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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.02 | Bond.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the sheriff shall, within ten days after receiving the sheriff's commission and before the first Monday of January next after being elected, give a bond, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state and to be approved by the board of county commissioners, or, at the option of such sheriff, signed by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond, over and above all encumbrances to the state, and in a sum not less than five thousand nor more than fifty thousand dollars, which sum shall be fixed by the board. The bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of sheriff. The expense or premium for such bond shall be paid by the board and charged to the general fund of the county. Such bonds, with the approval of the board and the oath of office required by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code, and Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, indorsed thereon, shall be filed with the county auditor and kept in the auditor's office.
The board may require the sheriff, at any time during the sheriff's term of office, to give additional sureties on the sheriff's bond, or to give a new bond, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code.
No judge or clerk of any court or attorney at law shall be received as surety on such bond.
If the sheriff fails to give a bond within the time required, or fails to give additional sureties on such bond or a new bond within ten days after receiving written notice that the board so requires, the board shall declare the office of such sheriff vacant.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.03 | Absence, Sickness, or Other Disability.

Effective:
October 12, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 383 - 104th General Assembly
When the sheriff, by reason of absence, sickness, or other disability, is incapable of serving any process required to be served, or by reason of interest is incompetent to serve it, the court of common pleas, if in session, or, if not in session, a judge of such court may appoint a suitable person to serve such process or to perform the duties of sheriff during the continuance of such disability. Such appointee shall give such bond as the court or judge requires, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, and take the oath of office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.05 | Conduct of Deputies.

Effective:
October 5, 1983
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 273 - 115th General Assembly
The sheriff shall only be responsible for the neglect of duty or misconduct in office of any of his deputies if he orders, has prior knowledge of, participates in, acts in reckless disregard of, or ratifies the neglect of duty or misconduct in office of the deputy.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.06 | Location of Sheriff's Office.

Effective:
June 18, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 393 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The sheriff's office shall be maintained at the county seat of justice, or at another location as provided in division (B) of this section, in such rooms as the board of county commissioners provides for that purpose. Such office shall be furnished with all necessary furniture, blankbooks, stationery, and blanks at the expense of the county.
(B) With the consent of the sheriff, the board of county commissioners may provide by resolution for establishment of the primary office of the sheriff at a location outside the county seat of justice. The adoption of the resolution and the location of the sheriff's primary office shall be entered on the journal of the board. The board shall give reasonable public notice of its action taken pursuant to this division in accordance with division (F) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.08 | Execution and Return of Process.

Effective:
October 27, 1981
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly
(A) The sheriff shall, except as provided in division (B) of this section, execute every summons, order, or other process directed to him by a proper and lawful authority of this state or issued by a proper and lawful authority of any other state, make return thereof, and exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties enjoined upon him by statute and by the common law.
In an action in which the sheriff is a party, or is interested, process shall be directed to and executed by a person appointed by the court of common pleas or a judge of the court of common pleas.
(B) The sheriff shall not execute process that is issued in a state other than this state, unless the process contains either of the following:
(1) A certification by the judge of the court that issued the process stating that the issuing court has jurisdiction to issue th process and that the documents being forwarded conform to the laws of the state in which the court is located;
(2) If the process is an initial summons to appear and defend issued after the filing of a complaint commencing an action, a certification by the clerk of the court that issued the process stating that the process was issued in conformance with the laws of the state in which the court is located.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.10 | Foreign Execution Docket.

