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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.16 | Compensation of County Court Judges.

Effective:
December 18, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Beginning July 1, 1997, judges of a county court shall receive as compensation thirty-five thousand five hundred dollars each year in addition to the compensation payable under division (A)(6) of section 141.04 of the Revised Code.
(B) The compensation of judges of a county court may be paid in either biweekly installments or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll administrator, and shall be paid from the treasury of the county in which the court is situated.
A judge of a county court shall be disqualified from the practice of law only as to matters pending or originating in that county court during the judge's term of office. No county court judge shall hold any other office of trust or profit under the authority of this state or the United States.
(C) The presiding judge of a county court who is also the administrative judge of the court shall receive, pursuant to division (B) of this section, an additional one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.
(D) As used in this section, "compensation" does not include any portion of the cost, premium, or charge for health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical benefits, or any combination of those benefits, covering a judge of the county court and paid on the judge's behalf from the treasury of the county in which the court is located.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.161 | Group Health Care Coverage for County Court Judges.

Effective:
March 22, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 698 - 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 board of county commissioners, after consultation with the judges of the county 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 organized under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code, except that, if the county 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 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 county court, or all of the costs, premiums, or charges for the group health care coverage if the judges will not be paying any portion of those costs, premiums, or charges, shall be paid out of the county treasury.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.17 | Commissioners May Provide Additional Compensation.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
In addition to the compensation provided in section 1907.16 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may provide for payment of a fixed annual amount, not to exceed two thousand dollars, to each county court judge.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.18 | County Court Judges - Jurisdiction and Authority.

Effective:
September 8, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 238 - 128th General Assembly
(A) County court judges, within and coextensive with their respective counties, have jurisdiction and authority to:
(1) Administer an oath authorized or required by law to be administered;
(2) Take acknowledgments of instruments of writing;
(3) Issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses to give evidence in causes or matters pending before the judges, or for the purpose of taking depositions or perpetuating testimony;
(4) Proceed against sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and constables failing to make return, making false return, or failing to pay over money collected on execution issued by the judges;
(5) Try actions against other county court judges for refusing or neglecting to pay over moneys collected in their official capacity when the amount claimed does not exceed five hundred dollars. This division does not deny or impair any remedy provided by law in such a case by suit on the official bond of such a county court judge, or by amercement or otherwise, for neglect or failure to pay over money so collected.
(6) Hear actions concerning the issuance and enforcement of, issue, and enforce temporary protection orders pursuant to section 2919.26 of the Revised Code and protection orders pursuant to section 2903.213 of the Revised Code;
(7) Hear actions concerning the enforcement of protection orders issued by courts of another state, as defined in section 2919.27 of the Revised Code, and to enforce those protection orders.
(B) County court judges may punish contempts, and exercise powers necessary to give effect to the jurisdiction of the court and to enforce its judgments, orders, and decrees, as provided in this chapter or, in the absence of a provision in this chapter, in a manner authorized by the Revised Code or common law for the judges of the courts of common pleas.
(C)(1) County court judges have jurisdiction and authority to perform marriage ceremonies anywhere in the state.
(2) A county court judge shall pay all marriage fees collected by the judge when not connected with any cause or proceeding pending in the county court to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.181 | Order for Accused to Appear for Fingerprinting.

Effective:
August 14, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 163 - 127th General Assembly
(A) If a sheriff or chief of police has not taken, or caused to be taken, a person's or child's fingerprints in accordance with division (A)(1) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code with respect to a crime or act set forth in that division by the time of the arraignment or first appearance of the person or child with respect to that crime or act, the county court shall order the person or child to appear before the sheriff or chief of police within twenty-four hours of the arraignment or first appearance to have the person's or child's fingerprints taken as provided in division (A)(2) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code.
(B) If the county court has jurisdiction over a case involving a person or child with respect to whom division (A)(1) or (2) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code requires a sheriff or chief of police to take the person's or child's fingerprints, the county court shall inquire at the time of the person's or child's sentencing or adjudication for the crime or act for which the fingerprints were required to be taken whether or not the person or child has been fingerprinted pursuant to division (A)(1) or (2) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code for the original arrest or court appearance upon which the sentence or adjudication is based. If a person or child was not fingerprinted for the original arrest or court appearance, the county court shall order the person or child to appear before the sheriff or chief of police within twenty-four hours to have the person's or child's fingerprints taken as provided in division (A)(3) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.19 | Office Space and Materials for Court.

