the difference between the appraised value of the real estate as determined in that section, and the amount remaining unpaid on the claims or obligations secured by such prior lien.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2337.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2337 / § 2337.14
§ 2337.14. Uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

July 20, 1994 House Bill 292 - 120th General Assembly Sections 2337.01 to 2337.15 of the Revised Code shall be applied and construed to effectuate the general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of these sections among states enacting it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.49
§ 2305.49. Title and citation
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 95 - 135th General Assembly Sections 2305.41 to 2305.49 of the Revised Code may be cited as the "Uniform Duties to Incapacitated Persons Act." Last updated January 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2337.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2337 / § 2337.07
§ 2337.07. Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims - times of money conversion - form of judgment
Status: in_force

July 20, 1994 House Bill 292 - 120th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim must be stated in an amount of the money of the claim. (B) A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim is payable in that foreign money or, at the option of the debtor, in the amount of United States dollars which will purchase that foreign money on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate. (C) Assessed costs must be entered in United States dollars. (D) Each payment in United States dollars must be accepted and credited on a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim in the amount of the foreign money that could be purchased by the dollars at a bank-offered spot rate of exchange at or near the close of business on the conversion date for that payment. (E) A judgment or award made in an action or distribution proceeding on both a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim and the adverse party's claim, must be netted by converting the money of the smaller into the money of the larger, and by subtracting the smaller from the larger, and specify the rates of exchange used. (F) A judgment substantially in the following form complies with division (A) of this section: "It is adjudged and ordered, that Defendant _______________ pay to Plaintiff __________ the sum of __________ (amount in foreign money) plus interest on that sum at the rate of _____ per cent a year or, at the option of the judgment debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the __________ (name of foreign money) with interest due, at a bank-offered spot rate at or near the close of business on the banking day next before the day of payment, together with assessed costs of __________ (amount) United States dollars." (G) If a contract claim is of the type covered by division (A) or (B) of section 2337.05 of the Revised Code, the judgment or award must be entered for the amount of money stated to measure the obligation to be paid in the money specified for payment or, at the option of the debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the computed amount of the money of payment on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate. (H) A judgment must be filed and indexed in foreign money in the same manner, and has the same effect as a lien, as other judgments. It may be discharged by payment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2331.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2331 / § 2331.16
§ 2331.16. Prisoner entitled to benefit of prison bounds
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly A prisoner is not entitled to the privilege of prison bounds until he gives bond to the creditors, with two or more sureties, resident in the county, approved by the judge or mayor who issued the process, or, in other cases, by the probate judge, in double the sum for which he stands committed, for his safe continuance in the custody of the jailer within the limits of the prison bounds, until legally discharged, which bond shall be deposited with the sheriff until the creditor demands it. When the condition of the bond is broken, the creditor may put it in suit and have judgment entered against the sureties for the debt, interest, and costs for which the prisoner stands committed. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.11
§ 2305.11. Time limitations for bringing certain actions
Status: in_force

June 16, 2021 Senate Bill 13 - 134th General Assembly (A) An action for libel, slander, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment, an action for malpractice other than an action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim, an action for legal malpractice against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association, or an action upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued, provided that an action by an employee for the payment of unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or liquidated damages by reason of the nonpayment of minimum wages or overtime compensation shall be commenced within two years after the cause of action accrued. (B) A civil action for unlawful abortion pursuant to section 2919.12 of the Revised Code, a civil action authorized by division (H) of section 2317.56 of the Revised Code, a civil action pursuant to division (B) of section 2307.52 of the Revised Code for terminating or attempting to terminate a human pregnancy after viability in violation of division (A) of section 2919.17 of the Revised Code, and a civil action for terminating or attempting to terminate a human pregnancy of a pain-capable unborn child in violation of division (E) of section 2919.201 of the Revised Code shall be commenced within one year after the performance or inducement of the abortion or within one year after the attempt to perform or induce the abortion in violation of division (A) of section 2919.17 of the Revised Code or division (E) of section 2919.201 of the Revised Code. (C) As used in this section, "medical claim," "dental claim," "optometric claim," and "chiropractic claim" have the same meanings as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 13, 2021 at 3:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.12
§ 2329.12. Bond for delivery of goods and chattels
Status: in_force

