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Ohio Rev Code § 2937.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.10 | Setting Preliminary Hearing for Felony Cases.

Effective: January 1, 1960|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 73 - 103rd General Assembly|If the charge be a felony and there be no written plea of guilty or waiver of examination, or the court or magistrate refuses to receive such waiver, the court or magistrate, with the consent of the prosecutor and the accused, may set the matter for hearing forthwith, otherwise he shall set the matter for hearing at a fixed time in the future and shall notify both prosecutor and defendant promptly of such time of hearing.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.12 | Preliminary Hearing - Presentation of Case of Accused.

Effective: January 1, 1960|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 73 - 103rd General Assembly|(A) At the conclusion of the presentation of the state's case accused may move for discharge for failure of proof or may offer evidence on his own behalf. Prior to the offering of evidence on behalf of the accused, unless accused is then represented by counsel, the court or magistrate shall advise accused:(1) That any testimony of witnesses offered by him in the proceeding may, if unfavorable in any particular, be used against him at later trial;(2) That accused himself may make a statement, not under oath, regarding the charge, for the purpose of explaining the facts in evidence;(3) That he may refuse to make any statement and such refusal may not be used against him at trials;(4) That any statement he makes may be used against him at trial.(B) Upon conclusion of all the evidence and the statement, if any, of the accused, the court or magistrate shall either:(1) Find that the crime alleged has been committed and that there is probable and reasonable cause to hold or recognize defendant to appear before the court of common pleas of the county or any other county in which venue appears, for trial pursuant to indictment by grand jury;(2) Find that there is probable cause to hold or recognize defendant to appear before the court of common pleas for trial pursuant to indictment or information on such other charge, felony or misdemeanor, as the evidence indicates was committed by accused;(3) Find that a misdemeanor was committed and there is probable cause to recognize accused to appear before himself or some other court inferior to the court of common pleas for trial upon such charge;(4) Order the accused discharged from custody.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.13 | Finding of Presence of Substantial Credible Evidence.

Effective: January 1, 1960|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 73 - 103rd General Assembly|In entering a finding, pursuant to section 2937.12 of the Revised Code, the court, while weighing credibility of witnesses, shall not be required to pass on the weight of the evidence and any finding requiring accused to stand trial on any charge shall be based solely on the presence of substantial credible evidence thereof. No appeal shall lie from such decision nor shall the discharge of defendant be a bar to further prosecution by indictment or otherwise.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.14 | Entering Reason for Change in Charge on Journal of Court.

Effective: January 1, 1960|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 73 - 103rd General Assembly|In any case in which accused is held or recognized to appear for trial on any charge other than the one on which he was arraigned the court or magistrate shall enter the reason for such charge on the journal of the court (if a court of record) or on the docket (if a court not of record) and shall file with the papers in the case the text of the charge found by him to be sustained by the evidence.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.15 | Transcript of Preliminary Hearing.

Effective: October 14, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 108 - 116th General Assembly|Upon the conclusion of the hearing and finding, the magistrate, or if a court of record, the clerk of such court, shall complete all notations of appearance, motions, pleas, and findings on the criminal docket of the court, and shall transmit a transcript of the appearance docket entries, together with a copy of the original complaint and affidavits, if any, filed with the complaint, the journal or docket entry of reason for changes in the charge, if any, together with the order setting bail and the bail deposit, if any, filed, and together with the videotaped testimony, if any, prepared in accordance with division (C) of section 2937.11 of the Revised Code, to the clerk of the court in which the accused is to appear. Such transcript shall contain an itemized account of the costs accrued.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.16 | When Witnesses Shall Be Recognized to Appear.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When an accused enters into a recognizance or is committed in default thereof, the judge or magistrate shall require such witnesses against the prisoner as he finds necessary, to enter into a recognizance to appear and testify before the proper court at a proper time, and not depart from such court without leave. If the judge or magistrate finds it necessary he may require such witnesses to give sufficient surety to appear at such court.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.17 | Recognizance for Minor.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A person may be liable in a recognizance for a minor to appear as a witness, or the judge or magistrate may take the minor's recognizance, in a sufficient sum, which is valid notwithstanding the disability of minority.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.18 | Commitment of Witness Refusing to Give Recognizance.