Effective:
June 12, 1980
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 278 - 113th General Assembly
(A) There shall be kept in the office of the sheriff a foreign execution docket, furnished by the county, in which, on the receipt by the sheriff of any execution, order of sale, or other process issuing from any court of any county, other than the county in which he resides, the sheriff shall make an entry of the date of such writ, when it was received by him, from what court and county it was issued, and the date and amount of the judgment or decree. The sheriff shall copy in such book, the same as indorsed upon or contained in such writ, the full description of the property and real estate that he levies upon or offers for sale. He shall also copy into such book his return on such writ when he makes a return, and shall include the bill of costs. The sheriff shall make a direct and reverse index of each case entered in such book. The entries shall be notice to subsequent purchasers and creditors of the matters contained in them, but if the lien of any judgment is kept alive in the county of rendition beyond the period of five years, purchasers and creditors in such foreign county shall not be deemed to have notice of such lien unless written notice of it is filed by the judgment creditor with the sheriff of the foreign county, who shall certify such fact upon the foreign execution docket and index such notice at the place of the original entry.
(B) The sheriff shall also enter in the foreign execution docket the receipt of any process issued by a proper and lawful authority of a state other than this state, the date of issuance and the date of his receipt of the process, the court and state in which the process was issued, and the nature of the process. The sheriff shall also enter in the docket all action taken in relation to such process by his office.
(C) For making such entries the sheriff shall receive twenty-five cents in each case, to be taxed in the fee bill.
(D) For the use of the persons entitled to such fees, the sheriff shall retain all fees due in such cases to residents of his county, and, on demand, he shall pay them to such persons.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.11 | Cashbook.

Effective:
October 11, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
There shall be kept in the office of the sheriff a cashbook, to be furnished by the county, in which, on receipt by him of any money in his official capacity, the sheriff shall make an entry of the date, the amount thereof, the title of the cause, and the name and number of the writ or process on which such money was received. If such money is received on the sale of real estate, in partition or otherwise, where the sale has been for part cash and other evidences of indebtedness are taken for part of the purchase money, such sheriff shall make an entry on such book of the date, number, and amount of such evidences of indebtedness.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.12 | Inspection of Books - Certified Copy of Entry - Fee.

Effective:
October 27, 1981
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly
The books required to be kept by sections 311.01 to 311.23 of the Revised Code, shall be open to the search and inspection of all persons. The sheriff shall furnish a certified copy of any entry in such books upon request and shall charge and collect a fee of twenty-five cents for each such certification or copy thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.13 | Books to Be Delivered to Successor.

Effective:
October 27, 1981
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly
The books required to be kept by sections 311.01 to 311.23 of the Revised Code, shall not be removed from the sheriff's office. Such books shall be delivered over, without mutilation, as public property to each succeeding sheriff. No sheriff shall willfully fail to comply with this section or section 311.11 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.14 | Moneys, Books, and Papers to Be Delivered to Successor.

Effective:
October 11, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Upon retiring from office, the sheriff shall pay over to his successor in office all moneys received by such sheriff and remaining in his hands. He shall deliver to his successor all evidences of indebtedness and all books, blanks, and stationery belonging to his office. Each sheriff shall demand and receive such books and papers from his predecessor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.15 | Process, Goods, and Prisoners to Be Delivered to Successor.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the term of office for which a sheriff has been elected expires, or he resigns or moves outside the county, such sheriff shall deliver all writs of execution and all other processes, of whatever description, whether executed or not, and all goods and chattels taken by him, in execution or on attachment, which remain in his hands, together with all bonds, to the person elected or appointed and qualified to discharge the duties of sheriff, and he shall make the necessary and proper return upon each such writ or other process so far as executed. Such sheriff shall also deliver to his successor all prisoners in the county jail or otherwise in his custody, with all bail bonds taken by him and remaining in his possession. The new sheriff shall receive all such prisoners, writs, or other processes, and he shall execute such writs and processes as remain unexecuted in whole or in part as if they had been directed to him originally. No process shall be directed to or executed by a sheriff whose term of office has expired.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.16 | Annual Report of Sheriff.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
On the first Monday in September of each year, the sheriff shall make a certified statement to the board of county commissioners of all fines and costs in criminal prosecutions collected by him, on execution or otherwise, during the year next preceding such date, and he shall also report in such statement the amount of fines and costs so collected and paid over to the clerk of the court of common pleas or to the county treasurer.
If the sheriff fails to make reports at the time and in the manner required by this section, he shall forfeit and pay not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.172 | Fees for Sexual Offender Registration.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The sheriff shall charge a one-time fee of one hundred dollars when a person who, on or after the effective date of this section, is convicted of an offense for which registration is required under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code registers for the first time. The fee shall be in addition to any fee that may be charged under section 311.171 of the Revised Code.
(B) The sheriff shall not refuse to register a person who does not pay the fee required by this section. At the end of each calendar year, the sheriff shall report to the attorney general all fees that have been due and unpaid for more than one year and that the sheriff has not previously reported. The attorney general may recover those fees in a civil action.
(C) The sheriff shall transmit on or before the twentieth day of the following month all money collected during a month under this section to the county treasurer. Within sixty days after receipt, the county treasurer shall transmit the money to the treasurer of state to be credited to the rape crisis program trust fund created by section 109.921 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.18 | Mileage Fees on Foreign Process.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a sheriff returns, in any manner other than by himself or his deputy personally, any process issued from the court of common pleas or other court of a county other than that in which he resides, such sheriff shall receive only mileage on such return of process, to be computed from his office to the place of service and back to his office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.19 | Fees of Appraisers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In all cases in which an attachment is issued, the freeholders required to be called by the sheriff to appraise property shall be allowed such fees for their services as the court directs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.20 | Allowance for Prisoners.

