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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.43 | Order for Accused to Appear for Fingerprinting.

Effective:
August 14, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 163 - 127th General Assembly
(A) If a sheriff or chief of police has not taken, or caused to be taken, a person's or child's fingerprints in accordance with division (A)(1) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code with respect to a crime or act set forth in that division by the time of the arraignment or first appearance of the person or child with respect to that crime or act, the municipal court shall order the person or child to appear before the sheriff or chief of police within twenty-four hours of the arraignment or first appearance to have the person's or child's fingerprints taken as provided in division (A)(2) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code.
(B) If the municipal court has jurisdiction over a case involving a person or child with respect to whom division (A)(1) or (2) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code requires a sheriff or chief of police to take the person's or child's fingerprints, the municipal court shall inquire at the time of the person's or child's sentencing or adjudication for the crime or act for which the fingerprints were required to be taken whether or not the person or child has been fingerprinted pursuant to division (A)(1) or (2) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code for the original arrest or court appearance upon which the sentence or adjudication is based. If a person or child was not fingerprinted for the original arrest or court appearance, the municipal court shall order the person or child to appear before the sheriff or chief of police within twenty-four hours to have the person's or child's fingerprints taken as provided in division (A)(3) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.44 | 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 municipal 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 municipal 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 municipal 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 municipal 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.02 | Application of County Court Provisions.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
The provisions of Chapter 1907. of the Revised Code, insofar as they are relevant, apply in proceedings in a mayor's court, if the municipal corporation in which the mayor's court is located is within the jurisdiction of a county court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.032 | Transfer of Cases.

Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 438 - 121st General Assembly
(A) If a person who is charged with a violation of a law or an ordinance is brought before a mayor's court and the violation charged is not within the jurisdiction of the court, as set forth in section 1905.01 of the Revised Code, the mayor promptly shall transfer the case to the municipal court, county court, or court of common pleas with jurisdiction over the alleged violation and shall require the person to enter into a recognizance to appear before that court.
If a person who is charged with a violation of a law or an ordinance is brought before a mayor's court and the violation charged is within the jurisdiction of the court, as set forth in section 1905.01 of the Revised Code, the mayor, at any time prior to the final disposition of the case, may transfer it to the municipal court, county court, or court of common pleas with concurrent jurisdiction over the alleged violation. If a mayor transfers a case under this provision, the mayor shall require the person charged to enter into a recognizance to appear before the court to which the case is transferred.
(B) Upon the transfer of a case by a mayor under division (A) of this section, all of the following apply:
(1) The mayor shall certify all papers filed in the case, together with a transcript of all proceedings, accrued costs to date, and the recognizance given, to the court to which the case is transferred.
(2) All further proceedings under the charge, complaint, information, or indictment in the transferred case shall be discontinued in the mayor's court and shall be conducted in the court to which the case is transferred, in accordance with the provisions governing proceedings in that court.
(3) If the case is transferred to a municipal court that has an environmental division and the case is within the jurisdiction of the environmental division, as set forth in division (A)(1) of section 1901.181 of the Revised Code, the case thereafter shall be within the exclusive jurisdiction of the environmental division of the municipal court to which it is transferred. In all other situations, the case thereafter shall be within the exclusive jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.033 | Annual Registration.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 57 - 125th General Assembly
(A) The mayor of a municipal corporation who conducts a mayor's court shall register annually with the supreme court as provided in this division. The mayor shall file the registration on a form prescribed by the supreme court and not later than the fifteenth day of January in any year in which the mayor conducts a mayor's court or at least fifteen days before the mayor first conducts a mayor's court in a particular year, whichever is later. The registration shall include the name of the mayor, the name of any magistrate appointed by the mayor pursuant to section 1905.05 of the Revised Code, and the dates on which the mayor and magistrate last received the training required by section 1905.031 of the Revised Code.
(B) The mayor of any municipal corporation who conducts a mayor's court shall make the following reports:
(1) A report to the supreme court of all cases filed, pending, or terminated in the mayor's court in the reporting period covered by the report, and any financial, dispositional, and other information that the supreme court prescribes by rule. The mayor shall make the report under division (B)(1) of this section on a form prescribed by the supreme court and not later than the fifteenth day of January, April, July, and October of each year. The report shall cover all cases filed, pending, or terminated in the mayor's court for the calendar quarter preceding the appropriate filing date.
(2) A report to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation of every conviction in the mayor's court for an offense that is a misdemeanor on a first offense and a felony on any subsequent offense. The mayor shall make the report under division (B)(2) of this section upon entry of the judgment of conviction for the offense.
(C) A mayor of a municipal corporation who fails to comply with the general law on registering and reporting under this section shall not conduct a mayor's court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.04 | Clerk, Deputy and Mayor's Court Magistrate Must Be Disinterested.