October 7, 1977 House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly When a sheriff, coroner, or other officer, by virtue of an execution, levies upon goods and chattels which afterward remain upon his hands unsold for want of bidders, for the want of time to advertise and sell, or for other reasonable cause, for his own security, he may take of the defendant a bond with security in such sum as he deems sufficient, to the effect that the property shall be delivered to the officer holding an execution for the sale of it at the time and place appointed by such officer, either by notice given in writing to the defendant in execution, or by advertisement published in a newspaper published in the county, naming therein the day and place of sale. If the defendant fails to deliver the goods and chattels at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or to pay to the officer holding the execution the full value of such goods and chattels, or the amount of the debt and costs, the bond shall be considered as broken, and may be proceeded on as in other cases.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.92
§ 2329.92. When judgment not enforceable - reciprocity
Status: in_force

August 29, 1985 Senate Bill 19 - 116th General Assembly (A) A foreign country judgment shall not be recognized and enforced pursuant to section 2329.91 of the Revised Code if the judge determines that any of the following are true: (1) The defendant in the proceedings in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable him to defend; (2) The foreign country judgment was obtained by fraud; (3) The claim for relief on which the foreign country judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this state; (4) The foreign country judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment; (5) The proceedings in the foreign court were contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in question was to be settled otherwise than by proceedings in that court; (6) If jurisdiction was based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action. (B) A foreign country judgment rendered in a foreign country that does not have a procedure for recognizing judgments made by courts of other countries and their political subdivisions in its statutes, rules, or common law that is substantially similar to sections 2329.90 to 2329.94 of the Revised Code may be recognized and enforced pursuant to section 2329.91 of the Revised Code in the discretion of the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.18
§ 2313.18. Failure to testify; request for in-camera hearing
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly (A) No prospective juror shall fail to answer any legal and pertinent question put to the prospective juror by the court or commissioners of jurors. (B) If a prospective juror is required to answer written questions during the voir dire process, the questionnaire shall contain a prominent legend advising the prospective juror that the juror has the right to request and have an in-camera hearing on the record with counsel for the parties present regarding any legitimate privacy interest of the prospective juror. (C) The court shall inform a prospective juror that if a question put to the prospective juror involves a legitimate privacy interest of that prospective juror the prospective juror has the right to request and have an in-camera hearing on the record with counsel for the parties present to respond to that question.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.19
§ 2329.19. Extent of lien of judgment
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly Upon the determination of the appraised value pursuant to section 2329.17 of the Revised Code, if it appears that two-thirds of the appraised value of the lands and tenements levied upon is sufficient to satisfy the execution, with costs, the judgment on which the execution issued shall not operate as a lien on the residue of the debtor's estate to the prejudice of any other judgment creditor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.251 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.251
§ 2305.251. Peer review committee immunity
Status: in_force

April 9, 2003 Senate Bill 179 - 124th General Assembly (A) No health care entity shall be liable in damages to any person for any acts, omissions, decisions, or other conduct within the scope of the functions of a peer review committee of the health care entity. No individual who is a member of or works for or on behalf of a peer review committee of a health care entity shall be liable in damages to any person for any acts, omissions, decisions, or other conduct within the scope of the functions of the peer review committee. (B)(1) A hospital shall be presumed to not be negligent in the credentialing of an individual who has, or has applied for, staff membership or professional privileges at the hospital pursuant to section 3701.351 of the Revised Code, and a health insuring corporation or sickness and accident insurer shall be presumed to not be negligent in the credentialing of an individual who is, or has applied to be, a participating provider with the health insuring corporation or sickness and accident insurer, if the hospital, health insuring corporation, or sickness and accident insurer proves by a preponderance of the evidence that, at the time of the alleged negligent credentialing of the individual, the hospital, health insuring corporation, or sickness and accident insurer was accredited by one of the following: (a) The joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations; (b) The American osteopathic association; (c) The national committee for quality assurance; (d) The utilization review accreditation commission. (2) The presumption that a hospital, health insuring corporation, or sickness and accident insurer is not negligent as provided in division (B)(1) of this section may be rebutted only by proof, by a preponderance of the evidence, of any of the following: (a) The credentialing and review requirements of the accrediting organization did not apply to the hospital, health insuring corporation, sickness and accident insurer, the individual, or the type of professional care that is the basis of the claim against the hospital, health insuring corporation, or sickness and accident insurer. (b) The hospital, health insuring corporation, or sickness and accident insurer failed to comply with all material credentialing and review requirements of the accrediting organization that applied to the individual. (c) The hospital, health insuring corporation, or sickness and accident insurer, through its medical staff executive committee or its governing body and sufficiently in advance to take appropriate action, knew that a previously competent individual had developed a pattern of incompetence or otherwise inappropriate behavior, either of which indicated that the individual's staff membership, professional privileges, or participation as a provider should have been limited or terminated prior to the individual's provision of professional care to the plaintiff. (d) The hospital, health insuring corporation, or sickness and accident insurer, through its medical staff executive committee or its governing body and sufficiently in advance to take appropriate action, knew that a previously competent individual would provide fraudulent medical treatment but failed to limit or terminate the individual's staff membership, professional privileges, or participation as a provider prior to the individual's provision of professional care to the plaintiff. (3) If the plaintiff fails to rebut the presumption provided in division (B)(1) of this section, upon the motion of the hospital, health insuring corporation, or sickness and accident insurer, the court shall enter judgment in favor of the hospital, health insuring corporation, or sickness and accident insurer on the claim of negligent credentialing. (C) Nothing in this section otherwise shall relieve any individual or health care entity from liability arising from treatment of an individual. Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating an exception to section 2305.252 of the Revised Code. (D) No person who provides information under this section without malice and in the reasonable belief that the information is warranted by the facts known to the person shall be subject to suit for civil damages as a result of providing the information.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.04
§ 2311.04. Trial of issues
Status: in_force