Effective:
July 6, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 114th General Assembly
On or before the twenty-first day of June of each year, the sheriff shall prepare and submit to the board of county commissioners a budget estimating the cost of operating the jail and feeding its inmates for the ensuing fiscal year.
On the fifth day of each month the sheriff shall render to the board an itemized and accurate account, with all bills attached, showing the actual cost of keeping and feeding prisoners and other persons placed in his charge and the number of meals served to each such prisoner or other person during the preceding month. The number of days for which allowance shall be made shall be computed on the basis of one day for each three meals actually served.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.21 | Fees in Cases Relating to Dower.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The sheriff shall be allowed fees as follows for service relating to dower: For summoning and swearing the board of county commissioners, traveling fees, to be computed from the place of return of his proceedings to the place where the land lies in which dower is to be assigned, at the rate of ten cents per mile.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.22 | Service of Process.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The court or judge may, for good cause, appoint a person to serve a particular process or order, and such person shall have the same power to execute such process or order which the sheriff has Such person may be appointed on the motion of the party who obtains the process or order, and the return must be verified by affidavit. He shall be entitled to the fees allowed to the sheriff for similar services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.23 | Adjournment of Court.

Effective:
August 6, 1976
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 390 - 111th General Assembly
If the judge of the court of common pleas, or a quorum of the judges of the court of appeals, fails to attend at the time and place appointed for holding such court, or if, after the calling of the court, the judge of the court of common pleas or a quorum of the judges of the court of appeals is unable, on account of sickness or from any other cause, to attend the daily sessions of such court, the sheriff shall adjourn the court from day to day, until such judge attends or such quorum is convened.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.25 | County Sheriffs' Standard Car-Marking and Uniform Commission.

Effective:
October 23, 1959
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 257 - 103rd General Assembly
A commission is hereby established to be known as the county sheriffs' standard car-marking and uniform commission. It shall consist of three members, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. To be eligible for appointment a person shall be an elected and acting county sheriff. Each member shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.26 | Organization of Commission.

Effective:
September 27, 1963
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 127 - 105th General Assembly
The county sheriffs' standard car-marking and uniform commission shall elect one of its members as president, who shall preside at its meetings and who may call meetings. The commission may make its own bylaws.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.28 | Duties.

