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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.111 | Group Health Care Coverage for Municipal Court Judges.

Effective:
June 4, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 67 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "health care coverage" means sickness and accident insurance or other coverage of hospitalization, surgical care, major medical care, disability, dental care, eye care, medical care, hearing aids, and prescription drugs, or any combination of those benefits or services.
(B) The legislative authority, after consultation with the judges of the municipal court, shall negotiate and contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure group health care coverage for the judges and their spouses and dependents from insurance companies authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code or health insuring corporations holding certificates of authority under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code, except that if the county or municipal corporation served by the legislative authority provides group health care coverage for its employees, the group health care coverage required by this section shall be provided, if possible, through the policy or plan under which the group health care coverage is provided for the county or municipal corporation employees.
(C) The portion of the costs, premiums, or charges for the group health care coverage procured pursuant to division (B) of this section that is not paid by the judges of the municipal court, or all of the costs, premiums, or charges for the group health care coverage if the judges will not be paying any such portion, shall be paid as follows:
(1) If the municipal court is a county-operated municipal court, the portion of the costs, premiums, or charges or all of the costs, premiums, or charges shall be paid out of the treasury of the county.
(2) If the municipal court is not a county-operated municipal court, the portion of the costs, premiums, or charges or all of the costs, premiums, or charges shall be paid in three-fifths and two-fifths shares from the city treasury and appropriate county treasuries as described in division (C) of section 1901.11 of the Revised Code. The three-fifths share of a city treasury is subject to apportionment under section 1901.026 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.12 | Vacation Period of Judge.

Effective:
July 10, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 261 - 130th General Assembly
(A) A judge of a municipal court is entitled to thirty days of vacation in each calendar year. Not less than two hundred forty days of open session of the municipal court shall be held by each judge during the year, unless all business of the court is disposed of sooner.
(B) If a municipal court consists of two or more judges, the presiding judge shall have the authority to designate the vacation period for each judge.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.122 | Reimbursements and Compensation; Limitations.

Effective:
July 10, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 261 - 130th General Assembly
(A)(1) An acting judge appointed pursuant to division (A)(2)(a), (B)(1), or (C)(1) of section 1901.121 of the Revised Code shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses and a per diem compensation established by the incumbent judge, subject to the following limitations:
(a) If the incumbent judge receives compensation as described in division (A)(5) of section 141.04 of the Revised Code, 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 two hundred fifty days.
(b) If the incumbent judge receives compensation as described in division (A)(6) of section 141.04 of the Revised Code, 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.
(2) 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), (C)(2), or (D) of section 1901.121 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 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.13 | Powers of the Court.

Effective:
April 19, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 708 - 117th General Assembly
(A) In any action or proceeding of which a municipal court has jurisdiction, the court or any judge of the court has the power to do all of the following:
(1) Issue process, preserve order, punish contempts, summon and impanel jurors, refer matters to a referee, set aside a verdict, grant a new trial or motion in arrest of judgment, vacate or modify a judgment, suspend execution of sentence upon filing of notice of appeal, admit the defendant to bail, fix the amount of bond and approve the sureties, inquire into the financial responsibility of proposed sureties on all bonds in both civil and criminal actions or proceedings and, on the motion of any party or on its own motion, require security or additional surety, and to exercise any other powers that are necessary to give effect to the jurisdiction of the court and to enforce its judgments, orders, or decrees;
(2) Issue any necessary orders in any proceedings before and after judgment, for attachment or garnishment, arrest, aid of execution, trial of the right of property, revivor of judgment, and appointment of a receiver of personal property, for which authority is conferred upon the courts of common pleas or a judge of the court of common pleas;
(3) Hear and determine questions of exemptions upon application or action of any party to a pending cause;
(4) Control and distribute all property or the proceeds of property that are levied upon or seized by any legal process issuing from the court and that may come into the hands of its officers, and to order immediate sale of any property of a perishable nature that may come into the hands of an officer of the court upon any process issuing from the court. Any money realized from the sale of property of a perishable nature shall be deposited with the clerk until distributed by order of the court.
(B) Whenever an action or proceeding is properly brought in a municipal court within Cuyahoga county, the court has jurisdiction to determine, preserve, and enforce all rights involved in the action or proceeding, and to hear and determine all legal and equitable remedies necessary or proper for a complete determination of the rights of the parties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.131 | Jurisdiction of Housing or Environmental Division.

