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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.013 | Additional Judges in First Through Fourth Districts.

Effective:
October 20, 1987
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 171 - 117th General Assembly
(A) There shall be three additional judges of the court of appeals of the first district, composed of Hamilton county.
The additional three judges shall be elected at the general election in 1976 for terms of six years, their terms to commence on successive days beginning on the tenth day of February, 1977. The additional judges shall thereafter be elected to hold terms of six years.
In the first district, any three judges shall comprise the court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may be adopted by the judges of the court.
(B) There shall be two additional judges of the court of appeals of the second district, composed of Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, and Montgomery counties.
One of the additional judges of the second district court of appeals shall be elected at the general election in 1980 for a term of six years beginning February 10, 1981. One of the additional judges of the second district court of appeals shall be elected at the general election in 1986 for a term of six years beginning February 11, 1987. The additional judges shall thereafter be elected to hold terms of six years.
In the second district, any three judges shall comprise the court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may be adopted by the judges of the court.
(C) There shall be one additional judge of the court of appeals of the third district, composed of Mercer, Van Wert, Paulding, Defiance, Henry, Putnam, Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Union, Seneca, Shelby, Marion, Wyandot, and Crawford counties.
The additional judge shall be elected at the general election in 1986 for a term of six years beginning February 11, 1987. The additional judge shall thereafter be elected to hold terms of six years.
In the third district, any three judges shall comprise the court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may be adopted by the judges of the court.
(D) There shall be one additional judge of the court of appeals of the fourth district, composed of Adams, Highland, Pickaway, Ross, Pike, Scioto, Lawrence, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Hocking, Athens, and Washington counties.
The additional judge shall be elected at the general election in 1988 for a term of six years beginning February 10, 1989. The additional judge shall thereafter be elected to hold terms of six years.
In the fourth district, any three judges shall comprise the court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may be adopted by the judges of the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.02 | Qualification, Term, and Jurisdiction of Appellate Judges.

Effective:
April 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 202 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Each judge of a court of appeals shall have been admitted to practice as an attorney at law in this state for at least one year preceding the judge's appointment or commencement of the judge's term and, for a total of six years preceding the judge's appointment or commencement of the judge's term, shall have either served as a judge of a court of record in any jurisdiction in the United States or done any of the following:
(1) Engaged in the practice of law in this state;
(2) Practiced in a federal court in this state, regardless of whether at the time of that practice the person was admitted to practice as an attorney at law in this state or practiced in the courts of this state;
(3) Engaged in the authorized practice of law as in-house counsel for a business in this state or as an attorney for a government entity in this state, regardless of whether at the time of that practice the person was admitted to practice as an attorney at law in this state or practiced in the courts of this state.
(B) One judge shall be chosen in each court of appeals district every two years, and shall hold office for six years, beginning on the ninth day of February next after the judge's election.
(C) In addition to the original jurisdiction conferred by Section 3 of Article IV, Ohio Constitution, the court of appeals shall have jurisdiction upon an appeal upon questions of law to review, affirm, modify, set aside, or reverse judgments or final orders of courts of record inferior to the court of appeals within the district, including the finding, order, or judgment of a juvenile court that a child is delinquent, neglected, abused, or dependent, for prejudicial error committed by such lower court.
The court of appeals, on good cause shown, may issue writs of supersedeas in any case, and all other writs, not specially provided for or prohibited by statute, necessary to enforce the administration of justice.
Last updated March 27, 2023 at 1:01 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.03 | Annual Organizational Meeting.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
The judges of the court of appeals shall meet annually at such time and place within the state as may be set by the chief justice of the court of appeals to organize and to choose one of their members as chief justice and one as secretary for the next judicial year, which shall commence on the first day of January. The judges may adopt rules to govern their organization, the purpose of which is the implementation of the goals of the Ohio judicial conference as set forth in section 105.91 of the Revised Code.
The judges of the court of appeals, or committees composed of those judges, may meet at such other times and places within this state as may be designated by the chief justice to carry out the purposes of the organization. Annual dues in a reasonable amount may be assessed each member of the organization. Annual dues and the actual and necessary expenses incurred by each judge in attending meetings of the organization shall be reimbursed by the state in the same manner as provided in section 141.10 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 8, 2023 at 10:59 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.04 | No Term of Court - Sessions of Court.