Effective:
January 9, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly
The county sheriffs' standard car-marking and uniform commission shall prescribe a uniform of standard design and color for the use of all county sheriffs and shall prescribe a standard color and design of car-marking for all motor vehicles used by county sheriffs.
On and after January 1, 1961, the standard uniform shall be worn by the county sheriffs and their deputies and the standard car-markings shall be used on all cars operated by the county sheriffs and their deputies while in the performance of their duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.281 | Use of Sheriff's Uniform and Vehicle Markings Prohibited.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
(A) No person, except a county sheriff or the deputies of a county sheriff, shall wear the badge, the standard uniform, or any distinctive part of the standard uniform prescribed for county sheriffs and their deputies by the county sheriffs' standard car-marking and uniform commission.
(B) No person, except a county sheriff or the deputies of a county sheriff, shall mark a motor vehicle in a manner similar to that prescribed for county sheriffs and their deputies by the county sheriffs' standard car-marking and uniform commission.
(C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a violation of section 2921.51 of the Revised Code. Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of a violation of section 2913.441 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.30 | Parking Enforcement Unit.

Effective:
July 13, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 118th General Assembly
(A) The board of county commissioners may establish, by resolution, a parking enforcement unit within the office of the sheriff to operate in the unincorporated areas of the county, and may provide for the regulation of parking enforcement officers. The sheriff shall be the executive head of the parking enforcement unit, shall make all appointments and removals of parking enforcement officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the board of county commissioners by resolution, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the parking enforcement unit. The sheriff may appoint parking enforcement officers who agree to serve for nominal compensation, and persons with physical disabilities may receive appointments as parking enforcement officers.
(B) The authority of the parking enforcement officers shall be limited to the enforcement of section 4511.69 of the Revised Code and any other parking laws specified in the resolution creating the parking enforcement unit. Parking enforcement officers shall have no other powers.
(C) The training the parking enforcement officers shall receive shall include instruction in general administrative rules and procedures governing the parking enforcement unit, the role of the judicial system as it relates to parking regulation and enforcement, proper techniques and methods relating to the enforcement of parking laws, human interaction skills, and first aid.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.42 | Sheriff's Concealed Handgun License Issuance Expense Fund.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Each county shall establish in the county treasury a sheriff's concealed handgun license issuance expense fund. The sheriff of that county shall deposit into that fund all fees paid by applicants for the issuance or renewal of a concealed handgun license or duplicate concealed handgun license under section 2923.125 of the Revised Code and all fees paid by the person seeking a concealed handgun license on a temporary emergency basis under section 2923.1213 of the Revised Code. The county shall distribute all fees deposited into the fund except forty dollars of each fee paid by an applicant under division (B) of section 2923.125 of the Revised Code, fifteen dollars of each fee paid under section 2923.1213 of the Revised Code, and thirty-five dollars of each fee paid under division (F) of section 2923.125 of the Revised Code to the attorney general to be used to pay the cost of background checks performed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and the federal bureau of investigation and to cover administrative costs associated with issuing the license.
(B) The sheriff, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, may expend any county portion of the fees deposited into the sheriff's concealed handgun license issuance expense fund for any of the following:
(1) Any costs incurred by the sheriff in connection with performing any administrative functions related to the issuance of concealed handgun licenses under section 2923.125 or 2923.1213 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, personnel expenses and any costs associated with a firearm safety education program, or a firearm training or qualification program that the sheriff chooses to fund;
(2) Ammunition and firearms to be used by the sheriff and the sheriff's employees;
(3) Any costs incurred in constructing, maintaining, or renovating a shooting range to be used by the sheriff or the sheriff's employees, including costs incurred for equipment associated with the shooting range.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.43 | Certification by a Chief Law Enforcement Officer.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 234 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Certification" means the participation and assent of the chief law enforcement officer necessary under federal law for the approval of an application to make or transfer a firearm.
(2) "Chief law enforcement officer" means any official the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives, or any successor agency, identifies by regulation or otherwise as eligible to provide any required certification for the making or transfer of a firearm.
(3) "Concealed handgun license" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code.
(B) A resident of this state may submit to the sheriff of the county in which the resident resides or to the sheriff of any county adjacent to the county in which the resident resides any federal form that requires a law enforcement certification by a chief law enforcement officer.
(C) The sheriff shall accept and process the certification in the same manner as an application for a concealed handgun license is processed under section 2923.125 of the Revised Code, including the requirement for a background check, except as follows:
(1) If a resident of this state submits one or more federal forms, the sheriff shall charge the resident no more than the applicable fee described in division (B)(1)(a) of section 2923.125 of the Revised Code, without regard to how many federal forms are submitted at the same time.
(2) If a resident of this state submits one or more federal forms and currently has a concealed handgun license or the sheriff has previously approved a federal form for that resident, the sheriff shall charge the resident no more than the applicable fee described in division (F)(4) of section 2923.125 of the Revised Code, without regard to how many federal forms are submitted at the same time.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 311 | Sheriff › Section 311.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
June 21, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 143 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates section 311.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days or more than two years.
(B) Whoever violates division (A) or (C) of section 311.37 of the Revised Code is guilty of failure to file a transient vendor's information or bond, a minor misdemeanor. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of division (A) of section 311.37 of the Revised Code, failure to file a transient vendor's information or bond is a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of two or more violations of division (A) of section 311.37 of the Revised Code, failure to file a transient vendor's information or bond is a misdemeanor of the first degree. A sheriff or police officer in a municipal corporation may enforce this division. The prosecuting attorney of a county shall inform the tax commissioner of any instance when a complaint is brought against a transient vendor pursuant to this division.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.01 | Elected - Term.

