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Ohio Rev Code § 1907.231 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.231 | Documentation of Criminal Convictions and Guilty Pleas to Be Retained in Admissible Form.

Effective: March 23, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 30 - 125th General Assembly|Notwithstanding section 149.38 of the Revised Code, each clerk of a county court 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 § 1907.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.25 | Alternative Methods for Collecting Court Costs; Notice of Balance Due.

Effective: September 19, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 143 - 130th General Assembly|(A)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, if at the time of sentencing or at any time after sentencing a county court finds that a person who is found guilty of an offense is unable to pay costs, the court may order the offender to perform community service in lieu of costs. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, if at the time of sentencing or at any time after sentencing a county court finds that a person who is found guilty of an offense will not be able to pay costs in full when they are due, the court may order the offender to pay the costs in installments according to a schedule set by the court.(B) If a person is charged with an offense in county court and either fails to appear in court at the required time and place to answer the charge or pleads guilty to or is found guilty of the offense and fails within the time allowed by the court to pay any fine or costs imposed by the court, the court may enter information relative to the person's failure to pay any outstanding amount of the fine or costs on a form prescribed or approved by the registrar of motor vehicles pursuant to division (C) of this section and send the form to the registrar. Upon receipt of the form, the registrar shall take any measures necessary to ensure that neither the registrar nor any deputy registrar accepts any application for the registration or transfer of registration of any motor vehicle owned or leased by the person. However, for a motor vehicle leased by the person, the registrar shall not implement this requirement until the registrar adopts procedures for that implementation under section 4503.39 of the Revised Code.The period of denial relating to the issuance or transfer of a certificate of registration for a motor vehicle imposed under this section remains in effect until the person pays any fine or costs imposed by the court relative to the offense. When the fine or costs have been paid in full, the court shall inform the registrar of the payment by entering information relative to the payment on a notice of payment form prescribed or approved by the registrar pursuant to division (C) of this section and sending the form to the registrar.(C) The registrar shall prescribe and make available to county courts forms to be used for a notice to the registrar of failure to pay fines or costs and a notice to the registrar of payment of fines or costs under division (B) of this section. The registrar may approve the use of other forms for these purposes.The registrar may require that any of the forms prescribed or approved pursuant to this section be transmitted to the registrar electronically. If the registrar requires electronic transmission, the registrar shall not be required to give effect to any form that is not transmitted electronically.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.251 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.251 | Cancellation of Uncollectible Debts.

Effective: March 22, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 247 - 129th General Assembly|If at any time the court finds that an amount owing to the court is due and uncollectible, in whole or in part, the court may direct the clerk of the court to cancel all or part of the claim. The clerk shall then effect the cancellation.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.26 | Transmitting Fees and Costs.

Effective: March 22, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 197 - 129th General Assembly|Judges of a county court shall not retain any of the costs or fees specified in the schedules adopted pursuant to section 1907.24 of the Revised Code nor shall they retain a fee for performing a marriage ceremony. Those costs and fees that cannot be retained shall be transmitted to the general fund of the county on or before the twentieth day of the month following the month in which they are collected.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.262 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.262 | Rules for Procedures for Resolution of Disputes.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) A county court may establish by rule procedures for the resolution of disputes between parties. Any procedures so adopted shall include, but are not limited to, mediation. If the court establishes any procedures under this division, the court may include in the court's schedule of fees and costs under section 1907.24 of the Revised Code a reasonable fee, that is to be collected on the filing of each civil or criminal action or proceeding, and that is to be used to implement the procedures, and the court shall direct the clerk of the court to charge the fee. (B) All fees collected under division (A) of this section shall be paid to the county treasurer. The treasurer shall place the funds from the fees in a separate fund to be disbursed either upon an order of the court, subject to an appropriation by the board of county commissioners, or upon an order of the court, subject to the court making an annual report available to the public listing the use of all such funds.(C) If the court determines that the amount of the moneys in the fund described in division (B) of this section is more than the amount sufficient to satisfy the purpose for which the additional fee described in division (A) of this section was imposed, the court may declare a surplus in the fund and, subject to an appropriation by the board of county commissioners, expend the surplus moneys, or upon an order of the court, subject to the court making an annual report available to the public listing the use of all such funds, expend the surplus moneys, for other appropriate expenses of the court.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.27 | Determination of Witness Fees.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|Witness fees in relation to civil and criminal actions and proceedings shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 2335. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.28 | Jury Selection.

