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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.15 | Duties of Criminal Bailiff - Costs.

Effective:
October 6, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly
The criminal bailiff shall act for the sheriff in criminal cases and matters of a criminal nature in the court of common pleas and the probate court of the county. Under the direction of the sheriff, he shall be present during trials of criminal cases in those courts and during such trials perform all the duties as are performed by the sheriff. The criminal bailiff shall conduct prisoners to and from the jail of the county and for that purpose shall have access to the jail and to the courtroom, whenever ordered by such courts, and have care and charge of such prisoners when so doing. Under the direction of the sheriff, the criminal bailiff shall convey to state correctional institutions all persons sentenced thereto. He shall receive and collect from the treasurer of state all costs in such criminal cases in the same manner as the sheriff is required to do, and pay the amount so collected to the sheriff of such county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.16 | Bailiff Shall Give Bond.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the criminal bailiff shall give a bond to the sheriff in the sum of five thousand dollars, with good and sufficient sureties, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties. The judges of the court of common pleas shall fix a compensation for his services, payable monthly from the fee fund, upon the warrant of the county auditor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.17 | Additional Temporary Bailiff.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
On the application of the sheriff, in a criminal case, if the court of common pleas is satisfied that the administration of justice requires an additional criminal bailiff to execute process, it may appoint such additional bailiff, whose powers and duties shall cease when such case is determined.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.18 | Appointment of Official and Assistant Reporters - Term - Oath.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The court of common pleas shall appoint a reporter as the official reporter of the court for a term not exceeding three years, unless removed by the court after good cause shown for neglect of duty, misconduct in office, or incompetency. The court may appoint assistant reporters as the business of the court requires for terms not exceeding three years under one appointment. The official reporter and assistant reporters shall take an oath faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of their positions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.20 | Recording of Actions; Preservation of Records.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
All civil and criminal actions in the court of common pleas shall be recorded. The reporter shall take accurate notes of or electronically record the oral testimony. The notes and electronic records shall be filed in the office of the official reporter and carefully preserved for either of the following periods of time:
(A) If the action is not a capital case, the notes and electronic records shall be preserved for the period of time specified by the court of common pleas, which period of time shall not be longer than the period of time that the other records of the particular action are required to be kept.
(B) If the action is a capital case, the notes and electronic records shall be preserved for the longer of ten years or until the final disposition of the action and exhaustion of all appeals.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.21 | Fees for Reporters.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
In every case recorded as provided in section 2301.20 of the Revised Code, there shall be taxed for each day's service of the official or assistant reporters a fee of twenty-five dollars, to be collected as other costs in the case. The fees so collected shall be paid quarterly by the clerk of the court of common pleas in which the cases were tried into the treasury of the county and shall be credited by the county treasurer to the general fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.22 | Reporters - Compensation.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Each reporter shall receive the compensation that the court of common pleas making the appointment fixes. That compensation shall be in place of all per diem compensation in those courts. In case the appointment is for a term of less than one year, the court may allow a per diem compensation to be fixed by the court, plus actual and necessary expenses incurred, for each day the reporter is actually engaged in taking testimony or performing other duties under the orders of the court, which allowance shall be in full payment for all services so rendered.
The county auditor shall issue warrants on the county treasurer for the payment of the compensation under this section in equal monthly installments if the compensation is allowed annually, and in case of services per diem, for the amount of the bill approved by the court, from the general fund upon the presentation of a certified copy of the journal entry of appointment and compensation of the reporters.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.23 | Furnishing of Transcripts or Electronic Reporting of Testimony as Requested.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
When notes have been taken or an electronic recording has been made in a case as provided in section 2301.20 of the Revised Code, if the court or either party to the suit requests written transcripts of any portion of the proceeding, the reporter reporting the case shall make full and accurate transcripts of the notes or electronic recording. The court may direct the official reporter to furnish to the court and the parties copies of decisions rendered and charges delivered by the court in pending cases.