Effective:
August 31, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 240 - 131st General Assembly
(A) A coroner shall be elected quadrennially in each county, who shall hold office for a term of four years, beginning on the first Monday of January next after election.
(B) As used in the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires :
(1) "Coroner" means the coroner or medical examiner of the county in which death occurs or the dead human body is found.
(2) "Deputy coroner" means the deputy coroner or deputy medical examiner of the county in which death occurs or the dead human body is found.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.02 | Qualifications for Coroner - Continuing Education.

Effective:
August 31, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 240 - 131st General Assembly
(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, no person shall be eligible to the office of coroner except a physician who has been licensed to practice as a physician in this state for a period of at least two years immediately preceding election or appointment as a coroner, and who is in good standing in the person's profession.
(2) No person shall be eligible to the office of coroner of a charter county except a physician who is licensed to practice as a physician in this state and who is in good standing in the person's profession.
(B)(1) Beginning in calendar year 2000 and in each fourth year thereafter, each newly elected coroner, after the general election but prior to commencing the term of office to which elected, shall attend and successfully complete sixteen hours of continuing education at programs sponsored by the Ohio state coroners association. Within ninety days after appointment to the office of coroner under section 305.02 of the Revised Code, the newly appointed coroner shall attend and successfully complete sixteen hours of continuing education at programs sponsored by the association. Hours of continuing education completed under the requirement described in division (B)(1) of this section shall not be counted toward fulfilling the continuing education requirement described in division (B)(2) of this section.
As used in division (B)(1) of this section, "newly elected coroner" means a person who did not hold the office of coroner on the date the person was elected coroner.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, beginning in calendar year 2001, each coroner, during the coroner's four-year term, shall attend and successfully complete thirty-two hours of continuing education at programs sponsored by the Ohio state coroners association. Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, each coroner shall attend and successfully complete twenty-four of these thirty-two hours at statewide meetings, and eight of these thirty-two hours at regional meetings, sponsored by the association. The association may approve attendance at continuing education programs it does not sponsor but, if attendance is approved, successful completion of hours at these programs shall be counted toward fulfilling only the twenty-four-hour requirement described in division (B)(2) of this section.
(3) Upon successful completion of a continuing education program required by division (B)(1) or (2) of this section, the person who successfully completes the program shall receive from the association or the sponsoring organization a certificate indicating that the person successfully completed the program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.03 | Bond.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the coroner shall give a bond, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state and to be approved by the board of county commissioners, or, at the option of such coroner, signed by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond, over and above all encumbrances to the state, in a sum not less than five thousand nor more than fifty thousand dollars, fixed by the board. The bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of coroner. The expense or premium for such bond shall be paid by the board and charged to the general fund of the county. Such bonds, with the approval of the board and the oath of office required by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code, indorsed thereon, shall be filed with the county auditor and kept in the county auditor's office.
The board may require the coroner, at any time during employment as coroner, to give additional sureties on the coroner's bond, or to give a new bond, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code.
No judge or clerk or any court or attorney at law shall be received as surety on such bond.
If the coroner fails to give a bond within the time required, or fails to give additional sureties on such bond or a new bond within ten days after receiving written notice that the board so requires, the board shall declare the office of such coroner vacant.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.04 | Absence, Service, Disability, or Vacancy.