Effective:
July 8, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 119th General Assembly
Whenever an action or proceeding is properly brought in the housing or environmental division of a municipal court, the division has jurisdiction to determine, preserve, and enforce all rights involved in the action or proceeding, to hear and determine all legal and equitable remedies necessary or proper for a complete determination of the rights of the parties, including, but not limited to, the granting of temporary restraining orders and temporary and permanent injunctions, to render personal judgment irrespective of amount in favor of any party, and to render any judgments and make any findings and orders in the same manner and to the same extent that the court of common pleas can render a judgment or make a finding or order in a similar action or proceeding.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.14 | Additional Powers of Judges; Fees; Rules; Annual Report.

Effective:
October 31, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 423 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Municipal judges have the following powers and duties:
(1) To perform marriage ceremonies anywhere in this state, take acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments, administer oaths, and perform any other duties that are conferred upon judges of county courts.
All fees, including marriage fees, collected by a municipal judge when not connected with any cause or proceeding pending in the municipal court, shall be paid over to the clerk of the municipal court to be paid to the city treasury, except that, in a county-operated municipal court, the fees shall be paid to the treasury of the county in which the court is located.
(2) To adopt, publish, and revise rules for the regulation of the practice and procedure of their respective courts, and for the selection and manner of summoning persons to serve as jurors in the court;
(3) To adopt, publish, and revise rules relating to the administration of the court;
(4) On or before the last day of March of each year, the court shall render a complete report of its operation during the preceding calendar year to the legislative authority and to the board of county commissioners of each county within its territory. The report shall show the work performed by the court, a statement of receipts and expenditures of the civil and criminal branches, respectively, the number of cases heard, decided, and settled, and any other data that the supreme court, the secretary of state, the legislative authority, and the board of county commissioners requires.
(B) Any rule adopted pursuant to division (A)(2) or (3) of this section does not apply to the housing or environmental division of the municipal court if the judge of the housing or environmental division has adopted rules pursuant to division (C) of this section, unless the rules adopted pursuant to division (C) of this section do not regulate the subject regulated by the rule adopted pursuant to division (A)(2) or (3) of this section.
(C) Judges of the housing or environmental division of a municipal court, other than the judge of the environmental division of the Franklin county municipal court, may adopt, publish, and revise rules for the regulation of the practice and procedure of the division, for the selection and manner of summoning persons to serve as jurors in the division, and for the administration of the division.
Last updated June 24, 2021 at 8:03 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.15 | Powers of the Presiding Municipal Judge.

Effective:
August 19, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 205 - 111th General Assembly
In addition to the exercise of all the powers of a municipal judge, the presiding municipal judge has the general supervision of the business of the court and may classify and distribute among the judges the business pending in the court. He shall determine the amount and approve the surety and the terms of all official bonds. The presiding municipal judge may appoint a qualified substitute to serve during the disability of an incumbent of any appointive office created by sections 1901.31 to 1901.33 of the Revised Code, who is temporarily absent or incapacitated from acting as such. Any temporary appointee may be dismissed or discharged by the presiding municipal judge.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.151 | Notice of Insufficient Caseload.