When the compensation for transcripts, copies of decisions, or charges is taxed as a part of the costs, the transcripts, copies of decisions, and charges shall remain on file with the papers of the case.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.24 | Compensation for Making Transcripts and Copies.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The compensation of reporters for making written transcripts as provided in section 2301.23 of the Revised Code shall be fixed by the court of common pleas of the county in which the trial is held. If more than one transcript of the same testimony or proceeding is ordered, the reporter shall make copies of the transcript at cost pursuant to division (B)(1) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code or shall provide an electronic copy of the transcript free of charge. The compensation shall be paid by the party for whose benefit a transcript is made. The compensation for transcripts requested by the prosecuting attorney or an indigent defendant in criminal cases or by the trial judge in either civil or criminal cases, and for copies of decisions and charges furnished by direction of the court shall be paid from the county treasury and taxed and collected as costs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.25 | Costs of Transcripts.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
When ordered by the prosecuting attorney or the defendant in a criminal case or when ordered by a judge of the court of common pleas in either civil or criminal cases, the costs of transcripts shall be taxed as costs in the case, collected as other costs, whether the transcripts have been prepaid or not, as provided by section 2301.24 of the Revised Code, paid by the clerk of the court of common pleas quarterly into the county treasury, and credited to the general fund. If, upon final judgment, the costs or any part of the costs are adjudged against a defendant in a criminal case, the defendant shall be allowed credit on the cost bill of the amount paid for the transcript the defendant ordered and, if the costs are finally adjudged against the state, the defendant shall have the defendant's deposit refunded. All transcripts shall be taken and received as prima-facie evidence of their correctness. If the testimony of witnesses is taken before the grand jury by reporters, they shall receive for the transcripts the same compensation and be paid in the same manner as provided in this section and section 2301.24 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.26 | Reporters as Referees.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Reporters appointed under section 2301.18 of the Revised Code may be appointed referees to take and report evidence in causes pending in any of the courts of this state. In the taking of evidence as referees, the reporters may administer oaths to witnesses. They shall be furnished by the board of county commissioners with a suitable room in the courthouse, and with supplies and equipment necessary for the proper discharge of their duties and for the preservation of their notes and electronic records. The notes and electronic records shall be the property of the county and carefully preserved in the office of the reporters.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.271 | Minimum Standards for the Training of Adult Probation Officers.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 337, House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The adult parole authority of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall develop minimum standards for the training of adult probation officers as provided by section 2301.27 of the Revised Code. The adult parole authority shall consult and collaborate with the supreme court in developing the standards. The department of youth services shall develop minimum standards for the training of probation officers who supervise juvenile offenders.
(B) Within six months after September 30, 2011, the department of rehabilitation and correction and, within six months after the effective date of this amendment, the department of youth services shall make available a copy of the minimum standards developed by the department, as applicable, to the following entities:
(1) Every municipal court, county court, and court of common pleas;
(2) Every probation department.
The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.28 | Legal Control or Supervision Person Placed on Probation.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly
The court of common pleas of a county in which a county department of probation has been established under division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code, in addition to employing the department in investigation and in the administration of its own orders imposing community control sanctions, shall receive into the legal control or supervision of the department any person who is a resident of the county and who has been placed under a community control sanction by order of any other court exercising criminal jurisdiction in this state, whether within or without the county in which the department of probation is located, upon the request of the other court and subject to its continuing jurisdiction. The court of common pleas also shall receive into the legal custody or supervision of the department any person who is paroled, released under a post-release control sanction, or conditionally pardoned from a state correctional institution and who resides or remains in the county, if requested by the adult parole authority created by section 5149.02 of the Revised Code or any other authority having power to parole or release from any institution of that nature.
As used in this section and section 2301.30 of the Revised Code, "post-release control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.29 | Rules of Adult Parole Authority to Govern - Local Court Rules.

