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Ohio Rev Code § 507.051 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 507 | Clerk|Section 507.051 | Notifying Board of Elections of Vacancies in Office and Boundary Changes.

Effective: December 20, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly|The fiscal officer of a township shall notify the board of elections of all vacancies caused by death, resignation, or otherwise in the elective offices of the township. The notification shall be made in writing and filed, not later than ten days after a vacancy occurs, with the board of elections of the county in which the township is located.The fiscal officer of a township shall notify the board of elections of all changes in boundaries of that township. The notification shall be made in writing, contain a plat clearly showing all boundary changes, and be filed, not later than ten days after the change of boundaries becomes effective, with the board of elections of the county in which the township is located.
Ohio Rev Code § 507.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 507 | Clerk|Section 507.06 | Oaths.

Effective: December 20, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly|The township fiscal officer may administer oaths, and take and certify affidavits, that pertain to the business of the township or of the board of education of the fiscal officer's local school district, or are connected with the official business of either the township or the local school district, including the official oaths of township and school officers, and oaths required in the execution, verification, and renewal of security interests.
Ohio Rev Code § 507.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 507 | Clerk|Section 507.08 | Recording of Bonds of Constables.

Effective: December 20, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly|Official bonds of constables, as soon as approved by the board of township trustees, and before being filed, shall be recorded by the township fiscal officer in the book kept for that purpose.A copy of such a recorded bond, certified by the fiscal officer, shall be admitted in any court in this state, as evidence, the same as the original bond.For recording such a bond, the fiscal officer shall receive the sum of fifty cents from the party giving the bond, and for each copy of such a bond, the fiscal officer shall receive the same fee from the party demanding the copy.
Ohio Rev Code § 507.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 507 | Clerk|Section 507.09 | Compensation of Fiscal Officer.

Effective: December 27, 2018|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 296 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) In calendar year 2018, the township fiscal officer shall be entitled to compensation as follows:(1) In townships having a budget of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or less, ten thousand nine hundred eighteen dollars;(2) In townships having a budget of more than two hundred fifty thousand but not more than five hundred thousand dollars, fourteen thousand thirty-nine dollars;(3) In townships having a budget of more than five hundred thousand but not more than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, fifteen thousand five hundred ninety-seven dollars;(4) In townships having a budget of more than seven hundred fifty thousand but not more than one million five hundred thousand dollars, eighteen thousand seven hundred seventeen dollars;(5) In townships having a budget of more than one million five hundred thousand but not more than three million five hundred thousand dollars, twenty-one thousand eight hundred thirty-six dollars;(6) In townships having a budget of more than three million five hundred thousand but not more than six million dollars, twenty-three thousand three hundred ninety-six dollars;(7) In townships having a budget of more than six million but not more than ten million dollars, twenty-six thousand eight hundred fifty-two dollars;(8) In townships having a budget of more than ten million dollars, thirty-one thousand sixty-four dollars.(B) In calendar year 2019 and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2028, the compensation determined under division (A) of this section shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent.(C) Any township fiscal officer may elect to receive less than the compensation the fiscal officer is entitled to under this section. Any township fiscal officer electing to do this shall so notify the board of township trustees in writing, and the board shall include this notice in the minutes of its next board meeting.(D) The compensation of the township fiscal officer shall be paid in equal monthly payments. If the office of township fiscal officer is held by more than one person during any calendar year, each person holding the office shall receive payments for only those months, and any fractions of those months, during which the person holds the office.A township fiscal officer may be compensated from the township general fund or from other township funds based on the proportion of time the township fiscal officer spends providing services related to each fund. A township fiscal officer must document the amount of time the township fiscal officer spends providing services related to each fund by certification specifying the percentage of time spent working on matters to be paid from the township general fund or from other township funds in such proportions as the kinds of services performed.
Ohio Rev Code § 507.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 507 | Clerk|Section 507.10 | Payment of Funds Collected for Joint Township Cemetery.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|On or before the fifteenth day of February and August in each year, each township which receives money as taxes levied and collected for joint cemetery purposes shall pay all such funds to the managing trustee of the joint township cemetery board of directors having charge of such cemetery, and shall accept from the treasurer of such board his receipt for the funds.
Ohio Rev Code § 507.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 507 | Clerk|Section 507.11 | Officers and Employees May Incur Obligations - Payment of Money.