Effective:
July 8, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 119th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, upon a determination by the judge of the housing or environmental division of a municipal court that the volume of cases pending in the division does not constitute a sufficient caseload for the judge, the judge shall notify the administrative judge of the municipal court of the insufficient caseload in the division. After receipt of the notification, the administrative judge, in accordance with the Rules of Superintendence for Municipal Courts and County Courts, shall assign individual cases to the judge of the division from the general docket of the court, but, except in the case of the environmental division of the Franklin county municipal court, the administrative judge shall not assign the judge of a housing or environmental division to a particular session of the court. The administrative judge shall continue to make the assignments until notified by the judge of the division to discontinue making the assignments.
(B) If the administrative judge of the Toledo municipal court determines that the volume of cases pending in the housing division of the court does not constitute a sufficient caseload for the judge of the division, the administrative judge, in accordance with the Rules of Superintendence for Municipal Courts and County Courts, shall make assignments to the judge of the division. If assignments so occur, the administrative judge shall cease the assignments when he determines that the volume of cases pending in the division constitutes a sufficient caseload for the judge of the division.
(C) If the administrative judge of the Franklin county municipal court determines that the volume of cases pending in the environmental division of the court does not constitute a sufficient caseload for the judge of the division, the administrative judge, in accordance with the Rules of Superintendence for Municipal Courts and County Courts, shall make assignments to the judge of the division and may assign the judge of the division to a particular session of the court. If assignments so occur, the administrative judge shall cease the assignments when he determines that the volume of cases pending in the division constitutes a sufficient caseload for the judge of the division.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.16 | Powers When More Than One Judge.

Effective:
August 19, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 205 - 111th General Assembly
When a municipal court consists of more than one judge:
(A) The several municipal judges may sit separately or otherwise, as the presiding judge directs, and shall meet at least once each month, and at such other times as are determined, for consideration of the business of the court.
(B) Any order made by the presiding judge under the special powers conferred upon him may be vacated, amended, or modified by the vote of a majority of the judges of the court.
(C) The administrative authority vested in judges constituting a municipal court shall be exercised by a majority vote of such judges, including the presiding judge.
Last updated February 25, 2022 at 5:50 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.17 | Monetary Jurisdiction.

Effective:
January 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 438 - 121st General Assembly
A municipal court shall have original jurisdiction only in those cases in which the amount claimed by any party, or the appraised value of the personal property sought to be recovered, does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars, except that this limit does not apply to the housing division or environmental division of a municipal court.
Judgment may be rendered in excess of the jurisdictional amount, when the excess consists of interest, damages for the detention of personal property, or costs accrued after the commencement of the action.
This section does not limit the jurisdiction of a municipal court to appoint trustees to receive and distribute earnings in accordance with section 2329.70 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.182 | 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 municipal court in the Revised Code, a municipal 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 a 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 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.184 | 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 jurisdiction otherwise granted by this chapter, a municipal court shall have jurisdiction in actions filed under section 3729.13 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.185 | Jurisdiction to Foreclose Lien on Blighted Parcel.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 277 - 127th General Assembly
In addition to jurisdiction otherwise granted in this chapter, the environmental division, where established, of the municipal court shall have jurisdiction within its territory in all of the following actions or proceedings and to perform all of the following functions:
(A) To exercise exclusive original jurisdiction to hear actions arising under section 3767.50 of the Revised Code and in those actions to make findings and orders pertaining to blighted parcels;
(B) When in aid of execution of a judgment of the environmental division of the municipal court rendered pursuant to section 3767.50 of the Revised Code, in actions for the foreclosure of a mortgage on real property given to secure the payment of money, or the enforcement of a specific lien for money or other encumbrance or charge on real property, when the real property is situated within the territory, to foreclose all liens and all vested and contingent rights, render judgments, and make findings and orders, between the parties, in the same manner and to the same extent as in similar cases in the court of common pleas.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.186 | Concurrent Jurisdiction of Tiffin-Fostoria and Seneca County Courts.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 567 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Felony sex offense" has the same meaning as in section 2967.28 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Offense of violence" has the same meaning as in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Informant" means a person who is assisting a law enforcement agency in a criminal investigation by purchasing controlled substances from others in return for compensation from the law enforcement agency.
(B) In addition to all other jurisdictions granted a municipal court in this chapter, except as provided in division (C) of this section, the Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court has concurrent jurisdiction with the Seneca county court of common pleas in all criminal actions or proceedings to which both of the following apply:
(1) The court finds that the offender's addiction to a drug of abuse was the primary factor leading to the offender's commission of the offense charged.
(2) The offender is admitted to participate in the participating in victory of transition (PIVOT) drug recovery program.
(C) The Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court does not have concurrent jurisdiction with the Seneca county court of common pleas in a criminal action or proceeding when any of the following applies:
(1) The defendant is not a resident of Seneca county.
(2) The defendant is charged with a felony offense of violence.
(3) The defendant is charged with a felony sex offense or has a duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code.
(4) The defendant is charged with a felony violation of section 2925.04 or 2925.041 of the Revised Code.
(5) The defendant is under a community control sanction or post-release control sanction imposed by another court or is on parole or probation under the supervision of another jurisdiction.
(6) Criminal proceedings are pending against the defendant for a felony offense in another jurisdiction.
(7) The defendant is serving a prison term imposed by another court.
(8) The defendant is engaged as an informant for a law enforcement agency.
Last updated February 16, 2023 at 10:40 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.22 | Civil Actions.