Effective: March 23, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly|If a witness ordered to give recognizance fails to comply with such order, the judge or magistrate shall commit him to such custody or open or close detention as may be appropriate under the circumstances, until he complies with the order or is discharged. Commitment of the witness may be to the custody of any suitable person or public or private agency, or to an appropriate detention facility other than a jail, or to a jail, but the witness shall not be confined in association with prisoners charged with or convicted of crime. The witness, in lieu of the fee ordinarily allowed witnesses, shall be allowed twenty-five dollars for each day of custody or detention under such order, and shall be allowed mileage as provided for other witnesses, calculated on the distance from his home to the place of giving testimony and return. All proceedings in the case or cases in which the witness is held to appear shall be given priority over other cases and had with all due speed.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.19 | Subpoenas or Other Process to Bring Witnesses or Documents.

Effective: January 9, 1961|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly|The magistrate or judge or clerk of the court in which proceedings are being had may issue subpoenas or other process to bring witnesses or documents before the magistrate or court in hearings pending before him either under Chapter 2937. or 2938. of the Revised Code.In complaints to keep the peace a subpoena must be served within the county, or, in cases of misdemeanors and ordinance offenses, it may be served at any place in this state within one hundred miles of the place where the court or magistrate is scheduled to sit; in felony cases it may be served at any place within this state. In cases where such process is to be served outside the county, it may be issued to be served either by the bailiff or constable of the court or by a sheriff or police officer either by the county in which the court or magistrate sits or in which process is to be served.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.21 | Continuances.

Effective: January 1, 1960|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 73 - 103rd General Assembly|No continuance at any stage of the proceeding, including that for determination of a motion, shall extend for more than ten days unless both the state and the accused consent thereto. Any continuance or delay in ruling contrary to the provisions of this section shall, unless procured by defendant or his counsel, be grounds for discharge of the defendant forthwith.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.22 | Form of Bail.