Effective: March 22, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 500 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) The board of township trustees may authorize, by resolution, township officers and employees to incur obligations of ten thousand dollars or less on behalf of the township, or it may authorize, by resolution, the township administrator to so authorize township officers and employees. The obligations incurred on behalf of the township by a township officer or employee acting pursuant to any such resolution shall be subsequently approved by the adoption of a formal resolution of the board of township trustees.(B)(1) No money belonging to the township shall be paid out, except upon an order signed by at least two of the township trustees, and countersigned by the township fiscal officer.(2) As provided in division (E) of section 9.37 of the Revised Code, and notwithstanding division (B)(1) of this section, a board of township trustees may adopt a resolution authorizing the payment of lawful obligations of the township by direct deposit of funds by electronic transfer in accordance with section 9.37 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 509.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 509 | Constables|Section 509.02 | Bond.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, each constable, before entering upon the discharge of official duties, shall give bond to the state in a sum of not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful and diligent discharge of official duties, and with sureties resident of the township. The amount of the bond and its sureties shall be approved by the board of township trustees. The bond shall be deposited with the township fiscal officer.
Ohio Rev Code § 509.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 509 | Constables|Section 509.04 | Parking Enforcement Unit.

Effective: July 13, 1990|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 174 - 118th General Assembly|(A) The board of township trustees may establish, by resolution, a parking enforcement unit within the office of a township constable, and provide for the regulation of parking enforcement officers. The board of township trustees shall appoint a police constable as executive head of the parking enforcement unit, who shall make all appointments and removals of parking enforcement officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the board of township trustees by resolution, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the parking enforcement unit. The executive head of the parking enforcement unit may appoint parking enforcement officers who agree to serve for nominal compensation, and persons with physical disabilities may receive appointments as parking enforcement officers.(B) The authority of the parking enforcement officers shall be limited to the enforcement of section 4511.69 of the Revised Code and any other parking laws specified in the resolution creating the parking enforcement unit. Parking enforcement officers shall have no other powers.(C) 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 medthods relating to the enforcement of parking laws, human interaction skills, and first aid.
Ohio Rev Code § 509.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 509 | Constables|Section 509.05 | Powers and Duties of Police Constables.

Effective: September 3, 1986|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 74 - 116th General Assembly|In addition to the county sheriff, constables shall be ministerial officers of the county court in all cases in their respective townships, and in criminal cases, they shall be such officers within the county. They shall apprehend and bring to justice felons and disturbers of the peace, suppress riots, and keep and preserve the peace within the county. They may execute all writs and process, in criminal cases, throughout the county in which they reside, and in which they were elected or appointed. If a person charged with the commission of a crime or offense flees from justice, any constable of the county wherein such crime or offense was committed shall pursue and arrest such fugitive in any other county of the state and convey him before the county court of the county where such crime or offense was committed.Such constables shall serve and execute all warrants, writs, precepts, executions, and other process directed and delivered to them, and shall do all things pertaining to the office of constable.The authority of a constable in serving any process, either civil or criminal, and in doing his duties generally shall extend throughout the county in which he is appointed, and in executing and serving process issued by a judge of the county court, he may exercise the same authority and powers over goods and chattels, and the persons of parties, as is granted to a sheriff or coroner, under like process issued from courts of record.A constable 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 § 509.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 509 | Constables|Section 509.06 | Aid of Sheriff.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Constables, marshals, chiefs of police, and other police officers, in discharging their duties, may call the sheriff or a deputy sheriff to their aid in state cases.
Ohio Rev Code § 509.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 509 | Constables|Section 509.07 | Return of Process.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Each constable shall, at the proper office and on the proper return day, make due return of all process directed and delivered to him. If the judgment upon which such constable has an execution is docketed in the court of common pleas, appealed, or stayed, on notice to return the execution, he shall state such fact on the execution.
Ohio Rev Code § 509.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 509 | Constables|Section 509.08 | Time of Receiving Writ.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Each constable, on the receipt of any writ or other process, except subpoenas, shall note thereon the time of receiving it. He shall also state in his return on such writ or process the time and manner of executing it.
Ohio Rev Code § 509.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 509 | Constables|Section 509.09 | Return of Not Found.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No constable shall make a return on any process of "not found," as to any defendant, unless he has been to the usual place of residence of the defendant at least once, if such defendant has a residence in the county.
Ohio Rev Code § 509.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 509 | Constables|Section 509.10 | Arrest on View or Warrant - Keep the Peace.

Effective: November 6, 1959|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 571 - 103rd General Assembly|Each constable shall apprehend, on view or warrant, and bring to justice, all felons, disturbers, and violators of the criminal laws of this state, and shall suppress all riots, affrays, and unlawful assemblies which come to his knowledge, and shall generally keep the peace in his township.
Ohio Rev Code § 509.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 509 | Constables|Section 509.11 | Copy of Process to Be Left With Jailer.

Effective: February 14, 1967|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 2 - 107th General Assembly|When it becomes the duty of the constable to take a person to the county jail, such constable shall deliver to the sheriff or jailer a certified copy of the execution, commitment, or other process, whereby he holds such person in custody, and shall return the original to the judge who issued it. Such copy is sufficient authority to the sheriff or jailer to keep the prisoner in jail until discharged.
Ohio Rev Code § 509.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 509 | Constables|Section 509.12 | Payment of Moneys.

