As Introduced 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 599 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVE LOGAN 8
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A B I L L
To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 11
1901.027, 1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 12
1907.011, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code to
create the Columbiana County Municipal Court on 13
January 1, 2002, to establish two full-time 14
judgeships in that court, and to abolish the 15
Columbiana County County Court on that date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 17
Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 19
1901.027, 1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.011, and 20
1907.11 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: 21
Sec. 1901.01. (A) There is hereby established a municipal 30
court in each of the following municipal corporations: 31
Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake, 33
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling 35
Green, Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Celina, 36
Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville, 37
Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton, 38
Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East 39
Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay, 40
Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights, 41
Girard, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron, Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, 42
Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lima, LISBON, Logan, 43
London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta, Marion, 44
Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor, Miamisburg, 45
Middletown, Mount Vernon, Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, 46
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Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk, Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, 47
Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg, Port Clinton, Portsmouth, 48
Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker Heights, Shelby, Sidney, 49
South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville, Struthers, Sylvania, 50
Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana, Vandalia, Van Wert, 51
Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City of Washington in 52
Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court House, 53
Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and 54
Zanesville. 55
(B) There is hereby established a municipal court within 57
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation 59
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is 60
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county
municipal court. The municipal court established by this 61
division is a continuation of the municipal court previously 62
established in Batavia by this section before the enactment of 63
this division.
Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by 72
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the 73
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or, 74
for the Clermont county municipal court, within the municipal 75
corporation or unincorporated territory in which it is 76
established, and are courts of record. Each of the courts shall 77
be styled ".................................. municipal court," 78
inserting the name of the municipal corporation, except the 79
following courts, which shall be styled as set forth below: 80
(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that 82
shall be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal 83
court"; 84
(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that 86
shall be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal 87
court"; 88
(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall 90
be styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court"; 91
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(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall 93
be styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court"; 94
(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall 96
be styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court"; 97
(6) The municipal court established in London that shall 99
be styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court"; 100
(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall 102
be styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court"; 103
(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall 105
be styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court"; 106
(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that 108
shall be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal 109
court"; 110
(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be 112
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court"; 113
(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall 115
be styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court"; 116
(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall 118
be styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court"; 119
(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall 121
be styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court"; 122
(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall 124
be styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court"; 125
(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that 127
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court"; 128
(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall 130
be styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court"; 131
(17) The municipal court established within Clermont 133
county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or 134
unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is selected 135
by the legislative authority of that court that shall be styled 137
and known as the "Clermont county municipal court";
(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that, 139
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton 140
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county municipal court"; 141
(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that 143
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court"; 144
(20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that, 146
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the 148
"Fairfield county municipal court";
(21) THE MUNICIPAL COURT ESTABLISHED IN LISBON THAT SHALL 150
BE STYLED AND KNOWN AS "THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT." 151
(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division 153
(A) of this section, the municipal courts established by section 154
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows: 155
The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath, 157
Northampton, Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the 158
municipal corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in 159
Summit county. 160
The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within 162
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark 163
county. 164
The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland 166
county. 167
The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within 169
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county. 170
The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within 172
Athens county. 173
The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within 175
Auglaize county. 176
The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the 178
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county. 179
The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within 181
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley 182
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and 183
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in 184
Summit county. 185
The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the 187
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municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow, 188
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange, 189
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within 190
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county. 191
The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within 193
Logan county. 194
The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme 196
and Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in 197
Sandusky county. 198
The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the 200
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, 201
Brook Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted 202
township, in Cuyahoga county. 203
The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within 205
the municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, 206
Custar, Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, 207
Milton Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun, 208
Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom, 209
Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton, 210
Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston 211
townships in Wood county. 212
The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams 214
county. 215
The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within 217
Guernsey county. 218
The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within 220
Coitsville township in Mahoning county. 221
The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton, 223
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in 224
Stark county. 225
The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer 227
county. 228
The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction 230
within Champaign county. 231
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The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga 233
county. 234
The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within 236
Ross county. 237
The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within 239
Pickaway county. 240
The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within 242
Clark county. 243
The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within 245
Clermont county. 246
The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the 248
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county. 249
Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court 251
has jurisdiction within Clinton county. 252
THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT HAS JURISDICTION 254
WITHIN ALL OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY EXCEPT WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL 255
CORPORATION OF EAST LIVERPOOL AND EXCEPT WITHIN LIVERPOOL AND ST. 257
CLAIR TOWNSHIPS.