Effective: October 16, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly|(A) Bail is security for the appearance of an accused to appear and answer to a specific criminal or quasi-criminal charge in any court or before any magistrate at a specific time or at any time to which a case may be continued, and not depart without leave. It may take any of the following forms: (1) The deposit of cash by the accused or by some other person for the accused;(2) The deposit by the accused or by some other person for the accused in form of bonds of the United States, this state, or any political subdivision thereof in a face amount equal to the sum set by the court or magistrate. In case of bonds not negotiable by delivery such bonds shall be properly endorsed for transfer.(3) The written undertaking by one or more persons to forfeit the sum of money set by the court or magistrate, if the accused is in default for appearance, which shall be known as a recognizance.(B) Whenever a person is charged with any offense other than a traffic offense that is not a moving violation and posts bail, the person shall pay a surcharge of twenty-five dollars. The clerk of the court shall retain the twenty-five dollars until the person is convicted, pleads guilty, forfeits bail, is found not guilty, or has the charges dismissed. If the person is convicted, pleads guilty, or forfeits bail, the clerk shall transmit the twenty-five dollars on or before the twentieth day of the month following the month in which the person was convicted, pleaded guilty, or forfeited bail to the treasurer of state, and the treasurer of state shall deposit it into the indigent defense support fund created under section 120.08 of the Revised Code. If the person is found not guilty or the charges are dismissed, the clerk shall return the twenty-five dollars to the person.(C) All bail shall be received by the clerk of the court, deputy clerk of court, or by the magistrate, or by a special referee appointed by the supreme court pursuant to section 2937.46 of the Revised Code, and, except in cases of recognizances, receipt shall be given therefor.(D) As used in this section, "moving violation" has the same meaning as in section 2743.70 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.24 | Oath to Surety - Form of Affidavit.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a recognizance is offered under section 2937.22 of the Revised Code, the surety on which recognizance qualifies as a real property owner, the judge or magistrate shall require such surety to pledge to this state real property owned by the surety and located in this state. Whenever such pledge of real property has been given by any such proposed surety, he shall execute the usual form of recognizance, and in addition thereto there shall be filed his affidavit of justification of suretyship, to be attached to said recognizance as a part thereof. The surety may be required in such affidavit to depose as to whether he is, at the time of executing the same, surety upon any other recognizance and as to whether there are any unsatisfied judgments or executions against him. He may also be required to state any other fact which the court thinks relevant and material to a correct determination of the surety's sufficiency to act as bail. Such surety shall state in such affidavit where notices under section 2937.38 of the Revised Code may be served on himself, and service of notice of summons at such place is sufficient service for all purposes.Such affidavit shall be executed by the proposed surety under an oath and may be in the following form:"State of Ohio, County of __________________,ss:______________ residing at __________________, who offers himself as surety for __________ being first duly sworn, says that he owns in his own legal right, real property subject to execution, located in the county of __________, State of Ohio, consisting of __________ and described as follows to wit: __________; that the title to the same is in his own name; that the value of the same is not less than __________ dollars, and is subject to no encumbrances whatever except __________; that he is not surety upon any unpaid or forfeited recognizance, and that he is not party to any unsatisfied judgment upon any recognizance; that he is worth not less than __________ dollars over and above all debts, liabilities, and lawful claims against him, and all liens, encumbrances, and lawful claims against his property."
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.25 | Lien - Form.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon the execution of any recognizance in an amount in excess of two hundred dollars in the usual form, and an affidavit of justification under section 2937.24 of the Revised Code, there shall attach to the real property described in said affidavit of justification, a lien in favor of this state in the penal sum of the recognizance, which lien shall remain in full force and effect during such time as such recognizance remains effective, or until further order of the court. Upon the acceptance by the judge or magistrate of such recognizance, containing such affidavit of justification, the said recognizance shall be immediately filed with the clerk of said court, if there is a clerk, or with the magistrate. The clerk of the court or the magistrate shall forthwith, upon the filing with him of such recognizance, file with the county recorder of the county in which such real property is located, a notice or lien, in writing, in substance as follows:"To whom it may concern:Take notice that the hereinafter described real property, located in the county of __________, has been pledged for the sum of __________ dollars, to the state of Ohio, by __________ surety upon the recognizance of __________ in a certain cause pending in the __________ court of the county (or city) of __________, to wit: the state of Ohio, plaintiff, versus __________ defendant, known and identified in such court as cause No. ______Description of real estate: ____________________ Clerk of the court for the county of __________ or __________ Magistrate.Dated _______________"From the time of the filing and recording of such notice it is notice to everyone that the real property therein described has been pledged to this state as security for the performance of the conditions of a criminal recognizance in the penal sum set forth in said recognizance and notice. Such lien does not affect the validity of prior liens on said property.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.26 | Cancellation of Lien - Form.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Whenever, by the order of a court, a recognizance under sections 2937.24 and 2937.25 of the Revised Code has been canceled, discharged, or set aside, or the cause in which such recognizance is taken has been dismissed or otherwise terminated the clerk of such court shall forthwith file with the county recorder of the county in which the real property is located, a notice of discharge in writing, in substance as follows:"To whom it may concern:Take notice that by the order of the court of _______________ (naming court) _______________ of the county (or city) of __________, the recognizance of _______________ as principal, and _______________ as surety, given in the cause of the State of Ohio, plaintiff, versus _______________, defendant, known and identified as Cause No. ________ in said court, is canceled, discharged, and set aside, and the lien of the State of Ohio on the real property therein pledged as security, is hereby waived, discharged, and set aside.____________________ Clerk of the court.Dated _______________"
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.27 | Duties of County Recorder.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|The county recorder of the county in which the property of a surety on a recognizance is located, shall keep and file in the official records all notices of lien and notices of discharge that are filed with the county recorder pursuant to section 2937.26 of the Revised Code. When a lien has been released or discharged for a period of one year, the county recorder may destroy all notices of such lien. The county recorder may use any nonpaper electronic or magnetic medium specified in section 9.01 of the Revised Code to record the notices of lien and the notices of discharge. If the county recorder wishes to dispose of paper versions of the notices because they are no longer needed in that format, the county recorder shall request the county records commission to revise the county's schedule of records retention and disposal in accordance with section 149.38 of the Revised Code to provide for the disposal of those paper records.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.28 | Pledge of Real Property as Bail.