September 27, 1976 Senate Bill 115 - 111th General Assembly Issues of law must be tried by the court, unless referred as provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure. Issues of fact arising in actions for the recovery of money only, or specific real or personal property, shall be tried by a jury, unless a jury trial is waived or unless all parties consent to a reference under the Rules of Civil Procedure. All other issues of fact shall be tried by the court, subject to its power to order any issue to be tried by a jury, or referred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.43
§ 2305.43. Duty of law enforcement officer
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 95 - 135th General Assembly (A) A law enforcement officer who finds an incapacitated person shall make a diligent effort to determine whether the person has a physical or mental illness that would cause the incapacitated condition. Whenever feasible, this effort shall be made before the person is charged with a crime or taken to a place of detention. (B) In seeking to determine whether an incapacitated person has an illness, a law enforcement officer may make a prompt and reasonable search for an identifying device and identification card. The law enforcement officer may not search for an identifying device or identification card in a manner or to an extent that would appear to a reasonable person in the circumstances to cause an unreasonable risk of worsening the incapacitated person's condition. If an identifying device or identification card is found, the law enforcement officer may scan or examine it for emergency information. In doing so, the law enforcement officer may inspect both sides of the device or card. (C) A law enforcement officer who finds an incapacitated person without an identifying device or identification card is not relieved of the duty to that person to make a diligent effort to ascertain the existence of any illness causing the incapacitated condition. (D) A cause of action against a law enforcement officer does not arise from the officer making a reasonable search of the incapacitated person to locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an identification card. (E) A law enforcement officer who determines or has reason to believe that an incapacitated person has an illness causing the person's condition shall promptly notify the person's physician, if practicable. If the officer is unable to ascertain the physician's identity or to communicate with the physician, the officer shall make a reasonable effort to cause the incapacitated person to be transported immediately to a health care practitioner or facility where medical treatment is available. If the officer believes it unduly dangerous to move the incapacitated person, the officer shall make a reasonable effort to obtain the assistance of an emergency medical service provider or health care practitioner. Last updated January 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.94 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.94
§ 2307.94. Asbestos claim - tolling of statute of limitations - nonmalignant and cancer claims distinct
Status: in_force

September 2, 2004 House Bill 292 - 125th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, with respect to any asbestos claim based upon a nonmalignant condition that is not barred as of the effective date of this section, the period of limitations shall not begin to run until the exposed person has a cause of action for bodily injury pursuant to section 2305.10 of the Revised Code. An asbestos claim based upon a nonmalignant condition that is filed before the cause of action for bodily injury pursuant to that section arises is preserved for purposes of the period of limitations. (B) An asbestos claim that arises out of a nonmalignant condition shall be a distinct cause of action from an asbestos claim relating to the same exposed person that arises out of asbestos-related cancer. No damages shall be awarded for fear or risk of cancer in any tort action asserting only an asbestos claim for a nonmalignant condition. (C) No settlement of an asbestos claim for a nonmalignant condition that is concluded after the effective date of this section shall require, as a condition of settlement, the release of any future claim for asbestos-related cancer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.01
§ 2311.01. Trial defined
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A trial is a judicial examination of the issues, whether of law or of fact, in action or proceeding.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2319.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2319 / § 2319.08
§ 2319.08. Deposition in foreign suit
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Depositions may be taken when the testimony is required in an action, cause, or matter pending before any court or authority outside this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.88 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.88
§ 2307.88. Silicosis or mixed dust disease claim - tolling of statute of limitations - nonmalignant and cancer claims distinct
Status: in_force