Effective: May 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly|A county court may provide, by rule, how jurors shall be chosen, and may provide that jurors to be used in the court may be chosen and summoned by the jury commissioners of the county as provided in Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code. Selection shall be made from residents within the county court district, and, if Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code is followed, those appearing to reside outside the district shall be returned to the annual jury list. Jurors shall be impaneled in the same manner, shall have the same qualifications, shall be challenged for the same causes, and shall receive the same fees as jurors in the court of common pleas. The fees of jurors in any criminal case that involves a violation of state law shall be paid out of the county treasury, and the fees of jurors in any case that involves a violation of a municipal ordinance shall be paid out of the treasury of the municipal corporation that enacted the ordinance.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.29 | Jury Trial Procedure.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|(A) A jury trial shall be demanded in the manner prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure or the Rules of Criminal Procedure. The number of persons composing a jury and the verdicts of jurors shall be governed by those rules.(B) The right of a person to a jury trial is waived under the circumstances prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure or the Rules of Criminal Procedure.(C) If, as a result of challenges or other causes, a jury panel is not full, the deputy sheriff or constable who is in attendance at a trial before a county court may fill the panel in the same manner as the sheriff fills a panel in the court of common pleas.(D) The judge of the county court involved in a case shall administer an oath to the jury to try the matters in difference between the parties that are to be determined by the jury, and to give a verdict in accordance with the evidence.(E) After the jurors are sworn in a case before a county court, they shall sit together and hear the proofs and allegations of the parties. After the hearing, the jury shall be kept together in a convenient place until they have agreed upon their verdict or have been discharged by the county court judge involved in the case.(F) If an action being tried to a jury in a county court is continued, the jurors shall attend at the time and place appointed for trial without further notice.(G) The judge of a county court involved in a case may punish as for contempt any juror who neglects or refuses to attend when properly summoned or who, although in attendance, refuses to serve.(H) If, in a civil action before a county court, the judge is satisfied that the number of jurors required by Civil Rule 48 for concurrence purposes cannot concur in a verdict, and the jury has deliberated upon the verdict for a reasonable time, the judge may discharge the jury and continue the action. If either party requests a new jury, the judge shall cause the selection of another jury. If the action is continued, it shall be continued to a time that the judge considers reasonable unless the parties or their attorneys agree on a longer or shorter time.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.30 | Appeals.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|Appeals from the final judgments of a county court may be taken to the court of appeals for the county in which the judgment was rendered.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.31 | Application of Rules of Procedure.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|(A) The Rules of Civil Procedure, the Rules of Criminal Procedure, and the Rules of Evidence apply in civil and criminal actions and proceedings before a county court unless otherwise specifically provided in the Revised Code.(B) The Rules of Appellate Procedure govern appeals from a county court to the court of appeals.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.32 | Arresting Civil Defendant.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|A defendant in a civil action in a county court may be arrested under the circumstances and in the manner specified in Chapter 2713. of the Revised Code for arrests of defendants in the courts of common pleas, but references in that chapter to a county sheriff shall be construed to include constables who are ministerial officers of a county court. The bail and deposit of money in lieu of bail provisions of that chapter also shall apply to defendants in a county court.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.33 | Attachment and Garnishment Actions.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|(A) In a civil action for the recovery of money that is before a judge of a county court, the plaintiff may have an order of attachment against the property, other than personal earnings, of the defendant upon or at any time after its commencement, only in accordance with Chapter 2715. of the Revised Code. Additionally, in such a civil action before a judge of a county court, an attachment against the property, other than personal earnings, of a defendant, that is in the possession of another person, may be accomplished prior to the entry of judgment only pursuant to a garnishment proceeding in accordance with section 2715.091 and related provisions of Chapter 2715. of the Revised Code.(B) An attachment against the personal earnings of a person, through an action in garnishment of personal earnings, may be granted in a county court only after a judgment has been obtained by the plaintiff and only in accordance with Chapter 2716. of the Revised Code. Additionally, attachment against the property, other than personal earnings, of a person against whom a judgment has been obtained and that is in the possession of another person, may be accomplished in a county court only pursuant to a garnishment proceeding in accordance with Chapter 2716. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.34 | Returns Showing Only Real Estate.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|In any case in which an order of attachment has been issued by a judge of a county court pursuant to Chapter 2715. of the Revised Code, if it appears from the return of the officer to whom the order was directed and from the examination of the garnishee, if there is a garnishee in the case, that no property, moneys, rights, credit, or effects of the defendant in the case have been taken under the attachment, but that the defendant is the owner of an interest in real estate in the county, the judge before whom the action is pending, at the request of the plaintiff in the case, shall promptly certify his proceedings to the court of common pleas. Thereupon, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall docket the cause, and the action shall proceed as if it had originated in that court.