Effective:
July 25, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 118th General Assembly
Neither the clerk of a mayor's court, nor his deputy, nor a mayor's court magistrate, shall be concerned as counsel or agent in the prosecution or defense of any case before the mayor's court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.08 | Duties of Police Chief or Village Marshal.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
The chief of police of the city or village or a police officer of the city or village designated by him, or the marshal of a village shall attend the sittings of the mayor's court to execute the orders and process of the court, and to preserve order in it. The chief of police, other police officer, or marshal shall execute and return all writs and process directed to him by the mayor. The jurisdiction of the chief of police, other police officer, or marshal in the execution of such writs and process is coextensive with the county in criminal cases and in cases of violations of ordinances of the municipal corporation. In serving such writs and process and taxing costs on them, the chief of police, other police officer, or marshal shall be governed by the laws pertaining to constables. The fees of the mayor are the same as those allowed in the municipal or county court within whose jurisdiction the municipal corporation is located. There shall be allowed and taxed for services of the chief of police, other police officer, or marshal, the same fees and expense as those allowed constables.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.17 | Boundary Line Between Villages Adjoining Each Other.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When two villages adjoin each other on opposite sides of the line of any railroad, the boundary line between such villages, except where otherwise established by law is along the middle of the right of way of such railroad.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.20 | Powers of Mayors and Magistrates in Criminal Matters.

Effective:
July 25, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 118th General Assembly
(A) The mayor of a municipal corporation has, within the corporate limits, all the powers conferred upon sheriffs to suppress disorder and keep the peace.
(B) The mayor of a municipal corporation shall award and issue all writs and process that are necessary to enforce the administration of justice throughout the municipal corporation. The mayor shall subscribe his name and affix his official seal to all writs, process, transcripts, and other official papers. A mayor's court magistrate, in hearing and determining prosecutions and criminal causes that are within the scope of his authority under section 1905.05 of the Revised Code, has the same powers and duties as are granted to or imposed upon a mayor under this division.
(C) The mayor of a municipal corporation shall be disqualified in any criminal case in which he was the arresting officer, assisted in the arrest, or was present at the time of arrest, and shall not hear the case.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.201 | License Suspension in Ovi Cases.

Effective:
August 17, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 8 - 126th General Assembly
The mayor of a municipal corporation that has a mayor's court, and a mayor's court magistrate, are entitled to suspend, and shall suspend, in accordance with sections 4510.02, 4510.07, and 4511.19 of the Revised Code, the driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege of any person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, of a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or a combination of them, or of a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol, a controlled substance, or a metabolite of a controlled substance in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine that is substantially equivalent to division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code. The mayor of a municipal corporation that has a mayor's court, and a mayor's court magistrate, are entitled to suspend, and shall suspend, in accordance with sections 4510.02, 4510.07, and 4511.19 of the Revised Code, the driver's, or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege of any person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine that is substantially equivalent to division (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code.
Suspension of a commercial driver's license under this section shall be concurrent with any period of disqualification or suspension under section 3123.58 or 4506.16 of the Revised Code. No person who is disqualified for life from holding a commercial driver's license under section 4506.16 of the Revised Code shall be issued a driver's license under Chapter 4507. of the Revised Code during the period for which the commercial driver's license was suspended under this section, and no person whose commercial driver's license is suspended under this section shall be issued a driver's license under Chapter 4507. of the Revised Code during the period of the suspension.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.202 | 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 mayor's 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 mayor's 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 mayor's 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 mayor's 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.21 | Docket - Compensation - Office - Seal.

