Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The definition of “magistrate” set forth in section 2931.01 of the Revised Code applies to Chapter 2939. of the Revised Code.
Effective: May 22, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 268 – 129th General Assembly Grand juries shall consist of fifteen persons who satisfy the qualifications of a juror specified in section 2313.17 of the Revised Code. Persons to serve as grand jurors in the court of common pleas of each county shall be selected from the […]
Effective: May 22, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 268 – 129th General Assembly Except for a foreperson selected by the judge of the court of common pleas under section 2939.02 of the Revised Code, a grand jury is drawn and notified in the same manner as other jurors are drawn and notified under Chapter 2313. […]
Effective: October 14, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 112 – 100th General Assembly When it appears to the judge impaneling a grand jury that the inquiry is likely to be protracted, or upon direction of the judge, an additional or alternate juror shall be selected in the same manner as the regular jurors in the […]
Effective: April 16, 1998 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 69 – 122nd General Assembly The compensation of grand jurors shall be fixed by resolution of the board of county commissioners, not to exceed forty dollars for each day’s attendance, payable out of the county treasury. Except in counties of less than one hundred thousand population according […]
Effective: March 24, 2003 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 218 – 124th General Assembly (A) When a grand jury is impaneled, the court of common pleas shall appoint one of the members of the grand jury as foreperson, and shall administer, or cause to be administered, to the jurors an oath in the following words to […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The grand jurors, after being sworn, shall be charged as to their duty by the judge of the court of common pleas, who shall call their attention particularly to the obligation of secrecy which their oaths impose, and explain to them the […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly After the charge of the court of common pleas, the grand jury shall retire with the officer appointed to attend it, and proceed to inquire of and present all offenses committed within the county.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The grand jury may appoint one of its members to be its clerk to preserve the minutes of its proceedings and actions in all cases pending before it. Such minutes shall be delivered to the prosecuting attorney before the jury is discharged.
Effective: September 3, 1986 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 74 – 116th General Assembly The prosecuting attorney or assistant prosecuting attorney may at all times appear before the grand jury to give information relative to a matter cognizable by it, or advice upon a legal matter when required. The prosecuting attorney may interrogate witnesses before the […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly The official reporter of the county, or any reporter designated by the court of common pleas, at the request of the prosecuting attorney, or any such reporter designated by the attorney general in investigations conducted by the attorney general, may take notes […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When required by the grand jury, prosecuting attorney, or judge of the court of common pleas, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall issue subpoenas and other process to any county to bring witnesses to testify before such jury.
Effective: September 26, 1984 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 172 – 115th General Assembly No employer shall discharge or terminate from employment, threaten to discharge or terminate from employment, or otherwise punish or penalize any employee because of time lost from regular employment as a result of the employee’s attendance at any proceeding before a grand […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Before a witness is examined by the grand jury, an oath shall be administered to him by the foreman of the grand jury or by the judge of the court of common pleas or the clerk of the court of common pleas, […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If a witness before a grand jury refuses to answer an interrogatory, the court of common pleas shall be informed in writing, in which such interrogatory shall be stated, with the excuse for the refusal given by the witness. The court shall […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If the court of common pleas determines that a witness before a grand jury is required to answer an interrogatory and such witness persists in his refusal, he shall be brought before the court, which shall proceed in a like manner as […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In case of sickness, death, discharge, or nonattendance of a grand juror after the grand jury is sworn, the court may cause another to be sworn in his stead. The court shall charge such juror as required by section 2939.07 of the […]
Effective: September 16, 1970 Latest Legislation: House Bill 956 – 108th General Assembly After the grand jury is discharged, the court of common pleas, when necessary, may order the drawing and impaneling of a new grand jury, which shall be summoned and returned as provided by section 2939.03 of the Revised Code and shall be […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No grand juror, officer of the court, or other person shall disclose that an indictment has been found against a person not in custody or under bail, before such indictment is filed and the case docketed, except by the issue of process.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No grand juror may state or testify in court in what manner any member of the grand jury voted or what opinion was expressed by any juror on any question before the grand jury.