Effective: November 6, 1959|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 571 - 103rd General Assembly|A constable shall pay over to the party entitled thereto, all moneys received by such constable in his official capacity, if demand is made by such party, his agent, or attorney, at any time before the constable returns the writ upon which he has received such moneys. If the money is not paid over by that time, the constable shall pay it to the judge of the county court when he returns the writ.
Ohio Rev Code § 509.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 509 | Constables|Section 509.13 | Forfeiture.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Constable shall be liable to a ten per cent forfeiture upon the amount of damages for which judgment may be entered against them, for failing to make return, making a false return, or failing to pay over money collected or received by them in their official capacity. Such judgment must include, in addition to the damages and costs, the forfeiture provided by this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.01 | Town Hall.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|If, in a township, a town hall is to be built, improved, enlarged, or removed at a cost greater than fifty thousand dollars, the board of township trustees shall submit the question to the electors of such township and shall certify their resolution to the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the election.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.02 | Tax Levy for Town Hall.

Effective: October 27, 1981|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly|At the election provided for by section 511.01 of the Revised Code, if a majority of all the ballots cast are in the affirmative, the board of township trustees shall levy the necessary tax, which, in any year, shall not exceed four mills on the dollar valuation. Such tax shall not be levied for more than seven years. In anticipation of the collection of taxes, the board may borrow money and issue bonds for the whole or any part of such work, which bonds shall not bear interest to exceed the rate provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code payable annually.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.03 | Control and Leasing of Hall, Lodge, or Recreational Facility.

Effective: July 18, 1980|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 707 - 113th General Assembly|After an affirmative vote in an election held under sections 511.01 and 511.02 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees may make all contracts necessary for the purchase of a site, and the erection, improvement, or enlargement of such building. The board shall have control of any town hall belonging to the township, and it may rent or lease all or part of any hall, lodge, or recreational facility belonging to the township, to any person or organization under terms the board considers proper, for which all rent shall be paid in advance or fully secured. In establishing the terms of any rental agreement or lease pursuant to this section, the board of township trustees may give preference to persons who are residents of or organizations that are headquartered in the township or that are charitable or fraternal in nature. All persons or organizations shall be treated on a like or similar basis, and no differentiation shall be made on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or political affiliation. The rents received for such facilities may be used for their repair or improvement, and any balance shall be used for general township purposes.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.04 | Procurement of Site for Town Hall.

Effective: October 16, 1980|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 736 - 113th General Assembly|The board of township trustees, whenever it has been authorized by an affirmative vote, to purchase a site and erect thereon a town hall, and suitable lands cannot be procured by contract for such purpose on reasonable terms, may appropriate land therefor, not to exceed one acre, by proceedings in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.05 | Improvement of Building Jointly by Village and Township.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The electors of a township in which a village is situated, and the electors of such village, may, if the electors of both so determine, unite in the enlargement, improvement, or erection of a public building.For such purpose, an application shall be made to and filed with the board of township trustees, signed by not less than twenty-five resident freeholders of such township, who are not residents of the village, and an application shall also be made to and filed with the mayor of the village, signed by not less than twenty-five resident freeholders of the village.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.06 | Submission of Question of Tax to a Vote.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|At the next regular municipal election after the applications for the enlargement, improvement, or erection of a public building have been so filed under section 511.05 of the Revised Code, the question as to whether or not a tax shall be levied upon all the property subject to taxation in the township and village for the enlargement, improvement, or erection of such building, shall be submitted to the electors of the township and village. Ten days' notice that the question will be submitted to the electors, shall be given by the board of township trustees and the mayor of the village, in a newspaper of general circulation in such township and village, which notice shall state the maximum amount of money proposed to be used for such purpose, and the rate of tax proposed to be levied.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.07 | Two-Thirds Vote Necessary.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If, at an election under section 511.06 of the Revised Code, two thirds of the electors of the township and of the village voting, vote in favor of such improvement, the board of township trustees and the legislative authority of the village shall jointly take such action as is necessary to carry out complete improvement.
Ohio Rev Code § 511.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Halls; Parks|Section 511.08 | Petition to Build Memorial.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|Whenever a petition is presented to the board of township trustees, signed by not less than fifteen per cent of the electors of the township as shown at the most recent general election held therein, requesting the submission to such electors of the question of issuing bonds in an amount not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, for purchasing a site, if necessary, and erecting and furnishing a memorial building, or erecting and maintaining a suitable and appropriate monument, statue, or memorial to commemorate the services of the soldiers, sailors, and marines of such township, the board shall provide by resolution for the submission of such question to the electors as provided by section 133.18 of the Revised Code.In case the petitions requesting the submission of such question are filed in two or more townships the total amount of bonds estimated for such purpose shall be divided among such townships in proportion to the tax valuation of each, as shown by its tax duplicate.