Effective:
August 31, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 240 - 131st General Assembly
When the coroner is absent temporarily from the county, or when on duty with the armed services of the United States, the state militia, or the American red cross, or when unable to discharge the duties of the office of coroner, such coroner may appoint a person with the necessary qualifications to act as coroner during such absence, service, or disability.
When there is a vacancy in the coroner's office as a result of death or resignation and the vacancy cannot be filled by election or appointment as provided in section 305.02 of the Revised Code, or if no one runs for the office of coroner and, for that reason, the office is vacant, the board of county commissioners may contract with another county's coroner to exercise the powers and perform the acts, duties, or functions of the coroner. In addition to the applicable amounts of compensation specified in sections 325.15 and 325.18 of the Revised Code, the coroner with whom the board contracts may receive a supplemental payment for services rendered. The duration of the contract shall not extend beyond the last day of the term for which there was a vacancy.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.05 | Appointment of Deputy Coroners and Other Personnel.

Effective:
August 31, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 240 - 131st General Assembly
(A)(1) The coroner may appoint, in writing, deputy coroners, who shall be licensed physicians of good standing in their profession, one of whom may be designated as the chief deputy coroner. The coroner also may appoint pathologists as deputy coroners, who may perform autopsies, make pathological and chemical examinations, and perform other duties as directed by the coroner or recommended by the prosecuting attorney. The coroner may appoint any necessary technicians.
The coroner may contract for the services of deputy coroners to aid the coroner in the execution of the coroner's powers and duties. Contracts for the services of deputy coroners are exempt from any competitive bidding requirements of the Revised Code.
(2) The coroner may appoint, in writing, one or more secretaries and an official stenographer, who shall record the testimony of witnesses in attendance upon the coroner's inquest, preserve and file properly indexed records of all official reports, acts, and communications of the office, and perform other services as required by the coroner.
(3) The coroner may appoint clerks, stenographers, custodians, and investigators and shall define their duties.
(4) For the performance of their duties, deputy coroners, pathologists serving as deputy coroners, and technicians, stenographers, secretaries, clerks, custodians, and investigators shall receive salaries fixed by the coroner and payable from the county treasury upon the warrant of the county auditor. The compensation shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the amount fixed by the board of county commissioners for the coroner's office.
(B)(1) A coroner may appoint, as a deputy coroner, as a pathologist serving as a deputy coroner, or as a technician, stenographer, secretary, clerk, custodian, investigator, or other employee a person who is an associate of, or who is employed by, the coroner or a deputy coroner in the private practice of medicine in a partnership, professional association, or other medical business arrangement.
(2) A coroner may appoint, as an investigator, a deputy sheriff within the county or a law enforcement officer of a political subdivision located within the county. The deputy sheriff or law enforcement officer appointed as an investigator may receive compensation for services performed as an investigator in addition to any other compensation allowed by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.06 | Duties of Coroner and Deputies.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The coroner, his deputy, and assistants shall be available at all times for the performance of their duties as set forth in sections 313.01 to 313.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.07 | Coroner's Office, Laboratory, and County Morgue.