September 1, 2004 House Bill 342 - 125th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, with respect to any silicosis claim or mixed dust disease claim based upon a nonmalignant condition that is not barred as of the effective date of this section, the period of limitations shall not begin to run until the exposed person discovers, or through the exercise of reasonable diligence should have discovered, that the person has a physical impairment due to a nonmalignant condition. A silicosis claim or a mixed dust disease claim based upon a nonmalignant condition that is filed before the cause of action pursuant to this division arises is preserved for purposes of the period of limitations. (B) A silicosis claim or a mixed dust disease claim that arises out of a nonmalignant condition shall be a distinct cause of action from a silicosis claim or a mixed dust disease claim, as the case may be, relating to the same exposed person that arises out of silica-related cancer or mixed dust-related cancer. No damages shall be awarded for fear or risk of cancer in any tort action asserting only a silicosis claim or a mixed dust disease claim for a nonmalignant condition. (C) No settlement of a silicosis claim or a mixed dust disease claim for a nonmalignant condition that is concluded after the effective date of this section shall require, as a condition of settlement, the release of any future claim for silica-related cancer or mixed dust-related cancer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.91
§ 2329.91. Enforcement of foreign country judgment
Status: in_force

August 29, 1985 Senate Bill 19 - 116th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in sections 2329.92 and 2329.93 of the Revised Code, any foreign country judgment that is final, conclusive, and enforceable where rendered shall be recognized and enforced by the courts of this state, even though an appeal from the judgment is pending or the judgment is subject to an appeal. Such a foreign country judgment is enforceable in this state in the same manner as a judgment of another state that is entitled to full faith and credit. (B) For purposes of division (A) of this section, a foreign country judgment is conclusive between the parties to the extent that it grants or denies the recovery of a sum of money, except that, if any of the following applies, a foreign country judgment is not conclusive: (1) The judgment was rendered under a system that does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures that are compatible with the requirements of the due process of law; (2) Subject to divisions (C) and (D) of this section, the foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant; (3) The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter. (C) A foreign country judgment shall be considered conclusive, and shall not be refused recognition and enforcement for lack of personal jurisdiction, if any of the following applies: (1) The defendant was personally served in the foreign country; (2) The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceedings other than for the purpose of protecting seized property or property threatened with seizure in the proceedings, or other than to contest the jurisdiction of the foreign court over him; (3) Prior to the commencement of the proceedings, the defendant agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved; (4) The defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the proceedings were commenced or, if the defendant was a corporation, it had its principal place of business, was incorporated, or otherwise had acquired corporate status in the foreign country; (5) The defendant had a business office in the foreign country and the proceedings in the foreign court involved a claim for relief that arose out of the business done by the defendant through that office; (6) The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign country and the proceedings involved a claim for relief that arose out of that operation. (D) A court of this state may recognize bases for jurisdiction over a defendant that are not listed in division (C) of this section and that have been recognized by the courts of this state or the general assembly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.52
§ 2317.52. Cross-examination of agent or employee
Status: in_force

September 13, 1957 Senate Bill 147 - 102nd General Assembly When the action or proceeding relates to a transaction or occurrence in which it has been shown or it is admitted that the adverse party acted either in whole or in part through an agent or employee, such agent or employee of the adverse party may be called as a witness and examined as if under cross-examination upon any matters at issue between the parties which are shown or admitted to have been within the scope of such agent's or employee's authority or employment. The party calling for such examination shall not thereby be concluded but may rebut such agent's or employee's testimony by counter testimony. The party whose agent or employee is called as a witness by the adverse party and whose agent or employee is examined as if under cross-examination shall not thereby be concluded but may rebut such agent's or employee's testimony by counter testimony.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.40
§ 2307.40. Members and officers of the general assembly privileged from answering
Status: in_force

September 17, 1973 House Bill 994 - 110th General Assembly A member of the senate or house of representatives, or an officer of either branch of the general assembly, shall be privileged from answering to a suit instituted against him in a county other than the one in which he resides upon a cause of action which accrued ten days before the first day of a session of the general assembly of which he is an officer or a member. All proceedings in actions to which such a person is a party shall be stayed during such session, and the time necessarily employed in going thereto and returning therefrom.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.44
§ 2307.44. Hazing civil liability
Status: in_force