Effective:
January 17, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 262 - 112th General Assembly
There shall be no terms of court for the court of appeals. The court of appeals of each district shall hold sessions in each county of the district as the necessity arises.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.05 | Cause Heard in County of Origination.

Effective:
January 17, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 262 - 112th General Assembly
The court of appeals shall hear each cause in the county in which the cause originated, unless, for good cause shown, the court of appeals determines that the cause may be heard in another county of the district. A cause may be decided in any county of the district. When a cause is decided, or heard and decided, in a county other than the county in which the cause originated, the court shall certify its decision to the proper county in the district and make all the necessary orders pertaining to that cause.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.06 | Presiding Judge - Administrative Judge.

Effective:
January 17, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 262 - 112th General Assembly
(A) The judge of each court of appeals district composed of three judges who has the shortest time to serve, and who does not hold office by appointment or election to fill a vacancy, shall be the presiding judge of that district. If this judge is absent, and no administrative judge has been designated under division (C) of this section, the judge having the next shortest time to serve shall be the presiding judge.
(B) In each district composed of more than three judges, the court of appeals may adopt local rules to provide a method for selecting the presiding judge different from that provided in division (A) of this section. Unless local rules to the contrary have been adopted, the presiding judge in a district composed of more than three judges shall be determined according to division (A) of this section.
(C) The judges of the court of appeals of any district may, at their discretion, designate an administrative judge in addition to the presiding judge. The administrative judge shall assist the presiding judge in the performance of his duties, and shall perform the duties of the presiding judge during the absence or disability of the presiding judge.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.07 | Quorum - Absence of Judge.

Effective:
January 17, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 262 - 112th General Assembly
A majority of the judges of the court of appeals, competent to sit, is necessary to form a quorum, or to make or render any order, judgment, or decree. No judge shall absent himself from a session of the court in his district or a district to which he has been assigned, except for sickness or other good cause.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.08 | Uniform Rules of Practice.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The judges of the court of appeals, or a majority of such judges, may make and publish such uniform rules of practice, for all the districts, as are not in conflict with statute or the rules of the supreme court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.09 | Docket Order of Cases.

Effective:
October 25, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 349 - 112th General Assembly
Cases in the court of appeals shall be entered on the docket in the order in which they are commenced, received, or filed. They shall be taken up and disposed of in the same order, unless for good cause shown the court otherwise directs. The court may dispose of the following cases in advance of their assignment or order on the docket:
(A) Proceedings in quo warranto, mandamus, habeas corpus, prohibition, or procedendo;
(B) Cases in which the person seeking relief is imprisoned or has been convicted of a felony;
(C) Cases involving the validity of a tax levied or assessment made, or the power to make such levy or assessment;
(D) Cases involving the construction or constitutionality of a statute or a question of practice, in which the questions arising are of general public interest;
(E) Cases in which the relief sought is damages for personal injury, or for death caused by negligence, and in which the person injured makes affidavit that the person's livelihood is dependent upon daily labor, or, in case of death, in which the surviving spouse or any next of kin of the deceased makes an affidavit that such surviving spouse or next of kin was dependent for livelihood upon the person's or the decedent's daily labor.
When a case is dismissed or otherwise disposed of, and again comes into court, it shall be disposed of as if it had retained its original place on the docket.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.12 | Motion to Certify Record in Case of Conflict.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 412 - 116th General Assembly
A motion seeking an order of the court of appeals to certify the record of a case to the supreme court for the reason that the judgment of the court of appeals in the case is in conflict with a judgment pronounced upon the same question by another court of appeals of this state, shall be filed in the court of appeals within thirty days after the journal entry of the judgment in the case sought to be certified has been approved by the court in writing and filed with its clerk for journalization. Such motion shall set forth the title and number of the other case, the county and the appellate district in which the judgment was entered, and the respect in which the judgments are in conflict.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.13 | Filing Affidavit of Disqualification.