Effective:
July 25, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 118th General Assembly
The mayor of a municipal corporation and a mayor's court magistrate shall keep a docket. Neither the mayor of a municipal corporation nor a mayor's court magistrate shall retain or receive for his own use any of the fines, forfeitures, fees, or costs he collects. A mayor's court magistrate shall account for all such fines, forfeitures, fees, and costs he collects and transfer them to the mayor. The mayor shall account for and dispose of all such fines, forfeitures, fees, and costs he collects, including all such fines, forfeitures, fees, and costs that are transferred to him by a mayor's court magistrate, as provided in section 733.40 of the Revised Code.
The mayor of a municipal corporation shall be paid such fixed annual salary as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation provides under sections 731.08 and 731.13 of the Revised Code, and a mayor's court magistrate shall receive compensation as provided in section 1905.05 of the Revised Code.
The mayor of a municipal corporation shall keep an office, provided by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, at a convenient place in the municipal corporation, and shall be furnished by the legislative authority with the corporate seal of the municipal corporation. In the center of such seal shall be the words, "Mayor of the city of_____," or "Mayor of the village of___________________"
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.23 | Notice of Appeal.

Effective:
June 12, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 530 - 108th General Assembly
Within ten days from the time a mayor renders judgment, the appellant shall file with the mayor's court a written notice of appeal designating the order or judgment appealed from and the court to which the appeal is taken.
All further proceedings in the mayor's court shall be stayed from the time of filing the notice of appeal with the mayor's court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.24 | Certified Transcript of Proceedings.

Effective:
June 12, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 530 - 108th General Assembly
Upon the filing of the notice of appeal, the clerk of the mayor's court shall make a certified transcript of the proceedings and deliver such transcript together with the original papers used on the trial, to the court to which the appeal is taken, within fifteen days from the rendition of the judgment appealed from.
Upon receipt of the transcript and the papers mentioned in this section, the clerk of the court to which the appeal is taken shall file them and docket the appeal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.26 | Fees of Witnesses.

Effective:
July 1, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 525 - 127th General Assembly
In cases for the violation of ordinances, the fees of witnesses shall be paid, on the certificate of the officer presiding at the trial, from the treasury of the municipal corporation. Witnesses shall be paid the fees and mileage provided for under section 1901.26 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.28 | Contempts - Rules.

Effective:
July 25, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 118th General Assembly
The mayor or mayor's court magistrate presiding at any trial under this chapter may punish contempts, compel the attendance of jurors and witnesses, and establish rules for the examination and trial of all cases brought before him, in the same manner as judges of county courts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.29 | Temporary Use of Municipal Corporation Prison.

Effective:
July 25, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 118th General Assembly
The mayor of a municipal corporation, and in his absence, the president of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, may grant to officials of adjoining or contiguous townships the temporary use of the municipal corporation prison, station house, or watchhouse to confine criminals or other persons dangerous to the peace of the community, until they can be safety removed to the county jail, or other place of security.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.30 | Offender May Be Confined Until Fine Paid.

Effective:
September 3, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 460 - 108th General Assembly
When a fine is the whole or part of a sentence, the mayor's court may order the person sentenced to remain confined in the county jail, workhouse, or prison of the municipal corporation, until the fine is paid or secured to be paid, or the offender is legally discharged.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.31 | Jurisdiction Over Railroad Forming Part of Boundary Line.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the line of a railroad adjoins or forms a part of the boundary line of a municipal corporation, such municipal corporation has jurisdiction over the entire width of the right of way of the line of such railroad for the punishment of the violation of the ordinances of such municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.32 | Fines and Forfeitures Recovered.

Effective:
November 6, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 103rd General Assembly
Fines, penalties, and forfeitures may, in all cases, and in addition to any other mode provided, be recovered by action before any judge of a county court, or other court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the proper municipal corporation, and for its use. In any action in which a pleading is necessary, it is sufficient if the petition sets forth generally the amount claimed to be due in respect to the violation of the ordinance of the municipal corporation. Such petition shall refer to the title of such ordinance, state the date of its adoption or passage, and show, as near as is practicable, the true time of the alleged violation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.34 | Party Committed in Default of Payment.