March 3, 1983 House Bill 444 - 114th General Assembly Any person who is subjected to hazing, as defined in division (A) of section 2903.31 of the Revised Code, may commence a civil action for injury or damages, including mental and physical pain and suffering, that result from the hazing. The action may be brought against any participants in the hazing, any organization whose local or national directors, trustees, or officers authorized, requested, commanded, or tolerated the hazing, and any local or national director, trustee, or officer of the organization who authorized, requested, commanded, or tolerated the hazing. If the hazing involves students in a primary, secondary, or post-secondary school, university, college, or any other educational institution, an action may also be brought against any administrator, employee, or faculty member of the school, university, college, or other educational institution who knew or reasonably should have known of the hazing and who did not make reasonable attempts to prevent it and against the school, university, college, or other educational institution. If an administrator, employee, or faculty member is found liable in a civil action for hazing, then notwithstanding Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code, the school, university, college, or other educational institution that employed the administrator, employee, or faculty member may also be held liable. The negligence or consent of the plaintiff or any assumption of the risk by the plaintiff is not a defense to an action brought pursuant to this section. In an action against a school, university, college, or other educational institution, it is an affirmative defense that the school, university, college, or other institution was actively enforcing a policy against hazing at the time the cause of action arose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2331.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2331 / § 2331.12
§ 2331.12. Days on which arrests may not be made
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall be arrested during a sitting of the senate or house of representatives, within the hall where such session is being held, or in any court of justice, during the sitting of such court, or on Sunday, or on the fourth day of July.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.07
§ 2313.07. Number of jurors drawn
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly (A) The number of jurors to be drawn for the jury year, and each separate part of a jury year, or for any special term of a court of record, at which issues of facts are triable by jury, shall be fixed by a general order of the court for which such jurors are drawn. The order shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court for which the jurors are to be drawn. If the number has not been fixed at the time of the drawing, the commissioners of jurors shall fix a number they determine necessary for the business of the court for such jury year or such part of a jury year. (B) At any time during the jury year, the court may order an additional number of jurors to be drawn by the commissioners of jurors for the jury year or for a part of a jury year at which the order is made or for immediate service in a particular case. The order shall specify the number to be drawn.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.21
§ 2333.21. Judge may order property to be applied on execution - earnings excepted
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 170 - 122nd General Assembly The judge may order any property of the judgment debtor that is not exempt by law to be applied toward the satisfaction of the judgment, but the earnings of the judgment debtor for personal services shall be applied only in accordance with sections 2329.66 and 2329.70 and Chapter 2716. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.41
§ 2329.41. Separate levies directed on separate tracts
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When two or more executions come to the hands of an officer, and it is necessary to levy on real estate to satisfy them, and either of the judgment creditors, or his assignee , requires him to make a separate levy to satisfy his executions, the officer shall obey the direction. The officer who makes the levy on behalf of the creditor whose execution, is entitled to a preference by sections 2329.01 to 2329.61 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, has the choice of such part of the real property of the judgment debtor as, at two thirds of the appraised value, will be sufficient to satisfy it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.41
§ 2307.41. Venue for aircraft negligence
Status: in_force

July 25, 1961 Senate Bill 9 - 104th General Assembly Actions for injury to a person or property caused by the negligence of the pilot, operator, legal or equitable owner, lessor, or lessee of an aircraft may be brought by the person injured against such pilot, operator, legal or equitable owner, lessor, or lessee in the county in which such injury occurred, or in any county on or over which the aircraft passes in the course of the voyage. A summons in such action against any defendant shall be issued to the sheriff of any county within this state in which such defendant resides and shall be served as in other civil actions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2337.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2337 / § 2337.01
§ 2337.01. Uniform foreign-money claims act definitions
Status: in_force