Effective:
November 20, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 263 - 121st General Assembly
If a judge of the court of appeals allegedly is interested in a proceeding pending before the court in a county of the judge's district, allegedly is related to or has a bias or prejudice for or against a party to a proceeding pending before the court or a party's counsel, allegedly presided in the lower court in the same proceeding, or allegedly otherwise is disqualified to preside in a proceeding pending before the court, any party to the proceeding or the party's counsel may file an affidavit of disqualification with the clerk of the supreme court. The affidavit of disqualification shall be filed and decided in accordance with divisions (B) to (E) of section 2701.03 of the Revised Code, and, upon the filing of the affidavit, the provisions of those divisions apply to the affidavit, the proceeding, the judge, and the parties to the proceeding.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.14 | Assigning Judges From Another District.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
When the presiding judge of a district requests that judges of the court of appeals be assigned to hold court with the judges of such district or to hold an additional court in such district, the chief justice of the court of appeals, upon being satisfied that the business of such district requires it, shall assign such judges, as in the chief justice's opinion can be assigned without impairing the business of the district from which such assigned judges are selected, to hold court in such district.
Last updated March 8, 2023 at 11:00 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.15 | Expenses of Assigned Judge.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
A judge assigned under section 2501.14 of the Revised Code shall be paid the judge's actual expenses for each day the judge performs judicial duties, including the time necessarily devoted to going to, and returning from, such assignment, and to the examination and decision of cases heard by the judge while engaged outside the district for which the judge was elected. Such expenses shall be paid from appropriations made for this purpose pursuant to the certificate of the chief justice of the court of appeals, or the judge making the assignment.
Last updated March 8, 2023 at 11:01 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.161 | 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 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.17 | Compensation of Clerks and Employees.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Each officer and employee of a court of appeals appointed under section 2501.16 of the Revised Code shall receive the compensation that is fixed by the court of appeals and payable from the state treasury upon the certificate of the presiding or administrative judge of the district in which the officer or employee serves. The additional amount of compensation that the clerk of the court of common pleas receives for acting as the clerk of the court of appeals in the clerk's county and assuming the duties of that office and that is equal to one-eighth of the annual compensation that the clerk receives pursuant to sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code for being the clerk of the court of common pleas is payable from the state treasury upon the certificate of the presiding or administrative judge of the district in which the clerk serves.
Reporters may receive additional compensation for transcripts of evidence, the fee for the transcripts to be fixed by the judges of the court of appeals and paid and collected in the same manner as the fees for transcripts furnished by official reporters of the court of common pleas under section 2301.24 of the Revised Code. Reporters appointed for a term of less than one year shall receive a per diem compensation of not less than thirty dollars per day. All reporters shall receive their actual expenses for traveling when attending court in any county other than that in which they reside, to be paid as provided by section 2301.22 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.18 | Furnishing Supplies and Courtrooms.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Upon the written requisition of the courts of appeals, the clerks of the courts of appeals shall provide such courts with necessary stationery, and furnish for their use reports of the decisions of the courts of this state, with the latest edition of the Revised Code, digests, and such other lawbooks as such courts require, which books shall be the property of the county. The expense incurred by such clerks shall be paid from the county treasury on the warrant of the county auditor.
The board of county commissioners must provide a room for holding court and a consultation room for the judges, cause such rooms to be properly furnished, heated, ventilated, lighted, and kept clean and in good order, and provide such other conveniences as the court deems necessary.
The performance of the duties required of the clerk and the board by this section may be enforced by such courts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2501 | Court of Appeals › Section 2501.19 | Process.

Effective:
January 17, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 262 - 112th General Assembly
Process issuing from the court of appeals shall be directed to the sheriff or other proper officer of the county where it is to be executed, who shall serve and return it according to its command. Such sheriff or other officer shall receive the same fees as such officers are entitled to receive for like services in the court of common pleas under section 311.17 of the Revised Code. Such officer shall attend upon the court during any session in his county.
The performance of such duties by the sheriff or other officer may be enforced by the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.01 | Composition of Supreme Court; Qualifications for Justices.