Effective:
March 19, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 159 - 116th General Assembly
Civil actions and proceedings in the municipal court shall be commenced pursuant to the Civil Rules by filing a complaint upon which summons or writ shall be issued by the clerk of the municipal court. A form of summons or writ shall be prescribed by rule of court. The procedure in a civil case in the municipal court shall be in accordance with the following provisions:
(A) The return day shall be fixed by rule of court, and the summons or writ shall, unless accompanied by an order to arrest, be served at least three days before the time of appearance.
(B) In attachment and garnishment proceedings, a true copy of the affidavit shall be served with the summons and order of attachment or garnishment.
(C) In any action in a municipal court for the recovery of personal property, the appraised value of which exceeds the jurisdictional amount as defined in section 1901.17 of the Revised Code, the judge, upon the return of the appraisement prior to judgment, shall certify the proceedings in the case to the court of common pleas.
(D) Whenever any property is seized or sought to be recovered in any action in a municipal court, the property shall be at once appraised. The value of such property may be ascertained by the oath of two disinterested freeholders who are residents of the territory of the court.
(E) In any action in a municipal court in which the amount claimed by any defendant in any statement of counterclaim exceeds the jurisdictional amount, the judge shall certify the proceedings in the case to the court of common pleas, except in the Cleveland municipal court.
(F) When the amount due either party exceeds the sum for which a municipal court is authorized to enter judgment, such party may in writing remit the excess and judgment shall be entered for the residue. Any party defendant may, at his option, withhold setting up any statement of counterclaim and make the counterclaim the subject of a separate action.
(G) Upon certification of any proceedings to the court of common pleas, the clerk of the municipal court shall forthwith transmit the original papers and pleadings, together with a certified transcript of the journal entries in the case, to the clerk of the court of common pleas to be filed. The bailiff shall turn over the property in his possession to the sheriff of the county to be held by him as in like cases originating in the court of common pleas. The case shall then proceed as if it had been commenced originally in the court of common pleas.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.23 | Issuance of Writs and Process.

Effective:
March 19, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 159 - 116th General Assembly
Writs and process in a municipal court shall be served, returned, and publication made in the manner provided for service, return, and publication of summons, writs, and process in the court of common pleas.
In any civil action or proceeding in which the subject matter of the action or proceeding is located within the territory or a defendant resides or is served with summons within the territory, the court may issue summons, orders of interpleader, all other writs, and mesne and final process, including executions necessary or proper for the complete adjudication of the issues and determination of the action, to the bailiff for service in the county or counties in which the court is situated and to the sheriff of any other county against one or more of the remaining defendants.
All warrants, executions, subpoenas, writs, and processes in all criminal and quasi-criminal cases may be issued to the bailiff of the court, a police officer of the appropriate municipal corporation, or to the sheriff of the appropriate county.
In any civil action in which the bailiff is a party or is interested, writs and process shall be directed to the sheriff. If both of these officers are interested, the writs and process shall be directed to and executed by a person appointed by the court or a judge of the court, and that person has the same power to execute the writs and process that the bailiff has. The return of the appointee shall be verified by affidavit, and he is entitled to the fees allowed to the bailiff for similar service.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.24 | Demand for Jury Trial - Number of Jurors - Verdict.