Effective:
June 18, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 393 - 128th General Assembly
(A) There may be established in the county seat of justice, or at another location as provided in division (B) of this section, suitable quarters, laboratories, and equipment necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the coroner. Such quarters shall be known as the coroner's office, laboratory, and county morgue.
(B) With the consent of the coroner, the board of county commissioners may provide by resolution for establishment of the primary quarters, laboratory, and equipment of the coroner at a location outside the county seat of justice. The adoption of the resolution and the location of the coroner's primary quarters, laboratory, and equipment shall be entered on the journal of the board. The board shall give reasonable public notice of its action taken pursuant to this division in accordance with division (F) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.09 | Records.

Effective:
August 26, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 750 - 111th General Assembly
The coroner shall keep a complete record of and shall fill in the cause of death on the death certificate, in all cases coming under his jurisdiction. All records shall be kept in the office of the coroner, but, if no such office is maintained, then such records shall be kept in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas. Such records shall be properly indexed, and shall state the name, if known, of every deceased person as described in section 313.12 of the Revised Code, the place where the body was found, date of death, cause of death, and all other available information. The report of the coroner and the detailed findings of the autopsy shall be attached to the report of each case. The coroner shall promptly deliver, to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which such death occurred, copies of all necessary records relating to every death in which, in the judgment of the coroner or prosecuting attorney, further investigation is advisable. The sheriff of the county, the police of the city, the constable of the township, or marshal of the village in which the death occurred may be requested to furnish more information or make further investigation when requested by the coroner or his deputy. The prosecuting attorney may obtain copies of records and such other information as is necessary from the office of the coroner. All records of the coroner are the property of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.091 | Request for Decedent's Medical and Psychiatric Records.

Effective:
September 5, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly
In connection with the performance of duties under this chapter, a coroner, deputy coroner, or representative of a coroner or deputy coroner may request, in writing, to inspect and receive a copy of the deceased person's medical and psychiatric records. The person to whom the request is delivered shall make such records in the person's custody available during normal business hours to the coroner, deputy coroner, or representative for purposes of inspection and copying. A person who provides copies of medical or psychiatric records pursuant to a request made under this section may request, in writing, reimbursement in a specified amount for the necessary and reasonable costs of copying the records, in which case the coroner, deputy coroner, or representative shall remit that amount to the person upon receipt of the copies.
Any medical or psychiatric record provided to a coroner, deputy coroner, or representative of a coroner or deputy coroner under this section is not a public record subject to section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The release of a deceased person's medical or psychiatric records to a coroner, deputy coroner, or representative of a coroner or deputy coroner in accordance with this section does not violate division (B)(4) of section 4731.22 or section 5122.31 of the Revised Code.
As used in this section and section 313.10 of the Revised Code, "medical record" has the same meaning as in division (A)(3) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.11 | Unlawfully Disturbing a Body.

Effective:
September 26, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 639 - 118th General Assembly
(A) No person, without an order from the coroner, any deputy coroner, or an investigator or other person designated by the coroner as having authority to issue an order under this section, shall purposely remove or disturb the body of any person who has died in the manner described in section 313.12 of the Revised Code, or purposely and without such an order disturb the clothing or any article upon or near such a body or any of the possessions that the coroner has a duty to store under section 313.14 of the Revised Code.
(B) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the offender attempted in good faith to rescue or administer life-preserving assistance to the deceased person, even though it is established he was dead at the time of the attempted rescue or assistance.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawfully disturbing a body, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.12 | Notice to Coroner of Violent, Suspicious, Unusual or Sudden Death.

