# Ohio Mayor's Courts

Mayor's courts are state courts in Ohio created by some municipalities. Mayor's courts hear traffic cases, violations of city ordinances and other misdemeanors. The presiding officer is a magistrate (not a judge) appointed by the mayor, or even being the mayor, and paid by the city or village.
Mayor's courts are not considered trial courts or courts of record and are not subject to the supervision of the Ohio Supreme Court. Mayor's courts are not authorized to conduct jury trials. If a defendant is entitled to and desires a jury trial, then the case is transferred to the jurisdiction's trial court of limited jurisdiction (Municipal Court or County Court).
There has been criticism of the courts. The majority of revenue generated from fines and court costs go to the city or village, in contrast to fines and court costs levied by the municipal court or county court. The late Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court Thomas J. Moyer pointed out that the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that there is an unconstitutional conflict of interest for a mayor to levy a fine paid into a budget that the mayor himself controls.

## List of Mayor's Courts

The following is a list of mayor's courts and their caseloads as of 2022:
| Municipality | County | 2020 Population | New Cases in 2022 | New Cases per 100 Population |
| Aberdeen | Brown | 1,515 | 653 | 43.1 |
| Addyston | Hamilton | 927 | 666 | 71.8 |
| Albany | Athens | 917 | 46 | 5.0 |
| Amberley | Hamilton | 3,840 | 908 | 23.6 |
| Andover | Ashtabula | 972 | 90 | 9.3 |
| Antwerp | Paulding | 1,676 | 40 | 2.4 |
| Arlington Heights | Hamilton | 817 | 276 | 33.8 |
| Ashville | Pickaway | 4,529 | 567 | 12.5 |
| Athalia | Lawrence | 279 | 150 | 53.8 |
| Avon | Lorain | 24,847 | 1,090 | 4.4 |
| Baltimore | Fairfield | 2,981 | 128 | 4.3 |
| Barnesville | Belmont | 4,008 | 156 | 3.9 |
| Beachwood | Cuyahoga | 14,040 | 1,598 | 11.4 |
| Bellaire | Belmont | 3,870 | 215 | 5.6 |
| Bellville | Richland | 1,963 | 529 | 26.9 |
| Belmont | Belmont | 414 | 40 | 9.7 |
| Belpre | Washington | 6,728 | 570 | 8.5 |
| Bentleyville | Cuyahoga | 897 | 175 | 19.5 |
| Berkey | Lucas | 275 | 301 | 109.5 |
| Bethel | Clermont | 2,620 | 1,301 | 49.7 |
| Bethesda | Belmont | 1,211 | 176 | 14.5 |
| Beverly | Washington | 1,233 | 91 | 7.4 |
| Bexley | Franklin | 13,928 | 252 | 1.8 |
| Bloomville | Seneca | 867 | 36 | 4.2 |
| Blue Ash | Hamilton | 13,394 | 922 | 6.9 |
| Boston Heights | Summit | 1,402 | 1,164 | 83.0 |
| Bradner | Wood | 971 | 75 | 7.7 |
| Bratenahl | Cuyahoga | 1,430 | 1,190 | 83.2 |
| Brecksville | Cuyahoga | 13,635 | 1,087 | 8.0 |
| Broadview Heights | Cuyahoga | 19,936 | 1,357 | 6.8 |
| Brook Park | Cuyahoga | 18,595 | 2,842 | 15.3 |