The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within 259
Coshocton county. 260
The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within 262
Crawford county. 263
The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within 265
Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg 266
townships, and within the municipal corporations of Boston 267
Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, 268
Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and 269
Macedonia, in Summit county. 270
The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within 272
Defiance county. 273
The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within 275
Delaware county. 276
The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within 278
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county. 279
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The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble 281
county. 282
The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the 284
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North 285
Ridgeville, and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, 286
Grafton, and LaGrange townships, in Lorain county. 287
The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the 289
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and 290
Beavercreek townships in Greene county. 291
Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal 293
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county. 294
The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 296
Hancock county except within Washington township. 297
The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon 299
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington 300
township in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood 301
county. 302
The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within 304
Franklin township in Warren county. 305
The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within 307
Franklin county. 308
The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within 310
Ballville and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county. 311
The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within 313
Gallia county. 314
The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction 316
within the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, 317
Valley View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, 318
and Brecksville in Cuyahoga county. 319
The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty, 321
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county. 322
The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross 324
and St. Clair townships in Butler county. 325
The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within 327
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Hamilton county. 328
The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within 330
Hardin county. 331
The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all 333
of Highland county except within Madison township. 334
The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within 336
Hocking county. 337
The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 339
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal 340
corporation of Sandusky. 341
The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid, 343
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington 344
townships in Lawrence county. 345
The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within 347
Jackson county. 348
The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the 350
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within 351
Washington township, in Montgomery county. 352
Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has 355
jurisdiction within Fairfield county. 356
The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within 358
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and 359
Windsor in Lawrence county. 360
The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within 362
Turtlecreek township in Warren county. 363
The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within 365
Licking county. 366
The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen 368
county. 369
The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the 371
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield 372
township, in Lorain county. 373
The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the 375
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, 376
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Mayfield, Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga 377
county. 378
The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within 380
Madison county. 381
The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within 383
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy, 384
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships, 385
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in 386
Richland county. 387
The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within 389
Washington county. 390
The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion 392
county. 393
The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within 395
Union county. 396
The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield 398
township in Warren county. 399
The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within 401
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson 402
townships in Stark county. 403
The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the 405
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within 406
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of 407
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the 408
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county. 409
The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the 411
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick, 412
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of 413
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette, 414
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York 415
townships, in Medina county. 416
The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the 418
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county. 419
The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within 421
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Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of 422
Bradford that is located in Darke county. 423
The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the 425
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and 426
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county. 427
The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within 429
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within 430
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county. 431
The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within 433
Knox county. 434
The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry 436
county. 437
The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction 439
within the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, 440
Bucks, Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, 441
Franklin, Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in 442
Tuscarawas county. 443
The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within 445
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington, 446
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county. 447
The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the 449
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield 450
township in Trumbull county. 451
The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 453
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue 454
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships. 455
The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the 457
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South 458
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden, 459
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and 460
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except 461
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county. 462
The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the 464
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem 465
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township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake 466
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the 467
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the 468
Toledo municipal court. 469
The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within 471
Ottawa county. 472
The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within 474
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake 475
county. 476
The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the 478
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, 479
North Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn 480
Heights in Cuyahoga county. 481
The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the 483
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford, 484
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, 485
in Wood county. 486
The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within 488
Portage county. 489
The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within 491
Scioto county. 492
The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the 494
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park, 495
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga 496
county. 497
The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the 499
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within 500
Perkins township, in Erie county. 501
The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within 503
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood, 504
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county. 505
The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon, 507
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within 508
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in 509
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Richland county. 510
The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby 512
county. 513
The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the 515
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland, 516
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county. 517