Effective:
October 6, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly
In all cases in which the county department of probation provided for in division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code acquires legal custody of or supervision over a person who is granted a conditional pardon or a parole from a state correctional institution, the court of common pleas and the department shall be governed by the rules of the adult parole authority created by section 5149.02 of the Revised Code that are applicable to those cases and by the laws of the state applicable to those cases. In the case of other persons placed in its legal control or under its supervision, the department shall administer the orders and conditions of the authority so placing those persons. The court may exercise supervision over the department by adopting rules that are not inconsistent with law or with the rules of the adult parole authority and that shall be observed and enforced by the probation officers of the department.
As used in this section "pardon," "parole," and "state correctional institution" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.30 | County Department of Probation - Duties.

Effective:
September 30, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly
The court of common pleas of a county in which a county department of probation is established under division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code shall require the department, in the rules through which the supervision of the department is exercised or otherwise, to do all of the following:
(A) Furnish to each person under a community control sanction or post-release control sanction or on parole under its supervision or in its custody, a written statement of the conditions of the community control sanction, post-release control sanction, or parole and instruct the person regarding the conditions;
(B) Keep informed concerning the conduct and condition of each person in its custody or under its supervision by visiting, the requiring of reports, and otherwise;
(C) Use all suitable methods, not inconsistent with the conditions of the community control sanction, post-release control sanction, or parole, to aid and encourage the persons under its supervision or in its custody and to bring about improvement in their conduct and condition;
(D) Establish policies regarding the supervision of probationers that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The minimum number of supervision contacts required for probationers, based on each probationer's risk to reoffend as determined by the single validated risk assessment tool selected by the department of rehabilitation and correction under section 5120.114 of the Revised Code, under which higher risk probationers receive the greatest amount of supervision;
(2) A graduated response policy to govern which types of violations a probation officer may respond to administratively and which type require a violation hearing by the court.
(E) Keep detailed records of the work of the department, keep accurate and complete accounts of all moneys collected from persons under its supervision or in its custody, and keep or give receipts for those moneys;
(F) Make reports to the adult parole authority created by section 5149.02 of the Revised Code that it requires.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.32 | Supplemental Investigation or Supervisory Services From Adult Parole Authority.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) In any county in which a county department of probation has been established under division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code and complies with standards and conditions prescribed by the adult parole authority created by section 5149.02 of the Revised Code, an agreement may be entered into between the court of common pleas and the authority under which the county department of probation may receive supplemental investigation or supervisory services from the authority.
(B) In any county in which a county department of probation has not been established under division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code, an agreement may be entered into between the court of common pleas of that county and the adult parole authority under which the court of common pleas may place defendants under a community control sanction in charge of the authority, and, in consideration of those placements, the county shall pay to the state from time to time the amounts that are provided for in the agreement.
(C) In lieu of an agreement made under division (A) or (B) of this section, the adult parole authority may offer a county funding for probation services, provided that the general assembly has appropriated sufficient funds for that purpose. If the county accepts funds under this section, the adult parole authority is relieved of its duties to supervise offenders placed on community control by courts of that county under division (A)(2) of section 2929.15 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.33 | Common Pleas Judge Not to Act as Attorney in County Court.

Effective:
January 1, 1958
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 937 - 102nd General Assembly
No judge of a court of common pleas shall act as attorney, counsel, or advocate for another in a county court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.52 | Minimum Provisions for Community-Based Correctional Proposals.

Effective:
October 12, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 162 - 126th General Assembly
Each proposal for a community-based correctional facility and program or a district community-based correctional facility and program shall provide for or contain at least the following:
(A) The designation of a physical facility that will be used for the confinement of persons sentenced to the facility and program by a court pursuant to section 2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code or persons otherwise committed or admitted pursuant to law to the facility and program. The designated facility shall satisfy all of the following:
(1) Be a secure facility that contains lockups and other measures sufficient to ensure the safety of the surrounding community;
(2) Provide living space and accommodations that are suitable and adequate for the housing of persons sentenced, or otherwise admitted with the consent of the facility governing board, to the facility and program;
(3) Be constructed or modified, and maintained and operated, so that it complies with the rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code by the division of parole and community services of the department of rehabilitation and correction for community-based correctional facilities and programs and district community-based correctional facilities and programs.
(B) The designation of a program that will be applied individually to each person sentenced to the facility and program by a court pursuant to section 2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code or otherwise committed or admitted pursuant to law to the facility and program. The designated program shall include, but not be limited to, education, treatment, or work release.
(C) A provision that each person sentenced, or otherwise admitted with the consent of the facility governing board, to a facility shall be provided an orientation period of at least thirty days, during which period the person is not permitted to leave the facility and is evaluated in relation to the person's placement in rehabilitative programs;
(D) Provisions to ensure that the facility and program will be staffed to ensure security and the effective delivery of services;
(E) Provisions for the facility governing board, upon the advice of the judicial advisory board, to set standards for the screening and admission of each felony offender who is referred by a court pursuant to section 2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code or by the parole board pursuant to section 2967.28 of the Revised Code;
(F) A statement that a good faith effort will be made to ensure that the persons who staff and operate the facility and program proportionately represent the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the persons released, sentenced, or otherwise committed or admitted to the facility and program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.57 | Health Insurance Claims of Inmates - Medical Tests.