| Brooklyn | Cuyahoga | 11,359 | 2,429 | 21.4 |
| Brooklyn Heights | Cuyahoga | 1,519 | 735 | 48.4 |
| Brunswick | Medina | 35,426 | 2,093 | 5.9 |
| Buchtel | Athens | 518 | 59 | 11.4 |
| Buckeye Lake | Licking | 2,520 | 206 | 8.2 |
| Byesville | Guernsey | 2,364 | 78 | 3.3 |
| Camden | Preble | 1,989 | 282 | 14.2 |
| Canal Winchester | Franklin | 9,107 | 686 | 7.5 |
| Canfield | Mahoning | 7,699 | 97 | 1.3 |
| Cardington | Morrow | 2,079 | 122 | 5.9 |
| Carlisle | Warren | 5,501 | 277 | 5.0 |
| Carroll | Fairfield | 501 | 11 | 2.2 |
| Catawba | Clark | 245 | 48 | 19.6 |
| Chagrin Falls | Cuyahoga | 4,188 | 179 | 4.3 |
| Chesapeake | Lawrence | 765 | 575 | 75.2 |
| Cheviot | Hamilton | 8,658 | 1,031 | 11.9 |
| Coal Grove | Lawrence | 1,889 | 1,360 | 72.0 |
| Coalton | Jackson | 445 | 67 | 15.1 |
| Coldwater | Mercer | 4,774 | 37 | 0.8 |
| Columbiana | Columbiana | 6,559 | 338 | 5.2 |
| Columbus Grove | Putnam | 2,160 | 40 | 1.9 |
| Commercial Point | Pickaway | 3,078 | 209 | 6.8 |
| Corning | Perry | 488 | 386 | 79.1 |
| Crestline | Crawford | 4,525 | 625 | 13.8 |
| Creston | Wayne | 2,139 | 259 | 12.1 |
| Cridersville | Auglaize | 1,791 | 39 | 2.2 |
| Crooksville | Perry | 2,418 | 51 | 2.1 |
| Cuyahoga Falls | Summit | 51,114 | 4,573 | 8.9 |
| Cuyahoga Heights | Cuyahoga | 573 | 189 | 33.0 |
| Deer Park | Hamilton | 5,432 | 216 | 4.0 |
| Dillonvale | Jefferson | 3,436 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Donnelsville | Clark | 255 | 390 | 152.9 |
| Doylestown | Wayne | 3,051 | 74 | 2.4 |
| Dublin | Franklin | 49,328 | 1,282 | 2.6 |
| East Canton | Stark | 1,521 | 264 | 17.4 |
| Elida | Allen | 1,923 | 79 | 4.1 |
| Empire | Jefferson | 232 | 212 | 91.4 |
| Enon | Clark | 2,449 | 80 | 3.3 |
| Evendale | Hamilton | 2,669 | 725 | 27.2 |
| Fairfax | Hamilton | 1,768 | 812 | 45.9 |
| Fairlawn | Summit | 7,710 | 614 | 8.0 |
| Fairport Harbor | Lake | 3,108 | 59 | 1.9 |
| Fayetteville | Brown | 317 | 299 | 94.3 |
| Felicity | Clermont | 651 | 83 | 12.7 |
| Forest Park | Hamilton | 20,189 | 833 | 4.1 |
| Frazeysburg | Muskingum | 1,354 | 139 | 10.3 |
| Gahanna | Franklin | 35,726 | 3,550 | 9.9 |
| Gates Mills | Cuyahoga | 2,264 | 720 | 31.8 |
| Geneva-on-the-Lake | Ashtabula | 916 | 78 | 8.5 |
| Georgetown | Brown | 4,453 | 570 | 12.8 |
| Glendale | Hamilton | 2,298 | 732 | 31.9 |
| Glenwillow | Cuyahoga | 994 | 360 | 36.2 |
| Glouster | Athens | 1,659 | 74 | 4.5 |
| Golf Manor | Hamilton | 3,814 | 482 | 12.6 |
| Grafton | Lorain | 5,895 | 103 | 1.7 |
| Grand River | Lake | 394 | 45 | 11.4 |
| Grandview Heights | Franklin | 8,085 | 445 | 5.5 |
| Granville | Licking | 5,946 | 788 | 13.3 |
| Greenhills | Hamilton | 3,741 | 449 | 12.0 |
| Grove City | Franklin | 41,252 | 5,496 | 13.3 |
