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Ohio Rev Code § 737.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.14 | Relief for Members of Police or Fire Department.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide by general ordinance for the relief, out of the police or fire funds, of members of either department temporarily or permanently disabled in the discharge of their duty. This section does not impair, restrict, or repeal any law authorizing the levy of taxes in municipal corporations to provide for firemen, police, and sanitary police pension funds, and to create and perpetuate boards of trustees for the administration of such funds.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.15 | Appointment of Village Marshal.

Effective: March 31, 2003|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 245 - 124th General Assembly|Each village shall have a marshal, designated chief of police, appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the legislative authority of the village, who need not be a resident of the village at the time of appointment but shall become a resident thereof within six months after appointment by the mayor and confirmation by the legislative authority unless such residence requirement is waived by ordinance, and who shall continue in office until removed therefrom as provided by section 737.171 of the Revised Code.No person shall receive an appointment under this section after January 1, 1970, unless, not more than sixty days prior to receiving such appointment, the person has passed a physical examination, given by a licensed physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife, showing that the person meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the duties of village marshal as established by the legislative authority of the village. The appointing authority shall, prior to making any such appointment, file with the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the report or findings of said licensed physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife. The professional fee for such physical examination shall be paid for by such legislative authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.16 | Appointment of Deputy Marshals, Police Officers, Night Guards and Special Police Officers.

Effective: March 31, 2003|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 245 - 124th General Assembly|The mayor shall, when provided for by the legislative authority of a village, and subject to its confirmation, appoint all deputy marshals, police officers, night guards, and special police officers. All such officers shall continue in office until removed therefrom for the cause and in the manner provided by section 737.19 of the Revised Code.No person shall receive an appointment under this section after January 1, 1970, unless the person has, not more than sixty days prior to receiving such appointment, passed a physical examination, given by a licensed physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife, showing that the person meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the duties of the position to which the person is to be appointed as established by the legislative authority of the village. The appointing authority shall, prior to making any such appointment, file with the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the report or findings of said licensed physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife. The professional fee for such physical examination shall be paid for by the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.161 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.161 | Village Auxiliary Police Unit - Parking Enforcement Unit.

Effective: July 13, 1990|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 174 - 118th General Assembly|(A) The legislative authority of a village may establish, by ordinance, an auxiliary police unit within the police department of the village, and provide for the regulation of auxiliary police officers. The mayor shall be the executive head of the auxiliary police unit, shall make all appointments and removals of auxiliary police officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the legislative authority by ordinance, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the auxiliary police unit. The village marshal shall have exclusive control of the stationing and transferring of all auxiliary police officers, under such general rules as the mayor prescribes.(B)(1) The legislative authority of a village may establish, by ordinance, a parking enforcement unit within the police department of the village, and provide for the regulation of parking enforcement officers. The mayor shall be the executive head of the parking enforcement unit, shall make all appointments and removals of parking enforcement officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the legislative authority by ordinance, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the parking enforcement unit. The mayor may appoint parking enforcement officers who agree to serve for nominal compensation, and persons with physical disabilities may receive appointments as parking enforcement officers.(2) The authority of the parking enforcement officers shall be limited to the enforcement of ordinances governing parking in handicapped parking locations and fire lanes and any other parking ordinances specified in the ordinance creating the parking enforcement unit. Parking enforcement officers shall have no other powers.(3) The training the parking enforcement officers shall receive shall include instruction in general administrative rules and procedures governing the parking enforcement unit, the role of the judicial system as it relates to parking regulation and enforcement, proper techniques and methods relating to the enforcement of parking ordinances, human interaction skills, and first aid.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.162 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.162 | Felony Conviction Precludes or Terminates Employment.