Effective:
March 19, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 159 - 116th General Assembly
(A) A jury trial in a municipal court 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 in a municipal court is waived under the circumstances prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure or the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.25 | Selection and Impaneling of Jury.

Effective:
September 8, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly
(A)(1) A municipal court may provide by rule the manner in which 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 territory and those appearing to reside outside the territory shall be returned to the annual jury list.
(2) If the rules of the court provide for jurors to be chosen in a manner other than by the jury commissioners of the county, the rules shall require any person who appears to the court to be a program participant in the address confidentiality program described in sections 111.41 to 111.99 of the Revised Code to be excluded from the list of possible jurors.
(B) Jurors shall be impaneled in the same manner, shall have the same qualifications, and shall be challenged for the same causes as jurors in the court of common pleas.
(C) Each municipal court shall establish the fees of jurors in that court. The fees of jurors in any criminal case involving the violation of state law shall be paid out of the county treasury. The fees of jurors in any criminal case involving a violation of a municipal ordinance shall be paid out of the treasury of the municipal corporation in which the violation occurred.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.262 | Rules for Procedures for Resolution of Disputes.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) A municipal 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 1901.26 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 if the court is a county-operated municipal court or to the city treasurer if the court is not a county-operated municipal court. 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 if the court is a county-operated municipal court or by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation if the court is not a county-operated municipal court, 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 if the court is a county-operated municipal court or by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation if the court is not a county-operated municipal court, 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.263 | 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 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.27 | When Action Is Pending.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
An action is pending so as to charge third persons with notice of its pendency when summons has been served or the first publication made. While pending, no interest can be acquired by third persons in the subject of the action as against the plaintiff's title.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.28 | Bond for Appeal.

Effective:
March 19, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 159 - 116th General Assembly
(A) A person against whom a judgment has been rendered may stay execution on the judgment by entering into a bond to the adverse party within ten days after the rendition of the judgment with sufficient surety, who shall be a freeholder owning real property situated in the county or a corporation authorized to execute surety bonds in this state, which bond shall be approved by the clerk of the municipal court and conditioned for the payment of the amount of the judgment, interest, and costs. The bond shall be entered on the docket by the clerk of court and shall be signed by the surety.
(B) A stay of execution shall not be allowed on:
(1) Judgments against sureties or bail for the stay of execution;
(2) Judgments rendered in favor of sureties or bail who have been compelled by judgment to pay money on account of their principal;
(3) Judgments rendered against a surety on a bond or undertaking given in any action or proceeding in any court;
(4) Judgments for an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars rendered in favor of any person for wages due for manual labor by him performed;
(5) Judgments and decrees in actions of foreclosures of mortgages, mechanics' liens, and in proceedings to subject real property to the payment of judgments and marshalling of liens.
(C) In the Cleveland municipal court, if a freeholder of Cuyahoga county is a surety, the undertaking shall be a lien on the real property of the freeholder situated in Cuyahoga county from the time of signing the undertaking until the judgment and all costs in the case upon which the stay of execution has been granted are satisfied.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.29 | No Term of Court.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
There is no term in municipal court, but for the purpose of computing time, ninety days following judgment shall be considered within term and time thereafter shall be considered after term.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.30 | Appeals.

Effective:
April 19, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 708 - 117th General Assembly
Appeals from the municipal court may be taken as follows:
(A) To the court of appeals in accordance with the Rules of Appellate Procedure and any relevant sections of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code to the extent it is not in conflict with those rules.
(B) When an appeal is taken from the municipal court, the clerk of the municipal court shall transmit, pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure, the record on appeal to the clerk of the appellate court to be filed.
(C) In all appeal proceedings relating to judgments or orders of a municipal court, the reviewing courts shall take judicial notice of all rules relating to pleadings, practice, or procedure of the municipal court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.311 | Branch Offices - Special Deputy Clerks.