July 20, 1994 House Bill 292 - 120th General Assembly As used in sections 2337.01 to 2337.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Action" means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a payment in money may be awarded or enforced with respect to a foreign-money claim. (B) "Bank-offered spot rate" means the spot rate of exchange at which a bank will sell foreign money at a spot rate. (C) "Conversion date" means the banking day next preceding the date on which money, in accordance with sections 2337.01 to 2337.15 of the Revised Code, is: (1) Paid to a claimant in an action or distribution proceeding; (2) Paid to the official designated by law to enforce a judgment or award on behalf of a claimant; or (3) Used to recoup, set-off, or counterclaim in different moneys in an action or distribution proceeding. (D) "Distribution proceeding" means a judicial or nonjudicial proceeding for the distribution of a fund in which one or more foreign-money claims is asserted and includes an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a foreclosure, the liquidation or rehabilitation of a corporation or other entity, and the distribution of an estate, trust, or other fund. (E) "Foreign money" means money other than money of the United States. (F) "Foreign-money claim" means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or a claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in or measured by a foreign money. (G) "Money" means a medium of exchange for the payment of obligations or a store of value authorized or adopted by a government or by intergovernmental agreement. (H) "Money of the claim" means the money determined as proper pursuant to section 2337.04 of the Revised Code. (I) "Person" means an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, joint venture, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity. (J) "Rate of exchange" means the rate at which money of one country may be converted into money of another country in a free financial market convenient to or reasonably usable by a person obligated to pay or to state a rate of conversion. If separate rates of exchange apply to different kinds of transactions, the term means the rate applicable to the particular transaction giving rise to the foreign-money claim. (K) "Spot rate" means the rate of exchange at which foreign money is sold by a bank or other dealer in foreign exchange for immediate or next day availability or for settlement by immediate payment in cash or equivalent, by charge to an account, or by an agreed delayed settlement not exceeding two days. (L) "State" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2301.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2301 / § 2301.32
§ 2301.32. Supplemental investigation or supervisory services from adult parole authority
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) In any county in which a county department of probation has been established under division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code and complies with standards and conditions prescribed by the adult parole authority created by section 5149.02 of the Revised Code, an agreement may be entered into between the court of common pleas and the authority under which the county department of probation may receive supplemental investigation or supervisory services from the authority. (B) In any county in which a county department of probation has not been established under division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code, an agreement may be entered into between the court of common pleas of that county and the adult parole authority under which the court of common pleas may place defendants under a community control sanction in charge of the authority, and, in consideration of those placements, the county shall pay to the state from time to time the amounts that are provided for in the agreement. (C) In lieu of an agreement made under division (A) or (B) of this section, the adult parole authority may offer a county funding for probation services, provided that the general assembly has appropriated sufficient funds for that purpose. If the county accepts funds under this section, the adult parole authority is relieved of its duties to supervise offenders placed on community control by courts of that county under division (A)(2) of section 2929.15 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.24
§ 2305.24. Information furnished to quality assurance or utilization committee to be confidential
Status: in_force

September 29, 2009 House Bill 16 - 128th General Assembly Any information, data, reports, or records made available to a quality assurance committee or utilization committee of a hospital or long-term care facility or of any not-for-profit health care corporation that is a member of the hospital or long-term care facility or of which the hospital or long-term care facility is a member are confidential and shall be used by the committee and the committee members only in the exercise of the proper functions of the committee. Any information, data, reports, or records made available to a utilization committee of a state or local medical society composed of doctors of medicine or doctors of osteopathic medicine are confidential and shall be used by the committee and the committee members only in the exercise of the proper functions of the committee. A right of action similar to that a patient may have against an attending physician for misuse of information, data, reports, or records arising out of the physician-patient relationship shall accrue against a member of a quality assurance committee or utilization committee for misuse of any information, data, reports, or records furnished to the committee by an attending physician. No physician, institution, hospital, or long-term care facility furnishing information, data, reports, or records to a committee with respect to any patient examined or treated by the physician or confined in the institution, hospital, or long-term care facility shall, by reason of the furnishing, be deemed liable in damages to any person, or be held to answer for betrayal of a professional confidence within the meaning and intent of section 4731.22 of the Revised Code. Information, data, or reports furnished to a utilization committee of a state or local medical society shall contain no name of any person involved therein. Any information, data, reports, or records made available to a quality assurance committee of the bureau of workers' compensation or the industrial commission that is responsible for reviewing the professional qualifications and the performance of providers conducting medical examinations or file reviews for the bureau or the commission are confidential and shall be used by the committee and the committee members only in the exercise of the proper functions of the committee. As used in this section, "utilization committee" is the committee established to administer a utilization review plan of a hospital, of a not-for-profit health care corporation which is a member of the hospital or of which the hospital is a member, or of a skilled nursing facility as provided in the "Health Insurance for the Aged Act," 79 Stat. 313 (1965), 42 U.S.C. 1395x(k).
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.381 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.381
§ 2307.381. Long-arm statute definitions
Status: in_force