| Groveport | Franklin | 6,009 | 300 | 5.0 |
| Hamden | Vinton | 727 | 113 | 15.5 |
| Hamersville | Brown | 485 | 916 | 188.9 |
| Hanging Rock | Lawrence | 204 | 1,193 | 584.8 |
| Hanoverton | Columbiana | 354 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harrison | Hamilton | 12,563 | 1,231 | 9.8 |
| Hartford | Licking | 401 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Hartville | Stark | 3,329 | 431 | 12.9 |
| Harveysburg | Warren | 554 | 735 | 132.7 |
| Haskins | Wood | 1,245 | 44 | 3.5 |
| Hicksville | Defiance | 3,431 | 117 | 3.4 |
| Higginsport | Brown | 213 | 1,062 | 498.6 |
| Highland Hills | Cuyahoga | 662 | 712 | 107.6 |
| Hilliard | Franklin | 37,114 | 1,624 | 4.4 |
| Hubbard | Trumbull | 7,636 | 242 | 3.2 |
| Independence | Cuyahoga | 7,584 | 1,172 | 15.5 |
| Indian Hill | Hamilton | 6,065 | 544 | 9.0 |
| Jackson Center | Shelby | 1,441 | 95 | 6.6 |
| Johnstown | Licking | 5,182 | 490 | 9.5 |
| Kelleys Island | Erie | 256 | 45 | 17.6 |
| Kirkersville | Licking | 471 | 203 | 43.1 |
| Lagrange | Lorain | 2,595 | 20 | 0.8 |
| Lexington | Richland | 4,848 | 208 | 4.3 |
| Lincoln Heights | Hamilton | 3,144 | 316 | 10.1 |
| Lockland | Hamilton | 3,514 | 4,581 | 130.4 |
| Loudonville | Ashland | 2,786 | 178 | 6.4 |
| Louisville | Stark | 9,521 | 112 | 1.2 |
| Loveland | Clermont | 13,307 | 541 | 4.1 |
| Lucas | Richland | 589 | 29 | 4.9 |
| Macedonia | Summit | 12,168 | 1,702 | 14.0 |
| Madeira | Hamilton | 9,487 | 975 | 10.3 |
| Madison | Lake | 3,435 | 457 | 13.3 |
| Malta | Morgan | 559 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Maple Heights | Cuyahoga | 23,701 | 684 | 2.9 |
| Mariemont | Hamilton | 3,518 | 1,424 | 40.5 |
| Marshallville | Wayne | 789 | 89 | 11.3 |
| Martins Ferry | Belmont | 6,260 | 647 | 10.3 |
| Matamoras | Washington | 702 | 227 | 32.3 |
| McArthur | Vinton | 1,783 | 0 | 0.0 |
| McConnelsville | Morgan | 1,667 | 244 | 14.6 |
| McDonald | Trumbull | 3,172 | 110 | 3.5 |
| Middleburg Heights | Cuyahoga | 16,004 | 1,633 | 10.2 |
| Middleport | Meigs | 2,208 | 139 | 6.3 |
| Midvale | Tuscarawas | 673 | 16 | 2.4 |
| Milan | Erie | 1,371 | 86 | 6.3 |
| Milford | Clermont | 6,582 | 1,478 | 22.5 |
| Minerva | Stark | 3,684 | 221 | 6.0 |
| Minerva Park | Franklin | 2,009 | 213 | 10.6 |
| Minster | Auglaize | 3,046 | 46 | 1.5 |
| Mogadore | Portage | 3,811 | 250 | 6.6 |
| Monroe | Butler | 15,412 | 1,097 | 7.1 |
| Montgomery | Hamilton | 10,853 | 799 | 7.4 |
| Moraine | Montgomery | 6,393 | 1,857 | 29.0 |
| Morrow | Warren | 2,049 | 219 | 10.7 |
| Mount Eaton | Wayne | 171 | 150 | 87.7 |
| Mount Gilead | Morrow | 3,503 | 490 | 14.0 |
| Mount Healthy | Hamilton | 6,996 | 1,294 | 18.5 |
| Mt. Orab | Brown | 4,347 | 2,623 | 60.3 |
| Munroe Falls | Summit | 5,044 | 430 | 8.5 |