Effective:
April 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 202 - 134th General Assembly
The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and six justices, each of whom has been admitted to practice as an attorney at law in this state for at least one year preceding appointment or commencement of the justice's term and, for a total of at least six years preceding appointment or commencement of the justice's term, has either served as a judge of a court of record in any jurisdiction of the United States or done any of the following:
(A) Engaged in the practice of law in this state;
(B) Practiced in a federal court in this state, regardless of whether at the time of that practice the person was admitted to practice as an attorney at law in this state or practiced in the courts of this state;
(C) Engaged in the authorized practice of law as in-house counsel for a business in this state or as an attorney for a government entity in this state, regardless of whether at the time of that practice the person was admitted to practice as an attorney at law in this state or practiced in the courts of this state.
Last updated March 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.02 | Chief Justice Term, Election, Vacancy.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A chief justice of the supreme court shall be elected every six years and shall hold office for six years commencing on the first day of January next after his election. Vacancies occurring in the office of chief justice shall be filled in the manner prescribed for the filling of vacancies in the office of judge of the supreme court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.03 | Justice Term, Election.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Two judges of the supreme court shall be chosen in each even-numbered year. Each judge shall hold office for six years. The term of one of such judges shall commence on the first day of January next after his election and the term of the other judge shall commence on the second day of January next after his election.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.04 | Presiding Judge - Assigning Judges From Common Pleas Court.

Effective:
September 9, 1957
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 32 - 102nd General Assembly
The chief justice of the supreme court shall preside at all terms and sessions of the supreme court. When an unusual number of cases have accumulated in the court of common pleas of any county, the chief justice may, without request, assign judges from other counties to aid in the disposition of such business. When the number of cases pending in the court of common pleas of any county exceeds seventy-five per cent of the number of cases filed during the preceding year, the chief justice, without request, shall assign judges from other counties to aid in the disposition of such business, and the chief justice shall, at such times as he may desire, and not less than once each year, ascertain the number of cases pending in the court of common pleas in each county.
The expenses incurred by the chief justice, or the judge serving in his stead, in performing all his administrative duties shall be paid from the state treasury upon the warrant of the state auditor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.05 | Appointment of Officers and Employees.

Effective:
April 4, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 426 - 115th General Assembly
The supreme court may appoint the clerk of the supreme court, the reporter of the supreme court, the administrative director of the supreme court, the law librarian of the court, the marshal of the court, the administrative assistant to the chief justice, and assistants, deputies, clerks, stenographers, and other employees who are necessary for the prompt and efficient discharge of the duties of the offices of the clerk, the reporter, the administrative director, the law librarian, the marshal, and the administrative assistant. All such appointees shall serve at the pleasure of the court.
The supreme court shall fix the compensation to be paid the clerk, the reporter, the administrative director, the law librarian, the marshal, the administrative assistant, and all assistants, deputies, clerks, stenographers, and other employees, which compensation shall be paid from the state treasury in bi-weekly installments upon the approval of the court administrative director. Every appropriation authorized by the general assembly for the payment of such compensation may be distributed and paid among these appointees as the court may direct.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.06 | Bond of Clerk of Supreme Court.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, the clerk of the supreme court shall give a bond to the state in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, with two or more sureties approved by the court, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. Such bond with the approval of the court and the oath of office required by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code indorsed thereon shall be deposited with the secretary of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.07 | Deputy Clerks.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
With the approval of the supreme court, the clerk of the supreme court may appoint two deputy clerks for the court, and when necessary he may appoint a deputy for the supreme court commission to be approved by the commission. The appointment of such deputies must be in writing, and entered on the journal of the respective courts. The clerk may require each deputy to give a bond in such amount and with such sureties as such clerk directs, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of such deputy. The clerk shall be responsible for the neglect of duty or misconduct in office of a deputy.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.08 | Vacancy in Clerk's Office.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In case of a vacancy in the office of clerk of the supreme court, the supreme court shall appoint a clerk pro tempore, who shall give a bond and take the oath of office required of the clerk by section 2503.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.09 | Removal of Clerk.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the clerk of the supreme court fails to attend to the duties of his office or becomes incompetent, he may be removed by the court. The vacancy shall be filled as provided in section 2503.08 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.10 | Office Furnishings for Clerk.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The clerk of the supreme court shall keep his office at Columbus, in the rooms provided for that purpose. He shall be furnished by the state with all necessary printing, books, blanks, stationery, and furniture.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.11 | Duties of Clerk.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The clerk of the supreme court shall prepare the necessary dockets, attend the sessions, enter and record the orders, judgments, decrees, and proceedings of the supreme court and supreme court commission, and issue necessary writs and process.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.13 | Direct and Reverse Index of Cases.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The clerk of the supreme court shall keep a direct and reverse index of all causes by the names of parties, alphabetically arranged, showing in separate columns the names of plaintiff and defendant, as they appear on the journal in the final order, unless otherwise ordered by the court. Such index must show the volume and page of the minute book on which the final judgment or order is entered, the term at which it was rendered, the journal or order book on which it is entered, and the volume and page of the final record.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.17 | Filing Fees.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The clerk of the supreme court shall charge and collect one hundred dollars, as a filing fee, for each case entered upon the docket. The filing fees so charged and collected shall be in full for each case filed in the supreme court under the Rules of Practice of the Supreme Court. The party invoking the action of the court shall pay the filing fee to the clerk before the case is docketed, and it shall be taxed as costs and recovered from the other party if the party invoking the action of the court succeeds, unless the court otherwise directs.
No filing fee or security deposit shall be charged to an indigent party upon determination of indigency by the supreme court pursuant to the Rules of Practice of the Supreme Court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.18 | 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 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.19 | Bond of Reporter of Supreme Court.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, the reporter of the supreme court shall give bond to the state in the sum of five thousand dollars, with two or more sureties approved by the chief justice of the supreme court, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. Such bond with the approval of the chief justice and the oath of office indorsed thereon shall be deposited with the secretary of state and kept in his office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.20 | Duties of Reporter of Supreme Court.