Effective: January 1, 1960|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 73 - 103rd General Assembly|All recognizances shall be returnable to and all deposits shall be held by or subject to the order of the court or magistrate before whom the accused is to appear initially, and upon the transfer of the case to any other court or magistrate shall be returnable to and transmitted to the transferee court or magistrate.It is not necessary for the accused to give new recognizance for appearance in common pleas court for arraignment upon indictment or pending appeal after judgment and sentence, unless the magistrate or judge of the trial court or the court to which appeal is taken, shall, for good cause shown, increase or decrease the amount of the recognizance, but such recognizance shall continue and be in full force until trial and appeal therefrom is finally determined. When two or more charges are filed, or indictments returned, against the same person at or about the same time, the recognizance given may be made to include all offenses charged against the accused.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.281 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.281 | Recognizance Forms.

Effective: July 1, 1976|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 300 - 111th General Assembly|In cases of felony, the recognizance shall be signed by the accused and one or more adult residents of the county in which the case is pending, who shall own, in the aggregate, real property double the amount set as bail, over and above all encumbrances and liable to execution in at least that amount; or it may be signed by the accused and a surety company authorized to do business in this state.In cases of misdemeanor, the recognizance may be signed by the accused and one or more adult residents, qualified as set forth above or as to personal property ownership, by the accused and surety company, or, if authorized by judge or magistrate, by the accused alone. In cases of misdemeanors arising under Chapters 4501., 4503., 4505., 4507., 4509., 4511., 4513., 4517., and 4549. of the Revised Code, and related ordinance offenses (except those of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled substances and leaving the scene of an accident) the court or magistrate shall accept guaranteed arrest bond with respect to which a surety company has become surety as provided in section 3929.141 of the Revised Code in lieu of cash bail in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.29 | Release on Own Recognizance.

Effective: August 10, 1965|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 47 - 106th General Assembly|When from all the circumstances the court is of the opinion that the accused will appear as required, either before or after conviction, the accused may be released on his own recognizance. A failure to appear as required by such recognizance shall constitute an offense subject to the penalty provided in section 2937.99 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.30 | Recognizance When Accused Discharged.

Effective: January 1, 1960|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 73 - 103rd General Assembly|When a defendant is discharged by the trial court otherwise than on a verdict or finding of acquittal, or when the appellate court reverses a conviction and orders the discharge of the defendant and the state or municipality signifies its intention to appeal therefrom, or the record is certified to the supreme court, the defendant shall not be discharged if he is in jail, nor the surety discharged or deposit released if the defendant is on bail, but the trial court, or the court to which appeal is taken may make order for his release on his own recognizance or bail, or recommit him.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.31 | Recognizance or Deposit for Appearance of Accused.

Effective: January 1, 1960|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 73 - 103rd General Assembly|If an accused is held to answer and offers sufficient bail, a recognizance or deposit shall be taken for his appearance to answer the charge before such magistrate or before such court to which proceedings may be transferred pursuant to Chapter 2937. of the Revised Code, at a date certain, or from day to day, or in case of the common pleas court on the first day of the next term thereof, and not depart without leave.
Ohio Rev Code § 2937.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure|Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examination; Bail|Section 2937.32 | Detention Where Bail Not Granted or Sufficient Bail Not Offered.

Effective: July 29, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 8 - 123rd General Assembly|If an offense is not bailable, if the court denies bail to the accused, or if the accused does not offer sufficient bail, the court shall order the accused to be detained.