Effective:
October 12, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 162 - 126th General Assembly
(A) For each person who is confined in a community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility as provided in sections 2301.51 to 2301.58 of the Revised Code, the facility may make a determination as to whether the person is covered under a health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan and, if the person has such coverage, what terms and conditions are imposed by it for the filing and payment of claims.
(B) If, pursuant to division (A) of this section, it is determined that the person is covered under a policy, contract, or plan and, while that coverage is in force, the correctional facility renders or arranges for the rendering of health care services to the person in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, the person, facility, or provider of the health care services, as appropriate under the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, shall promptly submit a claim for payment for the health care services to the appropriate third-party payer and shall designate, or make any other arrangement necessary to ensure, that payment of any amount due on the claim be made to the facility or provider, as the case may be.
(C) This section also applies to any person who is under the custody of a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, prior to the person's confinement in the correctional facility.
(D) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this section or section 2929.18, 2929.21, 2929.26, or 2929.37 of the Revised Code, the facility governing board may establish a policy that complies with section 2929.38 of the Revised Code and that requires any person who is not indigent and who is confined in the community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility to pay a reception fee.
(E) If a person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense is confined in a community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility, the person in charge of the facility's operation may cause the offender, at the time of reception and at other times the person in charge of the operation of the facility determines to be appropriate, to be examined and tested for tuberculosis, HIV infection, hepatitis, including, but not limited to, hepatitis A, B, and C, and other contagious diseases. The person in charge of the facility's operation may cause an offender in the facility who refuses to be tested or treated for tuberculosis, HIV infection, hepatitis, including, but not limited to, hepatitis A, B, and C, or another contagious disease to be tested and treated involuntarily.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.571 | Inmate Responsibility for Medical Expenses.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) A person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense and who is confined in a community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility is financially responsible for the payment of any medical expense or service requested by and provided to that person.
(B) No person confined in a community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility shall be denied any necessary medical care because of inability to pay for medical treatment or service.
(C) Nothing in this section shall cause a community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility to be responsible for the payment of any medical or other health care expenses incurred in connection with an offender who is serving a term in the facility pursuant to section 2929.16 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.58 | Resident Program Fund - Commissary.

Effective:
October 12, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 162 - 126th General Assembly
(A) Upon approval of the facility governing board, the director of the community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility may establish a resident program fund. The director shall deposit in the fund all revenues received by the facility from commissions on telephone systems, commissary operations, reimbursable costs such as per diem and medical services, and similar services. The money in the fund shall only be used to pay for the costs of the following expenses:
(1) The purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment used in any library program, educational program, vocational program, rehabilitative program, religious program, medical services program, or recreational program operated by the facility for the benefit of the residents;
(2) The construction, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of a facility under the control of the facility governing board for use in any library program, educational program, vocational program, rehabilitative program, religious program, medical services program, or recreational program operated by the facility for the benefit of the residents;
(3) The payment of salaries, wages, and other compensation to employees of the facility who are employed in any library program, educational program, vocational program, rehabilitative program, religious program, medical services program, or recreational program operated by the facility for the benefit of the residents;
(4) The compensation of vendors that contract with the facility for the provision of services for any library program, educational program, vocational program, rehabilitative program, religious program, medical services program, or recreational program for the benefit of the residents;
(5) The purchase of other goods and the payment of other services that are determined, at the discretion of the director, to be goods and services that may provide additional benefit to the residents;
(6) The costs for the auditing of the resident program fund.
(B) If a commissary is established by the community-based correctional facility or the district community-based correctional facility, all persons confined in the facility shall receive commissary privileges, and the commissary shall provide for the distribution of necessary hygiene articles and writing materials to indigent residents.
(C) The director shall establish rules, to be approved by the facility governing board, for the operation of the resident program fund that follow guidelines established by the auditor of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2301 | Organization › Section 2301.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Whoever violates section 2301.33 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.01 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
There shall be elected quadrennially in each county, a clerk of the court of common pleas, who shall assume office on the first Monday of January next after his election and who shall hold said office for a period of four years.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.02 | Bond of Clerk.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the discharge of official duties, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall give a bond signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or, at the clerk's option, 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 ten thousand nor more than forty thousand dollars, to be fixed by the board of county commissioners, and the surety company to be approved by the board. The bond shall be conditioned that such clerk will enter and record all the orders, decrees, judgments, and proceedings of the courts of which such clerk is the clerk, pay over all moneys received by the clerk in an official capacity, and faithfully and impartially discharge the official duties of the clerk's office. The expense or premium for such bond shall be paid by the board and charged to the general fund of the county. Such bond, with the oath of office and the approval of the board indorsed thereon, shall be deposited with the county treasurer and kept in the treasurer's office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.03 | Clerk of Court of Appeals.