Effective:
December 1, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly
When requested by the supreme court, the reporter of the supreme court shall attend its sessions and consultations and shall report and prepare its decisions for publication under its direction. The reporter shall prepare for publication and edit, tabulate, and index those opinions and decisions of any court of appeals furnished the reporter for publication by any such court, and such opinions and decisions of any of the inferior courts, as may be designated by the reporter and approved by the chief justice of the supreme court. No cases in any court of appeals shall be reported for publication except those selected by that court of appeals, or by a majority of the judges thereof.
The supreme court may appoint assistants necessary to carry on the work of the reporter's office. The court shall fix the compensation of each assistant, which compensation shall be paid out of the state treasury upon the warrant of the director of budget and management.
Whenever a case is reported for publication, the syllabus of such case shall be prepared by the judge delivering the opinion, and approved by a majority of the members of the court. Such report may be per curiam, or if an opinion is reported, such opinion shall be written in as concise form as may be consistent with a clear presentation of the law of the case. Opinions for permanent publication in book form shall be furnished to the reporter and to no other person. All such cases shall be reported in accordance with this section before they are recognized by and receive the official sanction of any court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.21 | Report of Decisions Delivered to Superintendent of Purchases and Printing.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Immediately after the decision of a case by the supreme court and of all other cases which are to be reported, the reporter of the supreme court shall prepare a report thereof under the supervision of the court or judge by whom it was rendered. If practicable, such reporter may incorporate in the report the points made and authorities cited by counsel in briefs, but their arguments shall not be published unless the court so orders. Thereupon the reporter shall deliver the report in manuscript to the superintendent of purchases and printing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.22 | Reporter to Edit, Tabulate, Index, and Publish All Cases Disposed of on General Docket.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The reporter of the supreme court shall edit, tabulate, index, and publish all cases disposed of on the general docket of the supreme court, except cases dismissed for want of preparation, failure to file printed record, or by consent of the parties. He shall state in such publication the number and style of each case, character of suits, the court of appeals from which appeal is prosecuted, the attorneys of the parties, and the judgment of the court, together with the reasons therefor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.23 | Specifications for Printed Decisions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The reports of the supreme court, of the courts of appeals, and of inferior courts shall be printed on such paper and style of type as the supreme court directs, and bound in volumes in such manner and of such size as it prescribes. Each volume of the supreme court reports, reports of the courts of appeals, and of the inferior courts shall be issued at such time and cover such period of works as the supreme court orders. All reports shall contain an index, table of cases, list of citations, and other proper tabulation. The reporter of the supreme court shall secure a copyright for the use of the state for each volume of reports published.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.24 | Contracts for Publication of Court Reports.

