Effective: January 9, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 312 – 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) Subject to reimbursement under division (B) of this section, the treasurer of the county in which a county court is located shall pay the per diem compensation to which an acting judge appointed pursuant to division (A)(2)(a), (B)(1), or (C)(1) of […]
Effective: January 1, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A)(1) In counties having more than one county court judge, the presiding judge of the county court may divide the county court district into areas of separate jurisdiction and may designate the location at which each judge shall hold court. Except in […]
Effective: December 18, 2002 Latest Legislation: House Bill 530 – 124th General Assembly (A) Beginning July 1, 1997, judges of a county court shall receive as compensation thirty-five thousand five hundred dollars each year in addition to the compensation payable under division (A)(6) of section 141.04 of the Revised Code. (B) The compensation of judges […]
Effective: March 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 698 – 122nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “health care coverage” means sickness and accident insurance or other coverage of hospitalization, surgical care, major medical care, disability, dental care, eye care, medical care, hearing aids, and prescription drugs or any combination of those benefits […]
Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 116th General Assembly In addition to the compensation provided in section 1907.16 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may provide for payment of a fixed annual amount, not to exceed two thousand dollars, to each county court judge.
Effective: September 8, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 238 – 128th General Assembly (A) County court judges, within and coextensive with their respective counties, have jurisdiction and authority to: (1) Administer an oath authorized or required by law to be administered; (2) Take acknowledgments of instruments of writing; (3) Issue subpoenas to compel the attendance […]
Effective: August 14, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 163 – 127th General Assembly (A) If a sheriff or chief of police has not taken, or caused to be taken, a person’s or child’s fingerprints in accordance with division (A)(1) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code with respect to a crime or act set forth […]
Effective: April 19, 1988 Latest Legislation: House Bill 708 – 117th General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall provide for each county court judge in the county suitable court and office space and all materials necessary for the business of the court, including a current set of the Revised Code.
Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 291 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The clerk of courts shall be the clerk of the county court, except that the board of county commissioners, with the concurrence of the county court judges, may appoint a clerk for each county court judge, who shall serve at the […]
Effective: July 1, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 438 – 121st General Assembly (A) The judge or judges of a county court may appoint an interpreter, one or more mental health professionals, one or more probation officers, an assignment commissioner, a deputy assignment commissioner, and other court aides on a full-time, part-time, per diem, hourly, […]
Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 116th General Assembly Each clerk of a county court shall keep an alphabetical index to his docket, in which he shall enter the names of the parties to each judgment, direct and reverse, with a reference to the page of the entry. The names of […]
Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 116th General Assembly Upon the expiration of his term of office , the clerk of a county court shall deposit with his successor such clerk’s official dockets, the official dockets of his predecessors that are in his custody, and all files, papers, and other materials […]
Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 116th General Assembly A clerk of a county court who receives by succession dockets, files, papers, and materials as provided in section 1907.22 of the Revised Code shall, if requested, give a receipt for them to the person from whom they are received.
Effective: March 23, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 30 – 125th General Assembly Notwithstanding section 149.38 of the Revised Code, each clerk of a county court shall retain documentation regarding each criminal conviction and plea of guilty involving a case that is or was before the court. The documentation shall be in a form that […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Subject to division (C) of this section, a county court shall fix and tax fees and costs as follows: (1) The county court shall require an advance deposit for the filing of any new civil action or proceeding when required by […]
Effective: September 19, 2014 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 143 – 130th General Assembly (A)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, if at the time of sentencing or at any time after sentencing a county court finds that a person who is found guilty of an offense is unable to pay costs, the court […]
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 […]
Effective: March 22, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 197 – 129th General Assembly Judges of a county court shall not retain any of the costs or fees specified in the schedules adopted pursuant to section 1907.24 of the Revised Code nor shall they retain a fee for performing a marriage ceremony. Those costs and fees […]
Effective: March 22, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 197 – 129th General Assembly (A)(1) A county court may determine that for the efficient operation of the court additional funds are required to computerize the court, to make available computerized legal research services, or to do both. Upon making a determination that additional funds are required […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) A county court may establish by rule procedures for the resolution of disputes between parties. Any procedures so adopted shall include, but are not limited to, mediation. If the court establishes any procedures under this division, the court may include in […]