Effective: January 1, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code.(B)(1) The mayor shall not appoint a person as a marshal, a deputy marshal, a police officer, a night watchperson, a special police officer, or an auxiliary police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony.(2)(a) The mayor shall terminate the employment of a marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer who does either of the following:(i) Pleads guilty to a felony;(ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to that person under section 109.77 of the Revised Code.(b) The mayor shall suspend from employment a marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer who is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if that person does not file a timely appeal, the mayor shall terminate that person's employment. If the marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer files an appeal that results in that person's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against that person, the mayor shall reinstate that person. A marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer who is reinstated under division (B)(2)(b) of this section shall not receive any back pay unless that person's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict that person of the felony.(3) Division (B) of this section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997.(4) The suspension from employment, or the termination of the employment, of a marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, night watchperson, special police officer, or auxiliary police officer under division (B)(2) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.17 | Probationary Period - Final Appointment.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|All appointments made under sections 737.15 and 737.16 of the Revised Code shall be for a probationary period of six months' continuous service, and none shall be finally made until the appointee has satisfactorily served his probationary period. At the end of the probationary period the mayor shall transmit to the legislative authority of the village a record of such employee's service with his recommendations thereon and he may, with the concurrence of the legislative authority, remove or finally appoint the employee.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.171 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.171 | Procedure for Removal of Village Marshal.

Effective: October 16, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 566 - 121st General Assembly|Except as provided in section 737.162 of the Revised Code, if the mayor of a village has reason to believe that a duly appointed marshal of the village has been guilty of incompetency, inefficiency, dishonesty, drunkenness, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public, neglect of duty, or any other acts of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in the performance of the marshal's official duty, the mayor shall file with the legislative authority of the village written charges against that person setting forth in detail the reason for the charges and immediately shall serve a true copy of the charges upon the person against whom they are made.Charges filed under this section shall be heard at the next regular meeting of the legislative authority occurring not less than five days after the date those charges have been served on the person against whom they are made. The person against whom those charges are filed may appear in person and by counsel at the hearing, examine all witnesses, and answer all charges against that person.At the conclusion of the hearing, the legislative authority may dismiss the charges, suspend the accused from office for not more than sixty days, or remove the accused from office.Action of the legislative authority removing or suspending the accused from office requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to it.In the case of removal from office, the person so removed may appeal on questions of law and fact the decision of the legislative authority to the court of common pleas of the county in which the village is situated. The person shall take the appeal within ten days from the date of the finding of the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.18 | General Powers of Village Police Officers.

Effective: September 3, 1986|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 74 - 116th General Assembly|The marshal shall be the peace officer of a village and the executive head, under the mayor, of the police force. The marshal, and the deputy marshals, policemen, or nightwatchmen under him shall have the powers conferred by law upon police officers in all villages of the state, and such other powers, not inconsistent with the nature of their offices, as are conferred by ordinance.A marshal, deputy marshal, or police officer of a village may participate, as the director of an organized crime task force established under section 177.02 of the Revised Code or as a member of the investigatory staff of such a task force, in an investigation of organized criminal activity in any county or counties in this state under sections 177.01 to 177.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.20 | Disposition of Fines and Penalties.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|All fees, costs, fines, and penalties collected by the marshal shall immediately be paid to the mayor, who shall report to the legislative authority of the village monthly the amount thereof, from whom, and for what purpose collected, and when paid to the mayor.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.21 | Municipal Fire Regulations, Department, Companies, and Rescue Units.

Effective: October 23, 1961|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 511 - 104th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may establish all necessary regulations to guard against the occurrence of fires, protect the property and lives of its citizens against damage and accidents resulting therefrom, and for such purpose may establish and maintain a fire department, provide for the establishment and organization of fire engine and hose companies and rescue units, establish the hours of labor of the members of its fire department who shall not be required to be on duty continuously more than six days in every seven, and provide such bylaws and regulations for the government of such companies and their members as is necessary and proper.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.222 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.222 | Employee Status of Volunteer Firefighter.

Effective: March 23, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 201 - 130th General Assembly|A volunteer firefighter appointed pursuant to this chapter is a bona fide volunteer and not an employee for purposes of section 513 of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 119 (2010), 26 U.S.C. 4980H, if, for providing those fire protection services, the volunteer receives any of the benefits provided in Chapter 146., 4121., or 4123. or section 9.65, 505.23, 3333.26, 3923.13, or 4113.41 of the Revised Code. Last updated November 23, 2021 at 3:52 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 737.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.23 | Schooling of Officers and Firemen of Fire Department.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may send any of the officers and firemen of its fire department to schools of instruction designed to promote the efficiency of firemen, and, if authorized in advance, may pay their necessary expenses from the funds used for the maintenance and operation of such department.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.24 | Legislative Authority May Purchase Engines and Equipment.