Effective:
April 11, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 211 - 118th General Assembly
With the approval and under the direction of the supreme court, the reporter of the supreme court may contract with one or more responsible persons to furnish materials, print, and bind the reports of the supreme court and courts of appeals, and the reports of other courts of record as are designated by the reporter, with the approval of the chief justice of the supreme court. The price at which the bound volumes shall be sold to persons or companies may be fixed by the supreme court. The reporter may award separate contracts for publication of the reports of the supreme court, the reports of the courts of appeals, and the reports of other courts of record, or contracts for the publication of any combination of those reports. Each contractor shall have the exclusive right to publish the reports that he has contracted to publish during the term of the contract.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.25 | Bond of Contractor for Publishing Court Reports.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The contractor for publishing the reports under section 2503.24 of the Revised Code shall give a bond to the state in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, with such sureties as the supreme court requires, conditioned for the faithful performance of his contract within the time and in the manner provided by law and the order of the court. Such bond shall be deposited with the secretary of state and kept in his office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.26 | Bond of Law Librarian of Supreme Court.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, the law librarian shall give bond to the state in the sum of five thousand dollars, with two or more sureties approved by the chief justice of the supreme court, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. Such bond with the approval of the chief justice and the oath of office indorsed thereon shall be deposited with the treasurer of state and kept in his office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.27 | Receipt for Library Contents.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The law librarian shall make and deliver to his predecessor in office a receipt for the books and other property belonging to the law library which come into his possession. He separately shall specify in such receipt each book or set of books, and each article of property under his control, and file the receipt with the treasurer of state. Such librarian shall make further receipts for books or property purchased for or presented to such library and file them with the treasurer of state. On the death, resignation, or removal of such librarian, the books and other property of such library shall forthwith be delivered to his successor, and credit therefor entered on the receipts so filed. Such library shall be independent of the state library.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.28 | Duties of Law Librarian.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The law librarian shall have charge of the law library, the rooms designated for the use of the court, with all property pertaining thereto, and perform such other services as the court directs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.281 | Administrative Director of Supreme Court.

Effective:
April 4, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 426 - 115th General Assembly
The administrative director of the supreme court shall, under the supervision and direction of the supreme court, do the following:
(A) Examine the state of the dockets of the courts of record, determine the need for assistance by any such court, and report the same to the chief justice;
(B) Make recommendations to the chief justice relating to the assignment of judges when courts of record are in need of assistance and carry out the direction of the chief justice as to the assignment of judges;
(C) Attend to such other matters as may be assigned by the supreme court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.282 | Administrative Director of Supreme Court to Handle Information Requests.

Effective:
April 4, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 426 - 115th General Assembly
The justices, judges, clerks, and officers of the supreme court, the courts of appeals, the courts of common pleas, and the probate courts shall comply with all requests made by the administrative director of the supreme court for information bearing on the state of the dockets of such courts and such other information as the chief justice of the supreme court may determine to be necessary in order to discharge his lawful duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.29 | Appointment and Compensation of Stenographers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The supreme court shall appoint such stenographers as are necessary for the prompt and efficient discharge of the business of said court, and shall fix the compensation to be paid therefor, which compensation shall be paid from the state treasury in monthly installments upon the certificate of the chief justice of the supreme court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.30 | Oath and Duties of Stenographers.

Effective:
April 4, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 426 - 115th General Assembly
Each official stenographer of the supreme court shall take an oath of office and perform such duties as the court designates. For incompetency, neglect of duty, or other good cause, a stenographer may be removed by the court, and the vacancy shall be filled by a person appointed by the court for the unexpired term.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.31 | Equipment for Stenographers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The necessary typewriting machines and materials for the use of the stenographers of the supreme court in official duties shall be paid for by the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.32 | Records and Papers of Court.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The records and papers pertaining to the business of the supreme court shall be kept in the rooms provided for the court. They shall not be removed therefrom unless by direction of the court, and then only so long as its business requires.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.33 | Term of Court.

