Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) “State” means the state of Ohio, including, but not limited to, the general assembly, the supreme court, the offices of all elected state officers, and all departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, institutions, and other instrumentalities of […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A)(1) The state hereby waives its immunity from liability, except as provided for the office of the state fire marshal in division (G)(1) of section 9.60 and division (B) of section 3737.221 of the Revised Code and subject to division (H) of […]
Effective: June 23, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 22 – 134th General Assembly (A)(1) There is hereby created a court of claims. Except as provided under section 107.43 of the Revised Code, the court of claims is a court of record and has exclusive, original jurisdiction of all civil actions against the state permitted by […]
Effective: July 10, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 261 – 130th General Assembly (A) Judges of the court of claims who are not residents of Franklin county, or when the court sits outside Franklin county the judges who are residents of Franklin county, shall be compensated for their actual and necessary expenses of traveling to […]
Effective: July 10, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 261 – 130th General Assembly If a judge of the court of claims allegedly is interested in a proceeding pending before the judge, allegedly is related to or has a bias or prejudice for or against a party to a proceeding pending before the judge or to […]
Effective: September 29, 1976 Latest Legislation: House Bill 82 – 111th General Assembly Except as stated in section 2743.63 of the Revised Code, the court of claims has the same powers to subpoena witnesses, require the production of evidence, and punish for contempt as the court of common pleas.
Effective: July 1, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 525 – 127th General Assembly Any witness subpoenaed or whose deposition is taken shall receive the same fees and mileage as witnesses are provided under section 119.094 of the Revised Code. The party at whose instance the witness appears or the deposition is taken shall pay the […]
Effective: January 1, 1975 Latest Legislation: House Bill 800 – 110th General Assembly (A) The supreme court shall appoint the clerk and deputy clerks of the court of claims who shall be licensed to practice law in the state, to serve at its pleasure. The appointment or removal of the clerk shall be in writing, […]
Effective: January 1, 1975 Latest Legislation: House Bill 800 – 110th General Assembly The supreme court shall: (A) Furnish the clerk of the court of claims with the necessary printing, books, blanks, stationery, and equipment; (B) Fix the compensation to be paid the clerk and deputy clerks, court reporters, secretaries, and clerical personnel employed by […]
Effective: July 10, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 261 – 130th General Assembly The clerk of the court of claims shall do all of the following: (A) Administer oaths and take and certify affidavits, depositions, and acknowledgments of powers of attorney and other instruments in writing; (B) Prepare the dockets, enter and record the orders, […]
Effective: August 22, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 289 – 127th General Assembly If a person brings an action in the court of claims pursuant to section 5903.02 of the Revised Code or section 4323 of the “Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994,” 108 Stat. 3149, 38 U.S.C. 4301, et seq., the […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) Civil actions against the state for ten thousand dollars or less shall be determined administratively by the clerk of the court of claims, except that the clerk is not required to administratively determine a civil action of that nature if the […]
Effective: February 7, 1978 Latest Legislation: House Bill 149 – 112th General Assembly No claimant in the court of claims shall be entitled to have his civil action against the state determined by a trial by jury. Parties retain their right to trial by jury in the court of claims of any civil actions not […]
Effective: July 1, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 231 – 117th General Assembly The court of claims shall render its judgments against the state in writing and shall include separate findings of fact and conclusions of law. An opinion, memorandum, or decision stating the judgment and containing separate findings of fact and conclusions of law […]
Effective: July 10, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 261 – 130th General Assembly The court of claims shall render its decisions as to appeals from decisions of the attorney general pursuant to sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code in writing and shall include a separate finding for each issue contested upon appeal. Orders […]
Effective: February 7, 1978 Latest Legislation: House Bill 149 – 112th General Assembly (A) The complaint or other pleading asserted in the court of claims against the state shall name as defendant each state department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality whose actions are alleged as the basis of complaint. (B) Upon the […]
Effective: January 1, 1975 Latest Legislation: House Bill 800 – 110th General Assembly The attorney general or one of his assistants, or special counsel appointed by the attorney general, shall represent the state in all actions against the state permitted by this chapter.
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A) The director or other administrative chief, or the governing body, of any department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality of the state: (1) With the approval of the attorney general and the court of claims, may settle or compromise […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, civil actions against the state permitted by sections 2743.01 to 2743.20 of the Revised Code shall be commenced no later than two years after the date of accrual of the cause of action or […]
Effective: January 1, 1975 Latest Legislation: House Bill 800 – 110th General Assembly No person may commence an action in the court of claims if the transactions, facts, and circumstances giving rise to the action were the subject of a claim of that person decided by the sundry claims board.