The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the 519
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within 520
Sylvania, Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within 521
those portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships 522
lying north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, 523
in Lucas county. 524
The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, 526
Big Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, 527
Reed, Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca 528
county. 529
The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within 531
Washington township, and within the municipal corporation of 532
Ottawa Hills, in Lucas county. 533
The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within 535
Wyandot county. 536
The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the 538
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and 539
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery 540
county. 541
The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van 543
Wert county. 544
The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the 546
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all 547
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of 548
Lorain, in Lorain county. 549
The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the 551
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and 552
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, 553
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Sharon, Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county. 554
The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren 556
and Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except 557
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county. 558
The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction 560
within Fayette county. 561
The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within 563
Wayne county. 564
The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the 566
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick, 567
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill, 568
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake 569
county. 570
Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has 572
jurisdiction within Clinton county. 573
The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within 575
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross, 576
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in 577
Greene county. 578
(C) As used in this section: 580
(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but 582
not limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is 583
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that 584
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is 585
governmentally a part of the township. 586
(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land 588
within the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation 589
and any townships that are coextensive with the municipal 590
corporation. 591
Sec. 1901.021. (A) The judge or judges of any municipal 600
court established under division (A) of section 1901.01 of the 601
Revised Code having territorial jurisdiction outside the 602
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is 603
located may sit outside the corporate limits of the municipal 604
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corporation within the area of its territorial jurisdiction. 605
(B) Two or more of the judges of the Hamilton county 607
municipal court shall be assigned by the presiding judge of the 608
court to sit outside the municipal corporation of Cincinnati. 609
(C) Two of the judges of the Portage county municipal 611
court shall sit within the municipal corporation of Ravenna, and 612
one of the judges shall sit within the municipal corporation of 613
Kent. The judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Portage 614
county. 615
(D) One of the judges of the Wayne county municipal court 617
shall sit within the municipal corporation of Wooster, and one 618
shall sit within the municipal corporation of Orrville. Both 619
judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Wayne county. 620
(E) The judge of the Auglaize county municipal court shall 622
sit within the municipal corporations of Wapakoneta and St. Marys 623
and may sit in other incorporated areas in Auglaize county. 624
(F) At least one of the judges of the Miami county 626
municipal court shall sit within the municipal corporations of 627
Troy, Piqua, and Tipp City, and the judges may sit in other 628
incorporated areas of Miami county. 629
(G) The judge of the Crawford county municipal court shall 631
sit within the municipal corporations of Bucyrus and Galion and 632
may sit in other incorporated areas in Crawford county. 633
(H) The judge of the Jackson county municipal court shall 635
sit within the municipal corporations of Jackson and Wellston and 636
may sit in other incorporated areas in Jackson county. 637
(I) EACH JUDGE OF THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT 639
MAY SIT WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF LISBON, SALEM, OR 641
EAST PALESTINE UNTIL THE JUDGES JOINTLY SELECT A CENTRAL LOCATION 642
WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURT. WHEN THE
JUDGES SELECT A CENTRAL LOCATION, THE JUDGES SHALL SIT AT THAT 643
LOCATION.
(J) In any municipal court, other than the Hamilton county 645
municipal court, that has more than one judge, the decision for 646
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one or more judges to sit outside the corporate limits of the 647
municipal corporation shall be made by rule of the court as 648
provided in division (C) of sections 1901.14 and 1901.16 of the 649
Revised Code. 650
(J)(K) The assignment of a judge to sit in a municipal 652
corporation other than that in which the court is located does 653
not affect the jurisdiction of the mayor except as provided in 654
section 1905.01 of the Revised Code. 655
(K)(L) The judges of the Clermont county municipal court 657
may sit in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory 658
within Clermont county. 659
Sec. 1901.027. In addition to the territorial jurisdiction 668
conferred by section 1901.02 of the Revised Code, the municipal 669
courts established in Athens, Batavia, East Liverpool, 670
Gallipolis, Cincinnati, Ironton, Chesapeake, LISBON, Marietta, 671
Portsmouth, and Steubenville have jurisdiction beyond the north 672
or northwest shore of the Ohio river extending to the opposite 673
shore line, between the extended boundary lines of any adjacent 674
municipal courts or adjacent county courts. Each of the 675
municipal courts that is given jurisdiction on the Ohio river by 676
this section has concurrent jurisdiction on the Ohio river with 677
any adjacent municipal courts or adjacent county courts that 678
border on that river and with any court of Kentucky or of West 679
Virginia that borders on the Ohio river and that has jurisdiction 680
on the Ohio river under the law of Kentucky or the law of West 681
Virginia, whichever is applicable, or under federal law. 682
Sec. 1901.03. As used in this chapter: 691
(A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which 693
municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 694
1901.01 and 1901.02 of the Revised Code. 695
(B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative 697
authority of the municipal corporation in which a municipal 698
court, other than a county-operated municipal court, is located, 699
and means the respective board of county commissioners of the 700
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county in which a county-operated municipal court is located. 701
(C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the 703
municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a 704
county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the 705
respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the 706
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located. 707
(D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal 709
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a 710
county-operated municipal court, is located. 711
(E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal 713
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a 714
county-operated municipal court, is located. 715
(F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize 717
county, Clermont county, COLUMBIANA COUNTY, Crawford county, 719
Hamilton county, Hocking county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, 720
Madison county, Miami county, Ottawa county, Portage county, or 721
Wayne county municipal court. 722
(G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is 724
located" includes each municipal corporation named in section 725
1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a 726
judge sits pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code. 727
Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of, 736
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of 737
their terms shall be as follows: 738
In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be 740
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, 741
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time 742
judge shall be elected in 1975. 743
In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 745
be elected in 1953. 746
In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall 748
be elected in 1951. 749
In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall 751
be elected in 1953. 752
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In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge 754
shall be elected in 1967. 755
In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge 757
shall be elected in 1975. 758
In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall 760
be elected in 1957. 761
In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 763
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 764
1971. 765
In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall 767
be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 768
1979. 769
In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge 771
shall be elected in 1993. 772
In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall 774
be elected in 1951. 775
In the Berea municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 777
elected in 1957, term to commence on the first day of January 778