Effective: October 23, 1961|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 511 - 104th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may purchase the necessary fire engines and such other equipment as is necessary for the extinguishment of fires and the saving of lives, and may establish lines of fire alarm telegraph within the limits of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.25 | Buildings for Department.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide or erect necessary and suitable buildings containing rooms for fire engines, and other equipment, and provide for the meetings of the fire and hose companies.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.27 | Investigation of Fires.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may invest any officer of the fire or police department with the power, and impose on him the duty, to be present at all fires, investigate the cause thereof, examine witnesses, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers, and to do and perform all other acts necessary to the effective discharge of such duties.Such officer may administer oaths, make arrests, and enter, for the purpose of examination, any building which, in his opinion, is in danger from fire. The officer shall report his proceedings to the legislative authority at such times as are required.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.28 | Erection of Houses and Business Structures - Removal.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may regulate the erection of houses and business structures and prohibit the erection of buildings within such limits as it deems proper, unless the outer walls are constructed of noncombustible material, and, on the petition of the owners of not less than two thirds of the ground included in any square or half-square, may prohibit the erection thereon of any building, or addition to any building more than ten feet high, unless the outer walls are made of iron, stone, brick and mortar, or of some of them, and may provide for the removal of any building or additions erected in violation of such prohibition.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.29 | Property Recovered by Police.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Stolen or other property recovered by members of the police force of a municipal corporation shall be deposited and kept in a place designated by the mayor. Each such article shall be entered in a book kept for that purpose, with the name of the owner, if ascertained, the person from whom taken, the place where found with general circumstances, the date of its receipt, and the name of the officer receiving it.An inventory of all money or other property shall be given to the party from whom taken, and in case it is not claimed by some person within thirty days after arrest and seizure it shall be delivered to the person from whom taken, and to no other person, either attorney, agent, factor, or clerk, except by special order of the mayor.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.31 | Disposition to Claimant.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If, within thirty days, the money or property recovered under section 737.29 of the Revised Code is claimed by any other person, it shall be retained by the custodian thereof until after the discharge or conviction of the person from whom it was taken and so long as it is required as evidence in any case in court. If such claimant establishes to the satisfaction of the court that he is the rightful owner, the money or property shall be restored to him, otherwise it shall be returned to the accused person, personally, and not to any attorney, agent, factor, or clerk of such accused person, except upon special order of the mayor after all liens and claims in favor of the municipal corporation have first been discharged and satisfied.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.32 | Sale or Donation of Unclaimed Property.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in this section and unless the property involved is required to be disposed of pursuant to another section of the Revised Code, property that is unclaimed for ninety days or more shall be sold by the chief of police of the municipal corporation, marshal of the village, or licensed auctioneer at public auction, after notice of the sale has been provided by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The proceeds of the sale shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipal corporation and shall be credited to the general fund of the municipal corporation. If authorized to do so by an ordinance adopted by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and if the property involved is not required to be disposed of pursuant to another section of the Revised Code, the chief of police or marshal may contribute property that is unclaimed for ninety days or more to one or more public agencies, to one or more nonprofit organizations no part of the net income of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and no substantial part of the activities of which consists of carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, or to one or more organizations satisfying section 501(c)(3) or (c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.33 | Expenses of Storage and Sale - Notice.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon the sale of any unclaimed or impounded property as provided in section 737.32 of the Revised Code, if any such unclaimed or impounded property was ordered removed to a place of storage or stored, or both, by or under the direction of a chief of police of municipal corporation or marshal of the village, any expenses or charges for such removal or storage, or both, and costs of sale, provided the same are approved by such chief of police or marshal, shall first be paid from the proceeds of such sale. Notice shall be given by registered mail, thirty days before the date of such sale, to the owner and mortgagee, or other lien holder, at their last known address.
Ohio Rev Code § 737.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 737 | Public Safety|Section 737.37 | Power of Legislative Authority to Regulate.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may make such regulations pertaining to public buildings as it considers necessary for the public safety.