September 28, 1965 House Bill 406 - 106th General Assembly As used in sections 2307.381 to 2307.385 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, "person" includes an individual, his executor, administrator, or other personal representative, or a corporation, partnership, association, or any other legal or commercial entity, who is a nonresident of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.05
§ 2333.05. Attachment against garnishee
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the garnishee refuses to appear, as required by the notice mentioned in section 2333.04 of the Revised Code, an attachment may be issued against him, upon proof made of due service of the notice. Having appeared, if he refuses to answer the questions asked him, the officer before whom the examination is had shall commit him to the jail of the county until he answers such questions, or is discharged according to law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2308.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2308 / § 2308.031
§ 2308.031. Use of plywood prohibited
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 463 - 131st General Assembly (A) No person shall use plywood to secure real property that is deemed vacant and abandoned under section 2308.02 of the Revised Code. (B) Division (A) of this section shall not apply to any person that uses plywood to secure real property that is deemed vacant and abandoned under section 2308.02 of the Revised Code prior to the effective date of this section .
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.27
§ 2323.27. Transcription of judicial records
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When deemed necessary, the court, by order on the journal, may direct its clerk to transcribe any book in his office into a new volume, and the transcript so made shall be as valid as the original.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.151 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.151
§ 2329.151. Conduct of judicial sale
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly Except as provided in sections 2329.152 to 2329.154 of the Revised Code, all public auctions of goods, chattels, or lands levied upon by execution shall be conducted personally by one of the following: (A) An officer of the court; (B) For the public auction of goods and chattels, a resident of this state licensed as an auctioneer under Chapter 4707. of the Revised Code; (C) For the public auction of lands, a private selling officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.22
§ 2333.22. Judge may appoint receiver and prohibit transfer of property
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 9 - 130th General Assembly (A) In proceedings under sections 2333.09 to 2333.27 of the Revised Code, the judge by order may appoint the sheriff of the proper county, or other suitable person, a receiver of the property of the judgment debtor. (B) The judge who appointed the receiver under division (A) of this section, by order, may forbid a transfer, or other disposition of or interference with, the property of the judgment debtor not exempt by law. (C) Under the control of the judge who appointed a receiver under division (A) of this section and except as ordered by the judge under division (B) of this section, the receiver may do any of the acts specified in section 2735.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.12
§ 2335.12. Necessary expenses for salaried officers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In all states cases, any wholly salaried minor court officer, charged with the execution of a warrant to arrest or order of commitment, shall receive from the county treasury the actual necessary expense of executing such writs upon specifically itemized bills, verified by the oath of such officer, and certified to by the proper magistrate, court, or clerk thereof. Such expense shall, in a like manner, be paid from the municipal treasury when incurred in ordinance cases.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.101
§ 2305.101. Limitation of actions against Dalkon Shield claimants trust
Status: in_force

August 16, 1995 House Bill 371 - 121st General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding the limitations provided for in sections 2125.02 and 2305.10 of the Revised Code, a claimant who alleges bodily injury or wrongful death caused by the effects of the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device and who has filed a claim in the A.H. Robins bankruptcy reorganization in the United States bankruptcy court for the eastern district of Virginia, Richmond division, may bring an action in this state against the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust for bodily injury or wrongful death caused by the effects of the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device, within one year from the date of the certification by the United States district court or the United States bankruptcy court for the eastern district of Virginia, Richmond division, of the right of that claimant to proceed to litigation or arbitration regarding that claim, or within six months from the effective date of this section, whichever is later. (B) Division (A) of this section applies to all actions for bodily injury or wrongful death caused by the effects of the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device, including actions that may have been barred prior to the effective date of this section by dismissal pursuant to a court order or otherwise.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.08
§ 2329.08. Limitation of enforcement of deficiency judgment - waiver - pending actions
Status: in_force