| Nelsonville | Athens | 4,612 | 492 | 10.7 |
| New Albany | Franklin | 10,825 | 1,187 | 11.0 |
| New Boston | Scioto | 2,297 | 410 | 17.8 |
| New Bremen | Auglaize | 3,034 | 151 | 5.0 |
| New Carlisle | Clark | 5,559 | 91 | 1.6 |
| New Concord | Muskingum | 2,361 | 300 | 12.7 |
| New Holland | Pickaway | 804 | 296 | 36.8 |
| New Knoxville | Auglaize | 946 | 7 | 0.7 |
| New Middletown | Mahoning | 1,507 | 211 | 14.0 |
| New Richmond | Clermont | 2,727 | 448 | 16.4 |
| New Straitsville | Perry | 652 | 44 | 6.7 |
| New Vienna | Clinton | 1,108 | 83 | 7.5 |
| New Waterford | Columbiana | 1,194 | 188 | 15.7 |
| Newburgh Heights | Cuyahoga | 1,862 | 1,560 | 83.8 |
| Newcomerstown | Tuscarawas | 3,702 | 241 | 6.5 |
| Newtown | Hamilton | 2,702 | 875 | 32.4 |
| North Baltimore | Wood | 3,369 | 37 | 1.1 |
| North College Hill | Hamilton | 9,663 | 1,350 | 14.0 |
| North Hampton | Clark | 457 | 1,065 | 233.0 |
| North Kingsville | Ashtabula | 2,742 | 660 | 24.1 |
| North Olmsted | Cuyahoga | 32,442 | 6,422 | 19.8 |
| North Randall | Cuyahoga | 960 | 1,049 | 109.3 |
| North Ridgeville | Lorain | 35,280 | 4,126 | 11.7 |
| North Royalton | Cuyahoga | 31,322 | 1,710 | 5.5 |
| Northwood | Wood | 5,160 | 1,617 | 31.3 |
| Norwood | Hamilton | 19,043 | 1,654 | 8.7 |
| Oakwood | Cuyahoga | 3,566 | 2,234 | 62.6 |
| Obetz | Franklin | 5,489 | 480 | 8.7 |
| Olmsted Falls | Cuyahoga | 8,582 | 581 | 6.8 |
| Ontario | Richland | 6,656 | 1,474 | 22.1 |
| Orange | Cuyahoga | 3,421 | 644 | 18.8 |
| Owensville | Clermont | 786 | 357 | 45.4 |
| Parma Heights | Cuyahoga | 20,863 | 2,418 | 11.6 |
| Pataskala | Licking | 17,886 | 647 | 3.6 |
| Payne | Paulding | 1,192 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Peebles | Adams | 1,774 | 261 | 14.7 |
| Perrysville | Ashland | 729 | 25 | 3.4 |
| Pickerington | Fairfield | 23,094 | 2,074 | 9.0 |
| Piketon | Pike | 2,111 | 2,347 | 111.2 |
| Plymouth | Richland | 1,707 | 135 | 7.9 |
| Poland | Mahoning | 2,463 | 1,408 | 57.2 |
| Pomeroy | Meigs | 1,573 | 189 | 12.0 |
| Port Jefferson | Shelby | 308 | 53 | 17.2 |
| Powhatan Point | Belmont | 1,461 | 80 | 5.5 |
| Proctorville | Lawrence | 523 | 515 | 98.5 |
| Put-in-Bay | Ottawa | 154 | 194 | 126.0 |
| Racine | Meigs | 683 | 4 | 0.6 |
| Reading | Hamilton | 10,600 | 4,605 | 43.4 |
| Richfield | Summit | 3,729 | 552 | 14.8 |
| Rio Grande | Gallia | 724 | 35 | 4.8 |
| Ripley | Brown | 1,591 | 498 | 31.3 |
| Risingsun | Wood | 541 | 218 | 40.3 |
| Rockford | Mercer | 1,051 | 61 | 5.8 |
| Roseville | Muskingum | 1,746 | 25 | 1.4 |
| Russells Point | Logan | 1,320 | 126 | 9.5 |
| Russellville | Brown | 542 | 719 | 132.7 |
| Rutland | Meigs | 427 | 226 | 52.9 |
| Sardinia | Brown | 1,083 | 195 | 18.0 |
| Seaman | Adams | 973 | 129 | 13.3 |