next after election, and one part-time judge shall be elected in 780
1981, term to commence on the second day of January next after 781
election. The part-time judge elected in 1987 whose term 782
commenced on January 1, 1988, shall serve until December 31,
1993, and the office of that judge is abolished, effective on the 783
earlier of December 31, 1993, or the date on which that judge 784
resigns, retires, or otherwise vacates judicial office. 785
In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge 787
shall be elected in 1983. 788
In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 790
elected in 1965. 791
In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall 793
be elected in 1951. 794
In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall 796
be elected in 1963. 797
In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 799
18
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, 800
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977. 801
In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 803
elected in 1957. 804
In the Champaign county municipal court, one part-time 806
judge shall be elected in 1983. 807
In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 809
be elected in 1963. 810
In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge 812
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 813
elected in 1977. 814
In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge 816
shall be elected in 1953. 817
In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge 819
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be 820
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield 821
municipal court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as 822
the judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 823
1988, until the end of their respective terms. 824
In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time 826
judges shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be 827
elected in 1999. 828
In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges 830
shall be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected 831
in 1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955. 832
In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time 834
judge shall be elected in 1957. 835
In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge 837
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington 838
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge 839
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until 840
the end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. 841
IN THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT, TWO FULL-TIME 843
JUDGES SHALL BE ELECTED IN 2001. 844
19
In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall 846
be elected in 1953. 847
In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 849
be elected in 1951. 850
In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge 852
shall be elected in 1977. 853
In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 855
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be 856
elected in 1967. 857
In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall 859
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days 860
beginning on the first day of January next after their election, 861
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to 862
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of 863
January next after their election. 864
In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 866
be elected in 1957. 867
In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall 869
be elected in 1953. 870
In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge 872
shall be elected in 1957. 873
In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge 875
shall be elected in 1953. 876
In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 878
elected in 1973. 879
In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 881
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 882
1973. 883
In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 885
elected in 1951. 886
In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall 888
be elected in 1977. 889
In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time 891
judge shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be 892
20
elected in 2005.
In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 894
be elected in 1989. 895
In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall 897
be elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 898
1993. 899
In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall 901
be elected in 1975. 902
In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall 904
be elected in 1951. 905
In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time 907
judges shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be 908
elected in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, 909
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge 911
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1997. 912
In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall 914
be elected in 1975. 915
In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge 917
shall be elected in 1981. 918
In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time 920
judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 921
elected in 1981. 922
In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 924
elected in 1963. 925
In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 927
be elected in 1953. 928
In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time 930
judges shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be 931
elected in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, 932
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of 933
judges of the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on 934
the first day of January next after their election, except that 935
the terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall 936
21
commence on January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the 937
terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall 938
commence on January 4, 1984, and January 5, 1984. 939
In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge 941
shall be elected in 1989. 942
In the Hillsboro municipal court, one part-time judge shall 944
be elected in 1957. 945
In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge 947
shall be elected in 1977. 948
In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 950
elected in 1967. 951
In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 953
be elected in 1951. 954
In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge 956
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the 958
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was 959
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court 960
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001. 961
In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall 963
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 964
1975. 965
In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall 967
be elected in 1955. 968
In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall 970
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 971
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the 972
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall 974
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the 975
end of those judges' terms. 976
In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge 978
shall be elected in 1981. 979
In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 981
be elected in 1955. 982
In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge 984
22
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 985
elected in 1971. 986
In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 988
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 989
1967. 990
In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 992
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 993
1973. 994
In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall 996
be elected in 1957. 997
In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge 999
shall be elected in 1981. 1,000
In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,002
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,003
1969. 1,004
In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,006
be elected in 1957. 1,007
In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,009
elected in 1951. 1,010
In the Marysville municipal court, one part-time judge 1,012
shall be elected in 1963. 1,013
In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 1,015
elected in 1965. 1,016
In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,018
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,019
1971. 1,020
In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,022
elected in 1963. 1,023
In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,025
elected in 1957. 1,026
In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,028
elected in 1971. 1,029
In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,031
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 1,032
23
elected in 1979. 1,033
In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge 1,035
shall be elected in 1951. 1,036
In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge 1,038
shall be elected in 1953. 1,039
In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge 1,041
shall be elected in 1951. 1,042
In the Napoleon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,044
be elected in 1963. 1,045
In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time 1,047
judge shall be elected in 1975. 1,048
In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 1,050
shall be elected in 1963. 1,051
In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,053
elected in 1951. 1,054
In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,056
be elected in 1975. 1,057
In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,059
be elected in 1953. 1,060
In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,062
be elected in 1989. 1,063
In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,065
elected in 1963. 1,066
In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,068
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port 1,069
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 1,070
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, 1,071
until the end of that judge's term.