September 16, 1957 House Bill 702 - 102nd General Assembly Any judgment for money rendered in a court of record in this state upon any indebtedness which is secured or evidenced by a mortgage, or other instrument in the nature of a mortgage, on real property or any interest therein, upon which real property there has been located a dwelling or dwellings for not more than two families which has been used in whole or in part as a home or farm dwelling or which at any time was held as a homestead by the person who executed or assumed such mortgage or other instrument, or which has been held by such person as a homesite, shall be unenforceable as to any deficiency remaining due thereon, after the expiration of two years from the date of the confirmation of any judicial sale of such property completed subsequent to the rendition of such judgment. Any execution issued upon such judgment, or any action or proceeding in aid of execution, or in the nature thereof, or to marshal liens, commenced prior to the expiration of such two year period, shall not be affected by this section. This section does not affect any action or proceeding in the nature of a creditor's bill, commenced within such two year period, to subject the interest of the judgment debtor in any property owned at the date of such judgment and concealed with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors. This section may be waived by an instrument in writing, executed by the judgment debtor within such two year period, but such waiver shall not be effective unless within such two year period, such waiver is filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which the judgment was rendered. Upon the filing of said waiver such clerk shall enter a memorial thereof on the docket in which the judgment was rendered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.451 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.451
§ 2323.451. Affidavits of merit; discovery; joinder
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 7 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) As used in this section, "medical claim" has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (2) This section may be used in lieu of, and not in addition to, division (B)(1) of section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (B) At the time of filing a complaint asserting a medical claim, the plaintiff shall file with the complaint, pursuant to rule 10(D) of the Rules of Civil Procedure, an affidavit of merit relative to each defendant named in the complaint or a motion to extend the period of time to file an affidavit of merit. (C) The parties may conduct discovery as permitted by the Rules of Civil Procedure. Additionally, for the period of time specified in division (D)(2) of this section, the parties may seek to discover the existence or identity of any other potential medical claims or defendants that are not included or named in the complaint. All parties shall provide the discovery under this division in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure. (D)(1) Within the period of time specified in division (D) (2) of this section, the plaintiff, in an amendment to the complaint pursuant to rule 15 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, may join in the action any additional medical claim or defendant if the original one-year period of limitation applicable to that additional medical claim or defendant had not expired prior to the date the original complaint was filed. The plaintiff shall file an affidavit of merit supporting the joinder of the additional medical claim or defendant or a motion to extend the period of time to file an affidavit of merit pursuant to rule 10(D) of the Rules of Civil Procedure with the amendment to the complaint. (2) If a complaint is filed under this section prior to the expiration of the one-year period of limitation applicable to medical claims under section 2305.113 of the Revised Code, then the period of time in which the parties may conduct the discovery under division (C) of this section and in which the plaintiff may join in the action any additional medical claim or defendant under division (D)(1) of this section shall be equal to the balance of any days remaining from the filing of the complaint to the expiration of that one-year period of limitation, plus one hundred eighty days from the filing of the complaint. (E) Subject to division (F) of this section, after the expiration of the one-hundred-eighty-day period described in division (D)(2) of this section, the plaintiff shall not join any additional medical claim or defendant to the action unless the medical claim is for wrongful death, and the period of limitation for the claim under section 2125.02 of the Revised Code has not expired. (F) This section does not modify or affect and shall not be construed as modifying or affecting any provision of the Revised Code, rule of common law, or Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure that applies to the commencement of the period of limitation for medical claims that are asserted or defendants that are joined after the expiration of the one-hundred-eighty-day period described in division (D)(2) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.19
§ 2335.19. Certificate of judgment for costs
Status: in_force

August 28, 2002 House Bill 464 - 124th General Assembly (A) On the rendition of judgment in any cause in any court, the costs of the party recovering, together with the party's debt or damages, shall be carried into the party's judgment, and the costs of the party against whom that judgment is rendered shall be separately stated in the record or docket entry. No party in whose favor judgment for costs is rendered in a cause may release, satisfy, or discharge, in whole or in part, any of those costs, unless that party previously has paid those costs to the clerk of the court or unless those costs have been paid to the person entitled to those costs or have been legally assigned or transferred to that party by the persons in whose names those costs stand taxed upon the record or docket. (B) An entry of judgment that includes a grant of judgment for costs is an order that authorizes the clerk of the court, in accordance with division (C) of this section, to issue a certificate of judgment for all costs including any interest due on the judgment for costs, any cost incurred by the clerk in collecting the judgment for costs, and any fee a public agency or private vendor charges the clerk pursuant to a contract entered into under division (B)(1) of section 2335.24 of the Revised Code for collecting the judgment for costs against the person who is liable for the payment of those costs. (C) The clerk of a court who wishes to issue a certificate of judgment for costs pursuant to a judgment for costs shall provide an itemized bill of fees and costs to the person who is liable for costs under the judgment, either upon the request of the person as specified in section 2335.32 of the Revised Code or without a request. If the person does not pay the fees and costs within thirty days after the clerk provides the itemized bill, the clerk shall send the person a first notice requesting payment of the fees and costs as stated in the itemized bill. If the person does not respond to the first notice with the full payment of the fees and costs within thirty days, the clerk shall send the person a second notice requesting payment of the fees and costs. If ninety days elapse from the date that the clerk provides the itemized bill and if the person has not paid the full amount of the fees and costs pursuant to the itemized bill and the notices, the clerk may issue a certificate of judgment for costs against the person for the fees and costs. After issuing a certificate of judgment for costs, the clerk may assess the interest accrued from the date the clerk sends the first notice requesting payment of the fees and costs as stated in the itemized bill to the date of collection of the judgment at the rate established in section 1343.03 of the Revised Code.