Effective:
April 19, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 708 - 117th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners shall provide for each county court judge in the county suitable court and office space and all materials necessary for the business of the court, including a current set of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.201 | Appointment of Employees.

Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 438 - 121st General Assembly
(A) The judge or judges of a county court may appoint an interpreter, one or more mental health professionals, one or more probation officers, an assignment commissioner, a deputy assignment commissioner, and other court aides on a full-time, part-time, per diem, hourly, or other basis, who shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing judge or judges and who shall receive compensation as prescribed by the board of county commissioners from the county treasury or other authorized funds. Probation officers have all the powers of deputy sheriffs or 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.
(B) The judge or judges may appoint one or more typists, stenographers, statistical clerks, bookkeepers, and official court reporters, each of whom shall be paid compensation as prescribed by the board of county commissioners from the county treasury or other authorized funds.
(C) A probation officer, assignment commissioner, or official court reporter appointed pursuant to this section is in the unclassified civil service.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.21 | Alphabetical Index to Docket.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
Each clerk of a county court shall keep an alphabetical index to his docket, in which he shall enter the names of the parties to each judgment, direct and reverse, with a reference to the page of the entry. The names of the parties shall be entered in the index in the alphabetical order of the first letter of the family name. The clerk shall number the cases progressively on his docket, and shall correspondingly number the papers in each case. The clerk shall keep the entire papers in each action together, in packages of proper and convenient size, and in the order in which the cases are numbered on his docket.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.22 | Depositing Official Dockets With Successor Clerk.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
Upon the expiration of his term of office , the clerk of a county court shall deposit with his successor such clerk's official dockets, the official dockets of his predecessors that are in his custody, and all files, papers, and other materials that pertain to his office and that are kept at his office as public records and property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.23 | Receipt for Official Dockets of County Court.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
A clerk of a county court who receives by succession dockets, files, papers, and materials as provided in section 1907.22 of the Revised Code shall, if requested, give a receipt for them to the person from whom they are received.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.231 | Documentation of Criminal Convictions and Guilty Pleas to Be Retained in Admissible Form.

Effective:
March 23, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 30 - 125th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 149.38 of the Revised Code, each clerk of a county court shall retain documentation regarding each criminal conviction and plea of guilty involving a case that is or was before the court. The documentation shall be in a form that is admissible as evidence in a criminal proceeding as evidence of a prior conviction or that is readily convertible to or producible in a form that is admissible as evidence in a criminal proceeding as evidence of a prior conviction and may be retained in any form authorized by section 9.01 of the Revised Code. The clerk shall retain this documentation for a period of fifty years after the entry of judgment in the case, except that documentation regarding cases solely concerned with minor misdemeanor offenses or minor misdemeanor traffic offenses shall be retained as provided in divisions (A) and (B) of section 1901.41 of the Revised Code, and documentation regarding other misdemeanor traffic offenses shall be retained for a period of twenty-five years after the entry of judgment in the case. This section shall apply to records currently retained and to records created on or after September 23, 2004.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.25 | Alternative Methods for Collecting Court Costs; Notice of Balance Due.