Effective:
August 19, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 205 - 111th General Assembly
When a fine imposed for the violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation is not paid, the party convicted may, by order of the mayor of the municipal corporation, or other proper authority, or on process issued for the purpose, be committed until such fine and the costs of prosecution are paid, or until the party convicted is legally discharged.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.35 | Imprisonment.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Imprisonment under the ordinances of a municipal corporation shall be in the workhouse or other jail of the municipal corporation. Any municipal corporation not provided with a workhouse, or other jail, may, for the purpose of imprisonment, use the county jail, at the expense of the municipal corporation, until the municipal corporation is provided with a prison, house of correction, or workhouse. Persons so imprisoned in the county jail are under the charge of the sheriff. Such sheriff shall receive and hold such persons in the manner prescribed by the ordinances of the municipal corporation, until such persons are legally discharged.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.36 | Use of County Jail Prohibited.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners, at such board's discretion, on giving ninety days' written notice to the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, may prohibit the use of the county jail for the purpose authorized in section 1905.35 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.37 | Limit of Prohibition.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If, within ninety days after the notice mentioned in section 1905.36 of the Revised Code is given, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation provides by ordinance and the necessary contracts for the immediate erection of a prison, workhouse, or house of correction, the municipal corporation, notwithstanding the notice and prohibition provided for in such section, shall continue to have the use of the county jail for the purpose of imprisonment, until such prison, workhouse, or house of correction is erected and ready for use.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court › Section 1905.38 | 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.01 | County Court.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
There is hereby created in each county of the state, in which the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal court or municipal courts is not coextensive with the boundaries of the county, a court to be known as the county court. The county court shall have jurisdiction throughout a county court district that shall consist of all territory within the county not subject to the territorial jurisdiction of any municipal court.
County courts are courts of record for all purposes of law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.011 | Ohio River Jurisdiction.

Effective:
December 18, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 124th General Assembly
In addition to the territorial jurisdiction conferred by section 1907.01 of the Revised Code, the county courts of Adams, Belmont, Jefferson, Meigs, and Monroe counties have jurisdiction beyond the north or northwest shore of the Ohio river extending to the opposite shore line, between the boundary lines of any adjacent municipal courts or adjacent county courts. Each of the county courts that is given jurisdiction on the Ohio river by this section has concurrent jurisdiction on the Ohio river with any adjacent municipal courts or adjacent county courts that border on that river and with any court of Kentucky or of West Virginia that borders on the Ohio river and that has jurisdiction on the Ohio river under the law of Kentucky or the law of West Virginia, whichever is applicable, or under federal law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.012 | Jurisdiction Over Violations of Township Resolutions.

Effective:
August 17, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 23 - 126th General Assembly
In addition to other jurisdiction granted a county court in the Revised Code, a county court has jurisdiction over violations of township resolutions adopted pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or Chapter 504. of the Revised Code. For procedural purposes, a case in which a person is charged with the violation of a township resolution shall be treated as a civil case, except as otherwise provided in the Revised Code and except that a violation of a township resolution that is adopted pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 of the Revised Code and that creates a criminal offense or imposes criminal penalties shall be treated as a criminal case.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.02 | Jurisdiction.

Effective:
July 3, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
(A)(1) In addition to other jurisdiction granted a county court in the Revised Code, a county court has jurisdiction of all misdemeanor cases. A county court has jurisdiction to conduct preliminary hearings in felony cases, to bind over alleged felons to the court of common pleas, and to take other action in felony cases as authorized by Criminal Rule 5.
(2) A judge of a county court does not have the authority to dismiss a criminal complaint, charge, information, or indictment solely at the request of the complaining witness and over the objection of the prosecuting attorney, village solicitor, city director of law, or other chief legal officer who is responsible for the prosecution of the case.
(B) A county court has jurisdiction of the violation of a vehicle parking or standing ordinance, resolution, or regulation if a local authority, as defined in division (D) of section 4521.01 of the Revised Code, has specified that it is not to be considered a criminal offense, if the violation is committed within the limits of the court's territory, and if the violation is not required to be handled by a parking violations bureau or joint parking violations bureau pursuant to Chapter 4521. of the Revised Code. A county court does not have jurisdiction over violations of ordinances, resolutions, or regulations that are required to be handled by a parking violations bureau or joint parking violations bureau pursuant to that chapter.
A county court also has jurisdiction of an appeal from a judgment or default judgment entered pursuant to Chapter 4521. of the Revised Code, as authorized by division (D) of section 4521.08 of the Revised Code. Any such appeal shall be placed on the regular docket of the court and shall be determined by a judge of the court.
(C) A county court has exclusive jurisdiction over every civil action concerning a violation of a state traffic law or a municipal traffic ordinance, if the violation is committed within the limits of the court's territory.
(D) As used in this section, "violation of a state traffic law or a municipal traffic ordinance" has the same meaning as in section 1901.20 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.03 | Jurisdiction in Civil Actions.

Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 438 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Under the restrictions and limitations of this chapter, county courts have exclusive original jurisdiction in civil actions for the recovery of sums not exceeding five hundred dollars and original jurisdiction in civil actions for the recovery of sums not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
(B) If a counterclaim is filed in a civil action in a county court and the counterclaim exceeds fifteen thousand dollars, the county court shall certify the action to the court of common pleas.
(C) If a civil action is certified to the court of common pleas pursuant to division (B) of this section, the clerk of the county court forthwith shall transmit to the court of common pleas the original papers and pleadings in the action and a certified transcript of the journal entries in it. The action then shall proceed in the court of common pleas as if it had been originally commenced in that court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.031 | Original Jurisdiction.

Effective:
July 3, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 1907.03 of the Revised Code and in addition to the jurisdiction authorized in other sections of this chapter and in section 1909.11 of the Revised Code, a county court has original jurisdiction within its district in all of the following actions or proceedings and to perform all of the following functions:
(1) In an action or proceeding at law for the recovery of money or personal property of which the court of common pleas has jurisdiction;
(2) In an action at law based on contract, to determine, preserve, and enforce all legal and equitable rights involved in the contract, to decree an accounting, reformation, or cancellation of the contract, and to hear and determine all legal and equitable remedies necessary or proper for a complete determination of the rights of the parties to the contract;
(3) In an action or proceeding for the sale of personal property under chattel mortgage, lien, encumbrance, or other charge, for the foreclosure and marshalling of liens on the personal property, and for the rendering of personal judgment in the action or proceeding;
(4) In an action or proceeding to enforce the collection of its own judgments and to subject the interest of a judgment debtor in personal property to satisfy judgments enforceable by the county court;
(5) In an action or proceeding in the nature of interpleader;
(6) In an action of forcible entry and detainer;
(7) In a proceeding brought pursuant to section 955.222 of the Revised Code by the owner of a dog that has been designated as a nuisance dog, dangerous dog, or vicious dog;
(8) In every civil action or proceeding concerning a violation of a state traffic law or a municipal traffic ordinance.
(B) A county court has original jurisdiction in civil actions as described in division (B)(1) of section 3767.41 of the Revised Code that relate to a public nuisance. To the extent any provision of this chapter conflicts or is inconsistent with a provision of that section, the provision of that section shall control in such a civil action.
(C) As used in this section, "violation of a state traffic law or a municipal traffic ordinance" has the same meaning as in section 1901.20 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.032 | Jurisdiction Where Property Not Removed at Expiration of Campsite Use Agreement.

Effective:
October 13, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 368 - 125th General Assembly
In addition to the jurisdiction authorized in other sections of this chapter, a county court has original jurisdiction in actions filed under section 3729.13 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.05 | Jurisdiction Concerning Title to Real Estate.

Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 438 - 121st General Assembly
County courts have jurisdiction in civil actions in which the title to real estate may be drawn in question as follows:
(A) In actions for trespass on real estate in which the damages demanded do not exceed fifteen thousand dollars;
(B) In actions to recover from the owner of adjoining land the equal proportion to the expense incurred in obtaining evidence in surveys to fix corners or settle boundary lines.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.06 | Jurisdiction in Cases of Replevin - Appraisals of Property.

Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 438 - 121st General Assembly
(A) County courts have exclusive, original jurisdiction in all cases of replevin in which the value of the specific personal property that is sought to be recovered does not exceed five hundred dollars and original have jurisdiction in all cases of replevin in which the value of the specific personal property that is sought to be recovered does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars.
(B) Upon the filing of a replevin action, the county court shall order appraisals of the property. The appraisals shall be made under oath by at least two disinterested freeholders who are residents of the court's territorial jurisdiction or as the court otherwise directs. If the value of the property according to the appraisals exceeds fifteen thousand dollars, the court shall certify the action to the court of common pleas. If a replevin action is certified to the court of common pleas, the clerk of the county court shall take action as described in division (C) of section 1907.03 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.07 | Balance Not Exceeding $15,000.

Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 438 - 121st General Assembly
When the balance claimed to be due on an open or unsettled account or on a bill, note, or bond, is fifteen thousand dollars or less, the party by whom the balance is claimed may commence an action for the balance before a county court. The court may hear and determine the matters in controversy, without regard to the original account or contract, and render judgment for any balance found due, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.08 | Action on Bond or Undertaking.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
In civil actions founded upon a bond or undertaking, a judge of a county court has jurisdiction coextensive with his county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.09 | Judgment Confessed for Sum Not Exceeding $15,000.

Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 438 - 121st General Assembly
If a debtor appears before a county court, without process and confesses that the debtor is indebted a debt owed to a creditor, on the application of the creditor, the court shall render judgment on the confession against the debtor for a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
Last updated April 7, 2022 at 2:34 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.10 | Concurrent Criminal Jurisdiction of Mayor's Court.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
Mayors retain jurisdiction in all criminal cases involving the violation of ordinances of their respective municipal corporations and in all criminal cases involving moving traffic violations occurring on state highways located within their respective municipal corporations, to be exercised concurrently with the county court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.131 | Presiding and Administrative Judge.

Effective:
August 3, 1999
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 89 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) In a county court district having only one judge, that judge shall be the presiding and administrative judge for that district.
(B) In a county court district having two or more judges, the presiding and administrative judge shall be elected or designated as provided in the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.14 | Oath of Office.

Effective:
July 10, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 261 - 130th General Assembly
(A) A judge of a county court shall take an oath of office as provided in section 3.23 of the Revised Code.
(B) The office of judge of a county court is subject to forfeiture, and a judge may be removed from office, for the causes and by the procedure provided in sections 3.07 to 3.10 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.142 | Reimbursement and Compensation.

Effective:
July 10, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 261 - 130th General Assembly
(A) An acting judge appointed pursuant to division (A)(2)(a), (B)(1), or (C)(1) of section 1907.141 of the Revised Code shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses and a per diem compensation established by the incumbent judge, provided the per diem compensation of the acting judge shall not exceed the per diem compensation paid to the incumbent judge based upon a work year of one hundred thirty days. The per diem compensation of the acting judge shall be payable in the same manner as the compensation paid to the incumbent judge during the same period.
(B) An assigned judge assigned pursuant to division (A)(1), (A)(2)(b), (B)(2), or (C)(2) of section 1907.141 of the Revised Code shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses and a per diem compensation computed as follows:
(1) If the assigned judge receives compensation as described in division (A)(5) of section 141.04 of the Revised Code, thirty dollars;
(2) If the assigned judge receives compensation as described in division (A)(6) of section 141.04 of the Revised Code, the per diem compensation of a judge of a municipal court compensated as described in division (A)(5) of section 141.04 of the Revised Code, less the per diem compensation of the assigned judge, each calculated on the basis of two hundred fifty working days per year;
(3) If the assigned judge is a retired judge of a municipal or county court or a court of common pleas, the established per diem compensation for a judge of a municipal court compensated as described in division (A)(5) of section 141.04 of the Revised Code, calculated on the basis of two hundred fifty working days per year, in addition to any retirement benefits to which the assigned judge may be entitled;
(4) If the assigned judge is a sitting judge of the court of appeals or a court of common pleas, fifty dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.15 | Division of County Court District.

Effective:
January 1, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A)(1) In counties having more than one county court judge, the presiding judge of the county court may divide the county court district into areas of separate jurisdiction and may designate the location at which each judge shall hold court. Except in county court districts exceeding one hundred twenty thousand population, each area of separate jurisdiction shall be made up of one or more townships. In assigning areas of separate jurisdiction, the presiding judge shall make each area of separate jurisdiction as equal in population and case load to others in the district as is possible under existing conditions.
Whenever the territory of a county court district is reduced by the territorial expansion of municipal court jurisdiction, the presiding judge may redetermine areas of separate jurisdiction and, if necessary, reassign areas so as to make each area of separate jurisdiction as equal in population and case load to others in the district as is possible under the altered conditions.
In county court districts exceeding one hundred twenty thousand population, the presiding judge of the county court may assign more than one county court judge to an area of separate jurisdiction. In any county court district of that nature, the presiding judge from time to time may assign a judge from one area of separate jurisdiction to another area of separate jurisdiction and redetermine and reassign areas of separate jurisdiction. Upon that redetermination and reassignment, the presiding judge shall consider, in addition to population, the case load of each area of separate jurisdiction.
(2) In counties having only one county court judge, the area of jurisdiction shall consist of the entire county court district, and the county court judge, with the concurrence of the board of county commissioners, shall designate the location at which the judge shall hold court.
(B) The jurisdiction of each county court judge shall be coextensive with the boundaries of the county court district.
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