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Section 2501.01 | Judicial Court of Appeals Districts.

Effective: July 25, 1980 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 13 – 113th General Assembly The state shall be divided into twelve judicial court of appeals districts. The counties constituting the districts are as follows: (A) First district: Hamilton; (B) Second district: Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Champaign, Clark, and Greene; (C) Third district: Mercer, Van Wert, Paulding, Defiance, […]

Section 2501.011 | Additional Judges in Fifth Through Seventh Districts.

Effective: July 10, 2003 Latest Legislation: House Bill 159 – 125th General Assembly (A) There shall be three additional judges of the court of appeals of the fifth district, composed of Ashland, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Perry, Richland, Stark, and Tuscarawas counties. One of the additional judges of the […]

Section 2501.012 | Additional Judges in Eighth Through Twelfth Districts.

Effective: January 2, 2007 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 171 – 126th General Assembly (A) There shall be nine additional judges of the court of appeals of the eighth district, composed of Cuyahoga county. Three of the additional judges of the eighth district court of appeals shall be elected at the general election in 1962 for […]

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 […]

Section 2501.02 | Qualification, Term and Jurisdiction of Appellate Judges.

Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly Each judge of a court of appeals shall have been admitted to practice as an attorney at law in this state and have, for a total of six years preceding the judge’s appointment or commencement of the judge’s term, engaged in the […]

Section 2501.03 | Annual Organizational Meeting.

Effective: March 22, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 247 – 129th 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 judge of the court of appeals to organize and to choose one of their members as chief […]

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.

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Section 2501.14 | Assigning Judges From Another District.

Effective: March 22, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 247 – 129th 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 judge of the court of […]

Section 2501.15 | Expenses of Assigned Judge.

Effective: March 22, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 247 – 129th 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 […]

Section 2501.16 | Clerks – Employees – Special Projects of Court.

Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) Each court of appeals may appoint one or more official reporters, law clerks, secretaries, and any other employees that the court considers necessary for its efficient operation. The clerk of the court of common pleas, acting as the clerk of the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]