Effective:
September 19, 2014
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 143 - 130th General Assembly
(A)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, if at the time of sentencing or at any time after sentencing a county court finds that a person who is found guilty of an offense is unable to pay costs, the court may order the offender to perform community service in lieu of costs.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, if at the time of sentencing or at any time after sentencing a county court finds that a person who is found guilty of an offense will not be able to pay costs in full when they are due, the court may order the offender to pay the costs in installments according to a schedule set by the court.
(B) If a person is charged with an offense in county court and either fails to appear in court at the required time and place to answer the charge or pleads guilty to or is found guilty of the offense and fails within the time allowed by the court to pay any fine or costs imposed by the court, the court may enter information relative to the person's failure to pay any outstanding amount of the fine or costs on a form prescribed or approved by the registrar of motor vehicles pursuant to division (C) of this section and send the form to the registrar. Upon receipt of the form, the registrar shall take any measures necessary to ensure that neither the registrar nor any deputy registrar accepts any application for the registration or transfer of registration of any motor vehicle owned or leased by the person. However, for a motor vehicle leased by the person, the registrar shall not implement this requirement until the registrar adopts procedures for that implementation under section 4503.39 of the Revised Code.
The period of denial relating to the issuance or transfer of a certificate of registration for a motor vehicle imposed under this section remains in effect until the person pays any fine or costs imposed by the court relative to the offense. When the fine or costs have been paid in full, the court shall inform the registrar of the payment by entering information relative to the payment on a notice of payment form prescribed or approved by the registrar pursuant to division (C) of this section and sending the form to the registrar.
(C) The registrar shall prescribe and make available to county courts forms to be used for a notice to the registrar of failure to pay fines or costs and a notice to the registrar of payment of fines or costs under division (B) of this section. The registrar may approve the use of other forms for these purposes.
The registrar may require that any of the forms prescribed or approved pursuant to this section be transmitted to the registrar electronically. If the registrar requires electronic transmission, the registrar shall not be required to give effect to any form that is not transmitted electronically.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.251 | Cancellation of Uncollectible Debts.

Effective:
March 22, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 247 - 129th General Assembly
If at any time the court finds that an amount owing to the court is due and uncollectible, in whole or in part, the court may direct the clerk of the court to cancel all or part of the claim. The clerk shall then effect the cancellation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.26 | Transmitting Fees and Costs.

