Effective: September 14, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 113 – 131st General Assembly (A) A sheriff shall be elected quadrennially in each county. A sheriff shall hold office for a term of four years, beginning on the first Monday of January next after the sheriff’s election. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no […]
Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 291 – 132nd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the sheriff shall, within ten days after receiving the sheriff’s commission and before the first Monday of January next after being elected, give a bond, signed by a bonding or surety […]
Effective: October 12, 1961 Latest Legislation: House Bill 383 – 104th General Assembly When the sheriff, by reason of absence, sickness, or other disability, is incapable of serving any process required to be served, or by reason of interest is incompetent to serve it, the court of common pleas, if in session, or, if not […]
Effective: January 1, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 490 – 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “felony” has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Subject to division (C) of this section, the sheriff may appoint, in writing, one or more deputies. At the time of the […]
Effective: October 5, 1983 Latest Legislation: House Bill 273 – 115th General Assembly The sheriff shall only be responsible for the neglect of duty or misconduct in office of any of his deputies if he orders, has prior knowledge of, participates in, acts in reckless disregard of, or ratifies the neglect of duty or misconduct […]
Effective: June 18, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 393 – 128th General Assembly (A) The sheriff’s office shall be maintained at the county seat of justice, or at another location as provided in division (B) of this section, in such rooms as the board of county commissioners provides for that purpose. Such office shall be […]
Effective: July 1, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 241 – 126th General Assembly (A) Each sheriff shall preserve the public peace and cause all persons guilty of any breach of the peace, within the sheriff’s knowledge or view, to enter into recognizance with sureties to keep the peace and to appear at the succeeding term […]
Effective: October 27, 1981 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 114 – 114th General Assembly (A) The sheriff shall, except as provided in division (B) of this section, execute every summons, order, or other process directed to him by a proper and lawful authority of this state or issued by a proper and lawful authority of any […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The sheriff shall indorse upon every writ or order the day and hour such writ or order was received by him.
Effective: June 12, 1980 Latest Legislation: House Bill 278 – 113th General Assembly (A) There shall be kept in the office of the sheriff a foreign execution docket, furnished by the county, in which, on the receipt by the sheriff of any execution, order of sale, or other process issuing from any court of any […]
Effective: October 11, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly There shall be kept in the office of the sheriff a cashbook, to be furnished by the county, in which, on receipt by him of any money in his official capacity, the sheriff shall make an entry of the date, the amount […]
Effective: October 27, 1981 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 114 – 114th General Assembly The books required to be kept by sections 311.01 to 311.23 of the Revised Code, shall be open to the search and inspection of all persons. The sheriff shall furnish a certified copy of any entry in such books upon request and […]
Effective: October 27, 1981 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 114 – 114th General Assembly The books required to be kept by sections 311.01 to 311.23 of the Revised Code, shall not be removed from the sheriff’s office. Such books shall be delivered over, without mutilation, as public property to each succeeding sheriff. No sheriff shall willfully […]
Effective: October 11, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Upon retiring from office, the sheriff shall pay over to his successor in office all moneys received by such sheriff and remaining in his hands. He shall deliver to his successor all evidences of indebtedness and all books, blanks, and stationery belonging […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When the term of office for which a sheriff has been elected expires, or he resigns or moves outside the county, such sheriff shall deliver all writs of execution and all other processes, of whatever description, whether executed or not, and all […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly On the first Monday in September of each year, the sheriff shall make a certified statement to the board of county commissioners of all fines and costs in criminal prosecutions collected by him, on execution or otherwise, during the year next preceding […]
Effective: May 22, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 268 – 129th General Assembly Except as provided in a contract entered into under division (A) of section 3125.141 of the Revised Code, for the services specified in this section, the sheriff shall charge the following fees, which the court or its clerk shall tax in the […]
Effective: January 1, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 10 – 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Federal poverty level” means the income level represented by the poverty guidelines as revised annually by the United States department of health and human services in accordance with section 673(2) of the “Omnibus Reconciliation Act […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) The sheriff shall charge a one-time fee of one hundred dollars when a person who, on or after the effective date of this section, is convicted of an offense for which registration is required under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When a sheriff returns, in any manner other than by himself or his deputy personally, any process issued from the court of common pleas or other court of a county other than that in which he resides, such sheriff shall receive only […]