Effective:
March 22, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 247 - 129th General Assembly
The chief justice and the judges of the supreme court shall meet at Columbus in January of each year and at subsequent times throughout the year as determined by the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.34 | Special or Adjourned Terms.

Effective:
October 7, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly
The supreme court may hold special or adjourned terms at such times and places as a majority of the judges determines. If a special term is held elsewhere than at Columbus, thirty days' notice of the time and place thereof must be given by publication in the newspaper published in Columbus. The court may make necessary orders for the return of process and the transmission of papers and files of the court to and from the place of holding a special term.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.35 | Quorum.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If a quorum of the supreme court is not in attendance on the first day of a term, the clerk of the supreme court shall enter such fact on record, and the court will stand adjourned from day to day for ten days. If the court is not opened within ten days, all matters pending therein shall stand continued until the next term. No action or matter shall abate or be discontinued because of such continuance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.36 | Rules of Practice.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The supreme court may prescribe rules for the regulation of its practice, the reservation of questions, the transmission of cases to it from the lower courts, and the remanding of cases.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.37 | Docket Order of Cases.

Effective:
October 12, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly
Cases commenced in or taken to the supreme court shall be entered on the docket in the order in which they are commenced, received, or filed. They shall be disposed of in the same order, except that the court may dispose of the following classes of cases in advance of their order on the docket:
(A) Proceedings in quo warranto, mandamus, procedendo, prohibition, or habeas corpus;
(B) Cases in which the person seeking relief has been convicted of felony;
(C) Cases involving the validity of a tax levy or assessment;
(D) Cases involving the construction or constitutionality of a statute, or a question of practice, in which the questions arising are of general public interest;
(E) Cases of general interest to the public, if two or more of the courts of appeals have held the law directly opposite upon like facts;
(F) Cases in which the relief sought is damages for personal injury, or for death caused by negligence, and in which the person injured makes affidavit that the person's livelihood is dependent upon daily labor, or, in case of death, in which the surviving spouse or any of the next of kin of the deceased makes an affidavit that the surviving spouse or next of kin was dependent for livelihood upon the person's or the decedent's daily labor;
(G) Cases in which a trust fund for the care, support, or education of a minor, or care or support of a person with an intellectual disability, is in question;
(H) Cases involving controversies or questions arising in the administration of the estate of a deceased person under the laws of this state;
(I) Cases involving the construction of a statute for the annexation of territory to a municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.38 | Case Involving Same Questions Taken Out of Order.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If a case is reached in its order in the supreme court, and there are other cases on the docket involving the same questions, such cases may be taken out of their order and disposed of with the one reached in order. If a case is disposed of and again comes into court, it shall be taken up as if it had its original place on the docket.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.39 | Oral and Written Arguments.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Oral arguments must be heard in a cause in the supreme court if either party so requests, but the written arguments of counsel may be transmitted to the court, placed on file with the papers, and read by the court in the investigation of the cause. In cases involving the constitutionality of a law of the state, the court, upon request, shall permit not more than two attorneys at law on each side, in addition to the attorneys engaged by the parties, to be heard orally, or in writing, as such attorneys prefer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.40 | Issuance of Writs.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In addition to the original jurisdiction conferred by Section 2 of Article IV, Ohio Constitution, the supreme court when in session, and on good cause shown, may issue writs of supersedeas in any case, and other writs not specially provided for and not prohibited by law, when necessary to enforce the administration of justice.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.41 | Process.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Process issuing out of the supreme court shall be directed to the sheriff or other proper officer of the county where it is to be executed, who shall serve and return it. The marshal or a messenger of the court may serve a rule, order, warrant, or notice of citation issuing out of court, for which he shall be paid the same fees as other officers are entitled to for like services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 25 | Courts-Appellate › Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court › Section 2503.42 | Reporting Decisions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The supreme court shall cause each of its decisions, in disposing of a motion or otherwise, which determines or modifies an unsettled or new and important question of law, or gives construction to a statute of ambiguous import, to be reported with as much brevity as practicable. The court shall cause to be reported such other of its decisions as it deems of public interest and importance.