Effective:
September 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 518 - 134th General Assembly
(A) A municipal court may establish one or more branch offices and may appoint a special deputy clerk to administer each branch office. Each special deputy clerk shall take an oath of office before entering upon the duties of office, and, when so qualified, may perform any one or more of the duties appertaining to the office of clerk, as the court prescribes. Special deputy clerks appointed by the court pursuant to this section shall receive such compensation payable in either biweekly installments or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll administrator, out of the city treasury as the court may prescribe, except that the compensation of any special deputy clerk of a county-operated municipal court shall be payable out of the treasury of the county in which the court is located. The court may require any of the special deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of duties.
(B) The Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court shall establish a branch office in Fostoria and shall appoint a special deputy clerk to administer the branch office on a full-time basis. The special deputy clerk shall take the oath of office, perform the duties appertaining to the office of the clerk of court as the court prescribes, and receive compensation as provided in division (A) of this section.
(C) The Fulton county municipal court shall establish a branch office in Swanton and shall appoint a special deputy clerk to administer the branch office on a full-time basis. The special deputy clerk shall take the oath of office, perform the duties appertaining to the office of the clerk of court as the court prescribes, and receive compensation as provided in division (A) of this section.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.321 | Municipal Court Contracts for Transportation Persons Between Jail and Court.

Effective:
March 23, 2018
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 8 - 132nd General Assembly
A municipal court may enter into contracts with a county sheriff whose territorial jurisdiction includes the municipal court for the transportation of persons between the county jail and the municipal court. Each contract shall provide for the costs of providing transportation services from the county jail to the court and shall not apply to a period in excess of four years.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.33 | Court Employees.

Effective:
June 30, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly
(A) The judge or judges of a municipal court may appoint one or more interpreters, one or more mental health professionals, one or more probation officers, an assignment commissioner, deputy assignment commissioners, and other court aides on a full-time, part-time, hourly, or other basis. Each appointee shall receive the compensation out of the city treasury that the legislative authority prescribes in either biweekly installments or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll administrator, except that in a county-operated municipal court they shall receive the compensation out of the treasury of the county in which the court is located that the board of county commissioners prescribes. Probation officers have all the powers of regular police officers and shall perform any duties that are designated by the judge or judges of the court. Assignment commissioners shall assign cases for trial and perform any other duties that the court directs.
The judge or judges may appoint one or more typists, stenographers, statistical clerks, and official court reporters, each of whom shall be paid the compensation out of the city treasury that the legislative authority prescribes, except that in a county-operated municipal court they shall be paid the compensation out of the treasury of the county in which the court is located that the board of county commissioners prescribes.
(B) If a municipal court appoints one or more probation officers, those officers shall constitute the municipal court department of probation unless the court designates other employees as the department of probation for the court.
(C) The chief probation officer may grant permission to a probation officer to carry firearms when required in the discharge of the probation officer's official duties if the probation officer has successfully completed a basic firearm training program that is approved by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission. A probation officer who has been granted permission to carry a firearm in the discharge of the probation officer's official duties annually shall successfully complete a firearms requalification program in accordance with section 109.801 of the Revised Code.
(D) The judge or judges of a municipal court in which the clerk of the court is elected as provided in division (A)(1)(a) or (d) or (A)(2)(b) of section 1901.31 of the Revised Code may appoint an administrative assistant. The administrative assistant shall have charge of personnel related matters of the court and shall perform any other administrative duties assigned by the court. The administrative assistant shall receive the compensation out of the city treasury that the court prescribes, except that, in a county-operated municipal court, the administrative assistant shall receive the compensation out of the treasury of the county in which the court is located that the court prescribes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.35 | Transcript of Records.