Effective:
October 17, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 455 - 121st General Assembly
(A) The clerk of the court of common pleas in each county also shall be clerk of the court of appeals of the county and, subject to division (B) of this section and while acting as the clerk of the court of appeals of the county and assuming the duties of that office, shall collect the same fees that the clerk otherwise collects and perform the same general duties that the clerk otherwise performs. In addition to the annual compensation that the clerk receives pursuant to sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code for the performance of the duties of the clerk of the court of common pleas, the clerk, for acting as the clerk of the court of appeals of the county and assuming the duties of that office, shall receive an additional amount equal to one-eighth of the annual compensation that the clerk receives pursuant to sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code, as determined by the population of the county and the rates set forth in those sections. The additional amount shall be payable from the state treasury upon the certificate of the presiding or administrative judge of the district in which the clerk serves in the same manner that the compensation of other employees of the court of appeals is paid pursuant to section 2501.17 of the Revised Code.
(B) Under the circumstances described in sections 2969.21 to 2969.27 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the court of common pleas, while acting as the clerk of the court of appeals, shall charge the fees and perform the other duties specified in those sections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.05 | Clerk May Appoint Deputies.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
The clerk of the court of common pleas may appoint one or more deputies. Such appointment or appointments shall be endorsed by the clerk and entered on the journal of the court.
Last updated August 5, 2021 at 2:44 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.06 | Things Necessary for Clerk's Duties.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 567 - 134th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners shall furnish the clerk of the court of common pleas all things necessary for the prompt discharge of the clerk's duties.
Last updated February 23, 2023 at 8:58 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.07 | Oaths and Acknowledgments.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The clerk of the court of common pleas may administer oaths and take and certify affidavits, depositions, and acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, and other instruments in writing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.08 | General Duties.

Effective:
March 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 570 - 121st General Assembly
The clerk of the court of common pleas shall indorse on each pleading or paper in a cause filed in the clerk's office the time of filing, enter all orders, decrees, judgments, and proceedings of the courts of which such individual is the clerk, make a complete record when ordered on the journal to do so, and pay over to the proper parties all moneys coming into the clerk's hands as clerk. The clerk may refuse to accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain leave to proceed under that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.081 | Filing Pleadings or Documents.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 567 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Pleadings or documents may be filed with the clerk of court either in paper format or in electronic format. Pleadings and documents filed in paper format may be converted to an electronic format. Documents created by the clerk of court in the exercise of the clerk's duties may be created in an electronic format.
(B) When pleadings or documents are received or created in, or converted to, an electronic format as provided in division (A) of this section, the pleadings or documents in that format shall be considered the official version of the record.
Last updated February 16, 2023 at 6:09 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.09 | Filing and Preserving Papers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The clerk of the court of common pleas shall file together and carefully preserve in his office all papers delivered to him for that purpose in every action or proceeding.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.10 | Indorsement of Papers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The clerk of the court of common pleas shall indorse upon every paper filed with him the date of the filing thereof, and upon every order for a provisional remedy and upon every undertaking given thereunder, the date of its return to his office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.11 | Writs to Issue on Praecipe.

Effective:
September 11, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 138 - 127th General Assembly
All writs and orders for provisional remedies, and process of every kind, shall be issued by the clerk of the court of common pleas, or directly by an order or local rule of a court, or by a county board of revision with jurisdiction pursuant to section 323.66 of the Revised Code; but before they are issued a praecipe shall be filed with the clerk demanding the same.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.13 | Entries on Appearance Docket and Their Effect.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The clerk of the court of common pleas shall enter upon the appearance docket at the time of the commencement of an action or proceeding, the names of the parties in full, with names of counsel, and forthwith index the case direct and reverse in the name of each plaintiff and defendant. In like manner and at the time it occurs, he shall also index the name of each person who becomes a party to such action or proceeding. At the time it occurs and under the case so docketed, he shall also enter the issue of the summons or other mesne process or order and the filing of each paper, and he shall record in full the return of such writ or order with the date of its return to the court, which entry shall be evidence of such service.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.14 | Maintenance of Materials.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 567 - 134th General Assembly
The clerk of the court of common pleas shall maintain all materials as referenced in the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio appertaining to the court and record its proceedings.
Last updated February 23, 2023 at 9:13 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.15 | Record of Orders Out of Court.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 567 - 134th General Assembly
Orders made out of court shall be recorded in a manner consistent with the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio.
Last updated February 16, 2023 at 2:32 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.16 | Deposit of Fees for Foreign Writ.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The clerk of the court of common pleas shall not issue a writ in a civil action to another county until the party requiring the issuing thereof has deposited with him sufficient funds to pay the officer to whom it is directed for executing it, and the clerk shall indorse thereon the words, "Funds deposited to pay for the execution of this writ." On the return thereof, the clerk shall pay to such officer the fees for executing such writ, and no officer shall be required to serve such writ unless it is so indorsed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.17 | Clerk Shall Make Complete Record.