Effective:
March 22, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 197 - 129th General Assembly
Judges of a county court shall not retain any of the costs or fees specified in the schedules adopted pursuant to section 1907.24 of the Revised Code nor shall they retain a fee for performing a marriage ceremony. Those costs and fees that cannot be retained shall be transmitted to the general fund of the county on or before the twentieth day of the month following the month in which they are collected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.262 | Rules for Procedures for Resolution of Disputes.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) A county court may establish by rule procedures for the resolution of disputes between parties. Any procedures so adopted shall include, but are not limited to, mediation. If the court establishes any procedures under this division, the court may include in the court's schedule of fees and costs under section 1907.24 of the Revised Code a reasonable fee, that is to be collected on the filing of each civil or criminal action or proceeding, and that is to be used to implement the procedures, and the court shall direct the clerk of the court to charge the fee.
(B) All fees collected under division (A) of this section shall be paid to the county treasurer. The treasurer shall place the funds from the fees in a separate fund to be disbursed either upon an order of the court, subject to an appropriation by the board of county commissioners, or upon an order of the court, subject to the court making an annual report available to the public listing the use of all such funds.
(C) If the court determines that the amount of the moneys in the fund described in division (B) of this section is more than the amount sufficient to satisfy the purpose for which the additional fee described in division (A) of this section was imposed, the court may declare a surplus in the fund and, subject to an appropriation by the board of county commissioners, expend the surplus moneys, or upon an order of the court, subject to the court making an annual report available to the public listing the use of all such funds, expend the surplus moneys, for other appropriate expenses of the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.27 | Determination of Witness Fees.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
Witness fees in relation to civil and criminal actions and proceedings shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 2335. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.28 | Jury Selection.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly
A county court may provide, by rule, how jurors shall be chosen, and may provide that jurors to be used in the court may be chosen and summoned by the jury commissioners of the county as provided in Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code. Selection shall be made from residents within the county court district, and, if Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code is followed, those appearing to reside outside the district shall be returned to the annual jury list.
Jurors shall be impaneled in the same manner, shall have the same qualifications, shall be challenged for the same causes, and shall receive the same fees as jurors in the court of common pleas. The fees of jurors in any criminal case that involves a violation of state law shall be paid out of the county treasury, and the fees of jurors in any case that involves a violation of a municipal ordinance shall be paid out of the treasury of the municipal corporation that enacted the ordinance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.29 | Jury Trial Procedure.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
(A) A jury trial shall be demanded in the manner prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure or the Rules of Criminal Procedure. The number of persons composing a jury and the verdicts of jurors shall be governed by those rules.
(B) The right of a person to a jury trial is waived under the circumstances prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure or the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
(C) If, as a result of challenges or other causes, a jury panel is not full, the deputy sheriff or constable who is in attendance at a trial before a county court may fill the panel in the same manner as the sheriff fills a panel in the court of common pleas.
(D) The judge of the county court involved in a case shall administer an oath to the jury to try the matters in difference between the parties that are to be determined by the jury, and to give a verdict in accordance with the evidence.
(E) After the jurors are sworn in a case before a county court, they shall sit together and hear the proofs and allegations of the parties. After the hearing, the jury shall be kept together in a convenient place until they have agreed upon their verdict or have been discharged by the county court judge involved in the case.
(F) If an action being tried to a jury in a county court is continued, the jurors shall attend at the time and place appointed for trial without further notice.
(G) The judge of a county court involved in a case may punish as for contempt any juror who neglects or refuses to attend when properly summoned or who, although in attendance, refuses to serve.
(H) If, in a civil action before a county court, the judge is satisfied that the number of jurors required by Civil Rule 48 for concurrence purposes cannot concur in a verdict, and the jury has deliberated upon the verdict for a reasonable time, the judge may discharge the jury and continue the action. If either party requests a new jury, the judge shall cause the selection of another jury. If the action is continued, it shall be continued to a time that the judge considers reasonable unless the parties or their attorneys agree on a longer or shorter time.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.30 | Appeals.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
Appeals from the final judgments of a county court may be taken to the court of appeals for the county in which the judgment was rendered.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.31 | Application of Rules of Procedure.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
(A) The Rules of Civil Procedure, the Rules of Criminal Procedure, and the Rules of Evidence apply in civil and criminal actions and proceedings before a county court unless otherwise specifically provided in the Revised Code.
(B) The Rules of Appellate Procedure govern appeals from a county court to the court of appeals.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.32 | Arresting Civil Defendant.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
A defendant in a civil action in a county court may be arrested under the circumstances and in the manner specified in Chapter 2713. of the Revised Code for arrests of defendants in the courts of common pleas, but references in that chapter to a county sheriff shall be construed to include constables who are ministerial officers of a county court. The bail and deposit of money in lieu of bail provisions of that chapter also shall apply to defendants in a county court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.33 | Attachment and Garnishment Actions.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
(A) In a civil action for the recovery of money that is before a judge of a county court, the plaintiff may have an order of attachment against the property, other than personal earnings, of the defendant upon or at any time after its commencement, only in accordance with Chapter 2715. of the Revised Code. Additionally, in such a civil action before a judge of a county court, an attachment against the property, other than personal earnings, of a defendant, that is in the possession of another person, may be accomplished prior to the entry of judgment only pursuant to a garnishment proceeding in accordance with section 2715.091 and related provisions of Chapter 2715. of the Revised Code.
(B) An attachment against the personal earnings of a person, through an action in garnishment of personal earnings, may be granted in a county court only after a judgment has been obtained by the plaintiff and only in accordance with Chapter 2716. of the Revised Code. Additionally, attachment against the property, other than personal earnings, of a person against whom a judgment has been obtained and that is in the possession of another person, may be accomplished in a county court only pursuant to a garnishment proceeding in accordance with Chapter 2716. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.34 | Returns Showing Only Real Estate.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