Effective:
December 15, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 164 - 107th General Assembly
The records of a municipal court may be proved by a transcript certified by the clerk of the municipal court under its official seal, which seal shall consist of the coat of arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth inches in diameter, and shall be surrounded by the name of the municipal court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.36 | Accommodations and Needs of the Court.

Effective:
July 8, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 119th General Assembly
(A) The legislative authority of a municipal court shall provide suitable accommodations for the municipal court and its officers. The legislative authority of a county-operated municipal court may pay rent for the accommodations.
The legislative authority shall provide for the use of the court suitable accommodations for a law library, complete sets of reports of the supreme and inferior courts, and such other law books and publications as are considered necessary by the presiding judge, and shall provide for each courtroom a copy of the Revised Code.
The legislative authority shall provide any other employees that are necessary, each of whom shall be paid such compensation out of the city treasury as the legislative authority prescribes, except that the compensation of these other employees in a county-operated municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury of the county in which the court is located, as the board of county commissioners prescribes. It shall provide all necessary form books, dockets, books of record, and all supplies, including telephone, furniture, heat, light, and janitor service, and for such other ordinary or extraordinary expenses as it considers advisable or necessary for the proper operation or administration of the court.
(B) The legislative authority of the municipal court shall provide suitable accommodations for the housing or environmental division of the court. The accommodations shall be in the courthouse, include at least one courtroom in which jury trials can be conducted, be located in one or more adjacent rooms, and be provided in accordance with the Rules of Superintendence for Municipal Courts and County Courts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.37 | Bonds.

Effective:
March 19, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 159 - 116th General Assembly
All official bonds required by sections 1901.01 to 1901.37 of the Revised Code, when properly executed and approved, shall be filed with the city treasurer, except that in a county-operated municipal court, they shall be filed with the treasurer of the county in which the court is located. Whenever a surety bond is given, the premium on the bond shall be paid out of the city treasury, except that in a county-operated municipal court, the premium on the bond shall be paid out of the treasury of the county in which the court is located.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.38 | Liability Coverage for Municipal Court Judges and Employees.

Effective:
May 6, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 175 - 119th General Assembly
The legislative authority may procure insurance covering the judges of the municipal court and the employees of the municipal court, including but not limited to any deputy clerks, the bailiff of the municipal court and any deputy bailiffs, the assignment commissioner, and probation department personnel, in one or more policies, against liability arising from the duties of their office or employment, including liability on account of errors or omissions unknowingly made by them and for which they may be held liable.
The policy or policies of insurance shall be in an amount of not less than fifty thousand dollars. The premiums shall be paid from moneys appropriated by the legislative authority from funds available for that purpose.
This section does not apply to the procurement of insurance covering the clerk of the municipal court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.381 | Liability Coverage for Municipal Court Clerk.

Effective:
May 6, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 175 - 119th General Assembly
(A) Each clerk of a municipal court shall have liability coverage as a condition of performing the duties of his office.
(B) The legislative authority shall provide liability coverage for the clerk of the municipal court in accordance with this section. The coverage may be provided through a policy or policies of insurance, a program of self-insurance or joint self-insurance, a joint self-insurance pool, or any other independent or joint method or arrangement insuring the clerk against liability arising from the duties of his office. The coverage may be provided separately or as part of liability coverage provided to other officers or employees of a municipal corporation or county.
(C) The liability coverage provided under division (B) of this section shall be in an amount and subject to terms and conditions that are necessary to protect the clerk of the municipal court against liability arising from the duties of his office or employment and that are consistent with the method or arrangement used for the provision of the coverage.
(D) The costs, premiums, or charges of the liability coverage provided under division (B) of this section shall be borne in either of the following ways:
(1) In the same manner as the costs, premiums, or charges of health care coverage are borne for the clerk of the municipal court in section 1901.312 of the Revised Code;
(2) In accordance with the terms and conditions of any agreement entered into by the county or municipal corporations within the territory of the municipal court.