Effective:
October 12, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly
(A) When any person dies as a result of criminal or other violent means, by casualty, by suicide, or in any suspicious or unusual manner, when any person, including a child under two years of age, dies suddenly when in apparent good health, or when any person with a developmental disability dies regardless of the circumstances, the physician called in attendance, or any member of an ambulance service, emergency squad, or law enforcement agency who obtains knowledge thereof arising from the person's duties, shall immediately notify the office of the coroner of the known facts concerning the time, place, manner, and circumstances of the death, and any other information that is required pursuant to sections 313.01 to 313.22 of the Revised Code. In such cases, if a request is made for cremation, the funeral director called in attendance shall immediately notify the coroner.
(B) As used in this section, " developmental disability" has the same meaning as in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.122 | Rules for Protocol Governing the Performance of Autopsies for Sudden Infant Death.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The director of health, after reviewing and considering any recommendations made by the Ohio state coroners association, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing a protocol governing the performance of autopsies under section 313.121 of the Revised Code. The rules shall specify the information derived from an autopsy that a coroner is required to report to the state department of health. The director shall not amend the rules adopted under this section unless it notifies the Ohio state coroners association of the proposed changes and consults with the association.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.123 | Removal and Disposal of Autopsy Specimens - Good Faith Immunity of Coroner.

Effective:
August 17, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 235 - 126th General Assembly
(A)(1) As used in this chapter, "autopsy" means the external and internal examination of the body of a deceased person, including, but not limited to, gross visual inspection and dissection of the body and its internal organs, photographic or narrative documentation of findings, microscopic, radiological, toxicological, chemical, or other laboratory analyses performed in the discretion of the examining individual upon tissues, organs, blood, other bodily fluids, gases, or any other specimens and the retention for diagnostic and documentary purposes of tissues, organs, blood, other bodily fluids, gases, or any other specimens as the examining individual considers necessary to establish and defend against challenges to the cause and manner of death of the deceased person.
(2) As used in this section, "DNA specimen" has the same meaning as in section 109.573 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, retained tissues, organs, blood, other bodily fluids, gases, or any other specimens from an autopsy are medical waste and shall be disposed of in accordance with applicable federal and state laws, including any protocol rules adopted under section 313.122 of the Revised Code.
(2) If an autopsy is performed on a deceased person and pursuant to section 313.131 of the Revised Code the coroner has reason to believe that the autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs, the coroner shall not remove any specimens, including, but not limited to, tissues, organs, blood, or other bodily fluids, from the body of the deceased person unless removing those specimens from the body of the deceased person is a compelling public necessity. Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(3) of this section, if the coroner removes any specimens from the body of the deceased person, the coroner shall return the specimens, as soon as is practicable, to the person who has the right to the disposition of the body.
(3) The coroner may retain a DNA specimen for diagnostic, evidentiary, or confirmatory purposes.
(C) A cause of action shall not lie against any employee of a coroner's office for requesting, ordering, or performing an autopsy in good faith under the authority of this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 313 | Coroner › Section 313.13 | Autopsy - Blood Test of Operator of Motor Vehicle Killed in Accident.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 529 - 127th General Assembly
(A) The coroner, any deputy coroner, an investigator appointed pursuant to section 313.05 of the Revised Code, or any other person the coroner designates as having the authority to act under this section may go to the dead body and take charge of it. Whether and when an autopsy is performed shall be determined under sections 313.121 and 313.131 of the Revised Code. If an autopsy is performed by the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologists, a detailed description of the observations written during the progress of such autopsy, or as soon after such autopsy as reasonably possible, and the conclusions drawn from the observations shall be filed in the office of the coroner.
(B) If the office of the coroner is notified that a person who was the operator of a motor vehicle that was involved in an accident or crash was killed in the accident or crash or died as a result of injuries suffered in it, the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologist shall go to the dead body and take charge of it and administer a chemical test to the blood of the deceased person to determine the alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug content of the blood. This division does not authorize the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologist to perform an autopsy, and does not affect and shall not be construed as affecting the provisions of section 313.131 of the Revised Code that govern the determination of whether and when an autopsy is to be performed.