In any case in which an order of attachment has been issued by a judge of a county court pursuant to Chapter 2715. of the Revised Code, if it appears from the return of the officer to whom the order was directed and from the examination of the garnishee, if there is a garnishee in the case, that no property, moneys, rights, credit, or effects of the defendant in the case have been taken under the attachment, but that the defendant is the owner of an interest in real estate in the county, the judge before whom the action is pending, at the request of the plaintiff in the case, shall promptly certify his proceedings to the court of common pleas. Thereupon, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall docket the cause, and the action shall proceed as if it had originated in that court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.35 | Nonresidence.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
In actions, under section 1907.34 of the Revised Code, for a sum, of which county court judges have exclusive original jurisdiction, if the defendant is not a resident of the county, the fact of nonresidence is a ground of attachment in the court of common pleas.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.36 | Recovery of Specific Personal Property Prior to Judgment.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
In any civil action involving a claim for the recovery of specific personal property that is before a judge of a county court, a party may recover the possession of the specific personal property prior to the entry of judgment only as provided in Chapter 2737. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.37 | Warrant for Arrest of Witness.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
When it appears to a judge of a county court that a witness was served with a subpoena to appear and give testimony before him in any matter in which he has authority to require the witness to appear and testify, that the testimony of that witness is material, and that he refuses or neglects to attend in conformity with the subpoena, the judge shall issue a warrant to arrest the witness for the purpose of compelling his attendance and punishing his disobedience .
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.38 | Punishment of Witness.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
When a witness arrested under section 1907.37 of the Revised Code is brought before the judge of the county court, or when a person in attendance refuses to testify as a witness, and no valid excuse is shown, the judge may punish the person as for contempt, and, if he does so, the judge shall enter any fine or imprisonment imposed on the docket. An entry indicating a fine has the effect of a judgment in favor of this state against the witness or person, and it may be enforced against his person or property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.39 | Costs of Witness.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
If a witness who is subpoenaed in an action before a judge of a county court attends and is not examined by either party, the costs of that witness shall be paid by the party ordering the subpoena, unless the adverse party, by confessing the matter or otherwise, renders the examination unnecessary.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.40 | Liability of Witness.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
Every person who is subpoenaed as a witness in the county court and who neglects to appear or refuses to testify, is liable to the party in whose behalf he was subpoenaed, for all damages that the party sustains by reason of the nonappearance or refusal to testify.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.41 | Arbitration.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
(A) The provisions of sections 2711.01 to 2711.15 of the Revised Code relating to arbitration shall apply to county courts, subject to the jurisdiction provisions of this chapter.
(B) Arbitration also may occur in accordance with sections 1907.42 to 1907.46 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.42 | Arbitrators and Proceedings.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
In an action before a judge of a county court, at any time before trial and before judgment is rendered, the parties may have a cause submitted to the arbitration of three disinterested men, to be chosen by them. If the arbitrators are present, they shall hear and determine the cause on oath, to be administered by the judge. If the arbitrators are not present, the judge shall issue a summons for them to attend at the time and place appointed for the trial. That summons shall be served by the sheriff or any constable, or by the parties, as they may agree. The fees of the arbitrators are the same as those provided for jurors in the court of common pleas.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.43 | Award, Judgment, and Execution.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
When the arbitrators mentioned in section 1907.42 of the Revised Code convene and are qualified, they shall hear and determine the cause, make out their award in writing, and return it to the judge of the county court. The award is valid when signed by any two of the arbitrators. The judge shall enter such the award on his docket, render judgment on it, and issue execution, as in other cases.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.44 | Conclusiveness of Judgment.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
Every judgment rendered on an award under section 1907.43 of the Revised Code, concludes the rights of the parties, unless it appears to the county court judge who rendered the judgment within ten days from its rendition, or to the court of appeals on appeal, that the award was obtained by fraud, corruption, or other undue means.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.45 | County Court Judge May Set Aside Award.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
When, within the period mentioned in section 1907.44 of the Revised Code, satisfactory proof is adduced before the judge of the county court that the award was obtained by fraud, corruption, or other undue means, the judge may set aside the award and his judgment on it, and proceed to final trial and judgment, as if the award never had been made.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.46 | Appeal.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
An appeal shall be allowed to the court of appeals from the judgment of a judge of a county court rendered under section 1907.43 of the Revised Code on an award, on the ground that the award was obtained by fraud, corruption, or other undue means.
If the court of appeals determines that the award was obtained by fraud, corruption, or other undue means, it shall enter its judgment and remand the case to the judge of the county court for trial and judgment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.47 | Execution - Proceedings in Aid of Execution.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
Execution and proceedings in aid of execution in a county court shall be in accordance with Chapters 2327., 2329., 2331., and 2333. of the Revised Code and with any other provisions of the Revised Code that relate to execution and proceedings in aid of execution in the courts of common pleas.
The provisions of Chapter 2329. of the Revised Code relating to third party claims to property that is the subject of execution also apply in county courts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.48 | Judge May Issue Executions for Another Judge.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
Any county court judge may issue executions on judgments on the docket of a judge of the same district, who is unable to issue them in consequence of sickness, absence, or other cause.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.49 | Revivor.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
A judgment that is rendered by a judge of a county court and that is dormant, may be revived in the manner prescribed for reviving dormant judgments in the court of common pleas. If sufficient cause is not shown to the contrary, the judgment shall stand revived for the amount that the judge finds to remain due and unsatisfied upon it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.50 | Service and Return.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
An order to revive issued pursuant to section 1907.49 of the Revised Code shall be served and returned in the time and manner required for the service of summons in actions before a judge of a county court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.51 | Cumulative Remedy.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
Sections 1907.49 and 1907.50 of the Revised Code do not prevent the revivor, in the manner prescribed by law, of judgments of judges of county courts, transcripts of which are filed in the court of common pleas and entered upon its execution docket.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.52 | Service by Publication.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
Service by publication may be made in a civil action in a county court under the circumstances and in the manner in which service by publication may be made in the courts of common pleas.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.531 | County Court Contracts for Transportation of Persons Between Jail and Court.