Effective:
August 4, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 214 - 104th General Assembly
When ordered on the journal to do so, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall make a complete record within six months after final judgment or order of the proper court. On his failing to make such record within such time, the clerk may be removed by the court of common pleas.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.18 | Indexes of Judgments Not Dormant.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Each clerk of the court of common pleas shall make an alphabetical index of the names of all plaintiffs and defendants to pending suits and living judgments, showing therein in separate columns the names, court, and number of the suit or execution. When there is more than one suit or judgment for or against the same party, it shall be sufficient to index the name but once and make entries opposite thereto, of the court and the number of the suit or execution. No such index shall be made in counties where it has already been done.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.19 | Index to Be Made.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All suits shall be indexed at the time of the filing of the petition and all judgments shall be indexed at the time of the entry on the journal, revival, or the filing of a transcript thereof as required by section 2303.18 of the Revised Code. Whenever the court of common pleas of a county directs, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall make a re-index, in the manner provided in such section, of all pending suits and living judgments, then on the dockets of either the court of common pleas or the court of appeals, in which re-index all new suits and judgments shall be indexed at the time provided in this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.21 | Expenses of Transcript or Exemplification Shall Be Taxed in Costs.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When it is necessary in an appeal, or other civil action to procure a transcript of a judgment or proceeding, or exemplification of a record, as evidence in such action or for any other purpose, the expense of procuring such transcript or exemplification shall be taxed in the bill of costs and recovered as in other cases.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.22 | Clerk Shall Receive and Pay Over All Costs and Fees Taxed Upon Writs.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The clerk of the court of common pleas shall receive from the sheriff, or other officer of the court, all costs taxed upon any writ or order issued from the court, such as appraisers' fees, printers' fees, or any other fees necessarily incurred in the execution of such writ or order, and on demand pay them to the persons entitled thereto. The sheriff, or other officer of the court, shall tax such costs and collect and pay them to the clerk of the court from which the writ or order issued, giving the name of each individual, and the amount which each is entitled to receive.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.23 | 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 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.26 | Duties of Clerk.

Effective:
September 28, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly
The clerk of the court of common pleas shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties enjoined upon the clerk by statute and by the common law; and in the performance of official duties the clerk shall be under the direction of the court. The clerk shall not restrict, prohibit, or otherwise modify the rights of parties to seek service on party defendants allowed by the Rules of Civil Procedure, either singularly or concurrently.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.27 | Services Without Compensation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The clerk of the court of common pleas shall make no charge for certificates made for pensioners of the United States government, or any oath administered in pension and bounty cases, or on pension vouchers, applications, or affidavits.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.28 | Clerk Shall File Itemized Bill of Costs.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In every case immediately on the rendition of judgment, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall make out and file with the papers in the cause, an itemized bill of his costs therein, including the judgment. He shall not issue an execution in any cause for the costs of himself or of any other officer, or receive any costs for himself or any other officer, unless an itemized statement has been rendered.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.29 | Appropriations for Issuing Motor Vehicle Titles.

Effective:
August 1, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 275 - 114th General Assembly
(A) A clerk of the court of common pleas may, or upon the request of the board of county commissioners by the first day of June shall, submit a request for an appropriation to the board of county commissioners detailing the costs required to administer his responsibilities under Chapter 4505. of the Revised Code. If such a request is submitted, the request shall include an itemized schedule of personnel and supply costs. In addition, the request shall include a summary of the cost of administering Chapter 4505. of the Revised Code during the most recent appropriation period; a detailed estimate of new costs that will result from new responsibilities pursuant to Substitute House Bill 275 of the 114th general assembly or from any subsequent legislation changing fees or poundage established under Chapter 4505. of the Revised Code. If such a request is submitted, it shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners not later than the first day of November. The board of county commissioners shall consider the request of the clerk and the intent of the legislature prior to adopting the appropriation resolution pursuant to section 5705.28 of the Revised Code.
(B) The board of county commissioners shall budget and appropriate funds for the operation of the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas in an amount sufficient for the prompt discharge of the clerk's duties under Chapter 4505. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas › Section 2303.31 | Clerks of Other Courts.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The duties prescribed by law for the clerk of the court of common pleas shall, so far as they are applicable, apply to the clerks of other courts of record.