| Senecaville | Guernsey | 422 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Seven Hills | Cuyahoga | 11,720 | 902 | 7.7 |
| Seven Mile | Butler | 712 | 8 | 1.1 |
| Shadyside | Belmont | 3,454 | 131 | 3.8 |
| Sharonville | Hamilton | 14,117 | 1,572 | 11.1 |
| Sheffield | Lorain | 4,184 | 1,379 | 33.0 |
| Sheffield Lake | Lorain | 8,957 | 256 | 2.9 |
| Shreve | Wayne | 1,497 | 61 | 4.1 |
| Silverton | Hamilton | 4,908 | 84 | 1.7 |
| Smithville | Wayne | 1,338 | 82 | 6.1 |
| Solon | Cuyahoga | 24,262 | 709 | 2.9 |
| South Amherst | Lorain | 1,581 | 479 | 30.3 |
| South Bloomfield | Pickaway | 2,143 | 947 | 44.2 |
| South Charleston | Clark | 1,706 | 346 | 20.3 |
| South Lebanon | Warren | 6,384 | 223 | 3.5 |
| South Point | Lawrence | 3,836 | 1,021 | 26.6 |
| Spencerville | Allen | 2,198 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Springboro | Warren | 19,062 | 1,627 | 8.5 |
| Springdale | Hamilton | 11,007 | 1,438 | 13.1 |
| St. Bernard | Hamilton | 4,070 | 584 | 14.3 |
| St. Clairsville | Belmont | 5,096 | 91 | 1.8 |
| St. Louisville | Licking | 352 | 106 | 30.1 |
| Strongsville | Cuyahoga | 46,491 | 2,571 | 5.5 |
| Sunbury | Delaware | 6,614 | 306 | 4.6 |
| Syracuse | Meigs | 781 | 236 | 30.2 |
| Terrace Park | Hamilton | 2,355 | 403 | 17.1 |
| Thornville | Perry | 1,087 | 43 | 4.0 |
| Tremont City | Clark | 352 | 563 | 159.9 |
| Trenton | Butler | 13,021 | 1,029 | 7.9 |
| Upper Arlington | Franklin | 36,800 | 2,352 | 6.4 |
| Utica | Licking | 2,064 | 298 | 14.4 |
| Valley View | Cuyahoga | 1,897 | 801 | 42.2 |
| Valleyview | Franklin | 669 | 100 | 14.9 |
| Walbridge | Wood | 3,011 | 177 | 5.9 |
| Walton Hills | Cuyahoga | 2,033 | 973 | 47.9 |
| Washingtonville | Columbiana | 712 | 268 | 37.6 |
| Waverly | Pike | 4,153 | 884 | 21.3 |
| Wayne | Wood | 841 | 11 | 1.3 |
| Waynesburg | Stark | 925 | 326 | 35.2 |
| Waynesfield | Auglaize | 749 | 154 | 20.6 |
| Waynesville | Warren | 2,669 | 780 | 29.2 |
| West Carrollton | Montgomery | 13,129 | 510 | 3.9 |
| West Salem | Wayne | 1,430 | 90 | 6.3 |
| West Union | Adams | 3,004 | 201 | 6.7 |
| Westerville | Franklin | 39,190 | 1,878 | 4.8 |
| Westfield Center | Medina | 1,184 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Whitehall | Franklin | 20,127 | 2,985 | 14.8 |
| Williamsburg | Clermont | 2,570 | 432 | 16.8 |
| Willoughby Hills | Lake | 10,019 | 2,823 | 28.2 |
| Winchester | Adams | 987 | 194 | 19.7 |
| Wintersville | Jefferson | 3,765 | 451 | 12.0 |
| Woodlawn | Hamilton | 3,916 | 1,845 | 47.1 |
| Woodmere | Cuyahoga | 641 | 657 | 102.5 |
| Woodsfield | Monroe | 2,210 | 27 | 1.2 |
| Worthington | Franklin | 14,786 | 722 | 4.9 |
| Wyoming | Hamilton | 8,756 | 1,005 | 11.5 |
| Yellow Springs | Greene | 3,697 | 41 | 1.1 |
| Total | Total | 1,566,884 | 180,653 | 11.5 |