Effective:
March 23, 2018
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 8 - 132nd General Assembly
A county court may enter into contracts with a county sheriff whose territorial jurisdiction includes the court for the transportation of persons between the county jail and the county 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 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.54 | Appointment of Special Constables - Duties.

Effective:
December 2, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly
Upon the written application of the director of administrative services or of three freeholders of the county in which a county court judge resides, the judge may appoint one or more electors of the county as special constables. In order to be eligible to serve as a special constable, an elector shall hold a valid certificate issued by the Ohio peace officer training commission.
The special constables shall guard and protect the property of this state, or the property of such freeholders and the property of this state under lease to such freeholders, designated in general terms in the application, from all unlawful acts, and, so far as necessary for that purpose, a special constable has the same authority and is subject to the same obligations as other constables.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.55 | Appointment of Special Constable.

Effective:
December 2, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly
The judge of a county court appointing a special constable pursuant to section 1907.54 of the Revised Code, shall make a memorandum of the appointment upon the judge's docket. The appointment shall continue in force for one year, unless the judge revokes it sooner. A special constable shall be paid in full for the special constable's services by the freeholders for whose benefit the special constable was appointed, and shall receive no compensation except from those freeholders.
If a county court judge wishes to reappoint an elector for a successive one-year period, before the elector may be appointed the elector shall have successfully completed a firearms requalification program approved by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission in accordance with rules adopted by the attorney general under section 109.743 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1907 | County Court - General Provisions › Section 1907.57 | Prohibition Against Failure to Deliver Official Dockets and Papers.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
No judge of a county court shall refuse, upon lawful demand, to deliver any docket, papers, files, or other matter to the person entitled to them.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1909 | County Court - Jurisdiction › Section 1909.11 | Jurisdiction Where Property Not Removed at Expiration of Campsite Use Agreement.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
A county court judge has jurisdiction in any action brought pursuant to division (I) of section 4781.40 of the Revised Code if the residential premises that are the subject of the action are located within the territorial jurisdiction of the judge's county court district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1923 | Forcible Entry and Detainer › Section 1923.04 | Notice - Service.