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.35 | Nonresidence.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|In actions, under section 1907.34 of the Revised Code, for a sum, of which county court judges have exclusive original jurisdiction, if the defendant is not a resident of the county, the fact of nonresidence is a ground of attachment in the court of common pleas.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.36 | Recovery of Specific Personal Property Prior to Judgment.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|In any civil action involving a claim for the recovery of specific personal property that is before a judge of a county court, a party may recover the possession of the specific personal property prior to the entry of judgment only as provided in Chapter 2737. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.37 | Warrant for Arrest of Witness.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|When it appears to a judge of a county court that a witness was served with a subpoena to appear and give testimony before him in any matter in which he has authority to require the witness to appear and testify, that the testimony of that witness is material, and that he refuses or neglects to attend in conformity with the subpoena, the judge shall issue a warrant to arrest the witness for the purpose of compelling his attendance and punishing his disobedience .
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.38 | Punishment of Witness.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|When a witness arrested under section 1907.37 of the Revised Code is brought before the judge of the county court, or when a person in attendance refuses to testify as a witness, and no valid excuse is shown, the judge may punish the person as for contempt, and, if he does so, the judge shall enter any fine or imprisonment imposed on the docket. An entry indicating a fine has the effect of a judgment in favor of this state against the witness or person, and it may be enforced against his person or property.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.39 | Costs of Witness.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|If a witness who is subpoenaed in an action before a judge of a county court attends and is not examined by either party, the costs of that witness shall be paid by the party ordering the subpoena, unless the adverse party, by confessing the matter or otherwise, renders the examination unnecessary.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.40 | Liability of Witness.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|Every person who is subpoenaed as a witness in the county court and who neglects to appear or refuses to testify, is liable to the party in whose behalf he was subpoenaed, for all damages that the party sustains by reason of the nonappearance or refusal to testify.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.41 | Arbitration.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|(A) The provisions of sections 2711.01 to 2711.15 of the Revised Code relating to arbitration shall apply to county courts, subject to the jurisdiction provisions of this chapter.(B) Arbitration also may occur in accordance with sections 1907.42 to 1907.46 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.42 | Arbitrators and Proceedings.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|In an action before a judge of a county court, at any time before trial and before judgment is rendered, the parties may have a cause submitted to the arbitration of three disinterested men, to be chosen by them. If the arbitrators are present, they shall hear and determine the cause on oath, to be administered by the judge. If the arbitrators are not present, the judge shall issue a summons for them to attend at the time and place appointed for the trial. That summons shall be served by the sheriff or any constable, or by the parties, as they may agree. The fees of the arbitrators are the same as those provided for jurors in the court of common pleas.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.43 | Award, Judgment, and Execution.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|When the arbitrators mentioned in section 1907.42 of the Revised Code convene and are qualified, they shall hear and determine the cause, make out their award in writing, and return it to the judge of the county court. The award is valid when signed by any two of the arbitrators. The judge shall enter such the award on his docket, render judgment on it, and issue execution, as in other cases.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.44 | Conclusiveness of Judgment.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|Every judgment rendered on an award under section 1907.43 of the Revised Code, concludes the rights of the parties, unless it appears to the county court judge who rendered the judgment within ten days from its rendition, or to the court of appeals on appeal, that the award was obtained by fraud, corruption, or other undue means.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.45 | County Court Judge May Set Aside Award.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|When, within the period mentioned in section 1907.44 of the Revised Code, satisfactory proof is adduced before the judge of the county court that the award was obtained by fraud, corruption, or other undue means, the judge may set aside the award and his judgment on it, and proceed to final trial and judgment, as if the award never had been made.
Ohio Rev Code § 1907.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County|Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions|Section 1907.46 | Appeal.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly|An appeal shall be allowed to the court of appeals from the judgment of a judge of a county court rendered under section 1907.43 of the Revised Code on an award, on the ground that the award was obtained by fraud, corruption, or other undue means.If the court of appeals determines that the award was obtained by fraud, corruption, or other undue means, it shall enter its judgment and remand the case to the judge of the county court for trial and judgment.