Effective:
October 18, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 56 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, a party desiring to commence an action under this chapter shall notify the adverse party to leave the premises, for the possession of which the action is about to be brought, three or more days before beginning the action, by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by handing a written copy of the notice to the defendant in person, or by leaving it at the defendant's usual place of abode or at the premises from which the defendant is sought to be evicted.
Every notice given under this section by a landlord to recover residential premises shall contain the following language printed or written in a conspicuous manner: "You are being asked to leave the premises. If you do not leave, an eviction action may be initiated against you. If you are in doubt regarding your legal rights and obligations as a tenant, it is recommended that you seek legal assistance."
(B) The service of notice pursuant to section 5313.06 of the Revised Code constitutes compliance with the notice requirement of division (A) of this section. The service of the notice required by division (C) of section 5321.17 of the Revised Code constitutes compliance with the notice requirement of division (A) of this section.
(C) If the adverse party in an action under this chapter is a deceased resident of a manufactured home park, the notice required by division (A) of this section shall be left at the premises from which the defendant is sought to be evicted and also shall be sent by ordinary mail to the following persons if their names and addresses are known to the park operator:
(1) If a probate court has granted letters testamentary or of administration for the estate of the adverse party in accordance with Title XXI of the Revised Code, the executor or administrator appointed by the probate court;
(2) The deceased resident's spouse and any other members of the deceased resident's immediate family.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1923 | Forcible Entry and Detainer › Section 1923.05 | Complaint Filed and Recorded.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly
The summons shall not issue in an action under this chapter until the plaintiff files his complaint in writing with the court. The complaint shall particularly describe the premises so entered upon and detained, and set forth either an unlawful and forcible entry and detention, or an unlawful and forcible detention after a peacable or lawful entry of the described premises. The complaint shall be copied into, and made a part of the record.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1923 | Forcible Entry and Detainer › Section 1923.051 | Judgment of Restitution Based on Drug Offenses Taking Place at Leased Premises.

Effective:
July 31, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 5 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding the time-for-service of a summons provision of division (A) of section 1923.06 of the Revised Code, if the complaint described in section 1923.05 of the Revised Code that is filed by a landlord in an action under this chapter states that the landlord seeks a judgment of restitution based on the grounds specified in divisions (A)(6)(a) and (b) of section 1923.02 of the Revised Code, then the clerk of the municipal court, county court, or court of common pleas in which the complaint is filed shall cause both of the following to occur:
(1) The service and return of the summons in the action in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure, which service shall be made, if possible, within three working days after the filing of the complaint;
(2) The action to be set for trial not later than the thirtieth calendar day after the date that the tenant is served with a copy of the summons in accordance with division (A)(1) of this section.
(B) The tenant in an action under this chapter as described in division (A) of this section is not required to file an answer to the complaint of the landlord, and may present any defenses that the tenant may possess at the trial of the action in accordance with section 1923.061 of the Revised Code.
(C) No continuances of an action under this chapter as described in division (A) of this section shall be permitted under section 1923.08 of the Revised Code, and if the tenant in the action does not appear at the trial and the summons in the action was properly served in accordance with division (A)(1) of this section, then the court shall try the action in accordance with section 1923.07 of the Revised Code.
(D) All provisions of this chapter that are not inconsistent with this section shall apply to an action under this chapter as described in division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1923 | Forcible Entry and Detainer › Section 1923.061 | Defenses - Counterclaims.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Any defense in an action under this chapter may be asserted at trial.
(B) In an action for possession of residential premises based upon nonpayment of the rent or in an action for rent when the tenant or manufactured home park resident is in possession, the tenant or resident may counterclaim for any amount the tenant or resident may recover under the rental agreement or under Chapter 4781. or 5321. of the Revised Code. In that event, the court from time to time may order the tenant or resident to pay into court all or part of the past due rent and rent becoming due during the pendency of the action. After trial and judgment, the party to whom a net judgment is owed shall be paid first from the money paid into court, and any balance shall be satisfied as any other judgment. If no rent remains due after application of this division, judgment shall be entered for the tenant or resident in the action for possession. If the tenant or resident has paid into court an amount greater than that necessary to satisfy a judgment obtained by the landlord, the balance shall be returned by the court to the tenant or resident.