In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,073
shall be elected in 1951. 1,074
In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,076
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, 1,077
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. 1,078
In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge 1,080
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shall be elected in 1977. 1,081
In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges 1,083
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be 1,084
elected in 1971. 1,085
In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge 1,087
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port 1,088
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 1,089
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, 1,090
until the end of that judge's term. 1,091
In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge 1,093
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 1,094
elected in 1985. 1,095
In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge 1,097
shall be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be 1,098
elected in 1971. 1,099
In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,101
be elected in 1953. 1,102
In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge 1,104
shall be elected in 1957. 1,105
In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 1,107
elected in 1957. 1,108
In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,110
elected in 1995. 1,111
In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge 1,113
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993, 1,114
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until 1,115
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on 1,116
January 1, 2000.
In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges 1,118
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be 1,119
elected in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the 1,120
Springfield municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the 1,121
judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, 1,122
until the end of their respective terms. 1,123
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In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,125
shall be elected in 1953. 1,126
In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,128
be elected in 1963. 1,129
In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,131
be elected in 1963. 1,132
In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,134
elected in 1953. 1,135
In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall 1,137
be elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1,138
1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. 1,139
In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one part-time judge 1,141
shall be elected in 1957. 1,142
In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,144
be elected in 1959. 1,145
In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,147
be elected in 1957. 1,148
In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,150
be elected in 1965. 1,151
In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,153
be elected in 1981. 1,154
In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,156
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,157
1971. 1,158
In the Washington Court House municipal court, one 1,160
full-time judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge 1,161
elected in 1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall 1,162
serve until December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is 1,163
abolished on January 1, 2000.
In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,165
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 1,166
elected in 1979. 1,167
In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge 1,169
shall be elected in 1951. 1,170
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In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge 1,172
shall be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the 1,173
Wilmington municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the 1,174
judge of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, 1,175
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. 1,176
In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,178
elected in 1977. 1,179
In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge 1,181
shall be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be 1,182
elected in 1953. 1,183
In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,185
shall be elected in 1953. 1,186
Sec. 1901.31. The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal 1,195
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have 1,196
powers and duties as follows: 1,197
(A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed 1,199
or elected as follows: 1,200
(1)(a) Except in the Akron, Medina, Clermont county, 1,202
Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal 1,204
courts, if the population of the territory equals or exceeds one 1,205
hundred thousand at the regular municipal election immediately 1,206
preceding the expiration of the term of the present clerk, the 1,207
clerk shall be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of 1,208
the territory in the manner that is provided for the nomination 1,209
and election of judges in section 1901.07 of the Revised Code. 1,210
The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six 1,212
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January 1,213
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's 1,214
successor is elected and qualified. 1,215
(b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of 1,217
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal 1,218
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the 1,219
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in 1,220
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners 1,221
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prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as 1,222
the clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the 1,223
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth 1,224
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common 1,225
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the 1,226
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of 1,227
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the 1,228
county treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to 1,229
the annual compensation that is received for the performance of 1,230
the duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided 1,231
in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. 1,232
(c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal 1,234
courts, the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county 1,235
shall be the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and 1,236
Wayne county municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy 1,237
clerk for each branch that is established pursuant to section 1,238
1901.311 of the Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges 1,239
of the municipal court determine are necessary, all of whom shall 1,240
receive the compensation that the legislative authority 1,241
prescribes. The clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne 1,242
county, acting as the clerks of the Portage county and Wayne 1,243
county municipal courts and assuming the duties of these offices, 1,244
shall receive compensation payable from the county treasury in 1,245
semimonthly installments at one-fourth the rate that is 1,246
prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas as determined 1,247
in accordance with the population of the county and the rates set 1,248
forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. 1,249
(d) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of 1,251
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for 1,252
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated 1,253
by primary election. The primary election shall be held on the 1,254
day specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the 1,255
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding section 1,256
3513.257 of the Revised Code, the nominating petitions of 1,257
28
independent candidates shall be signed by at least two hundred 1,258
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court. 1,259
The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and 1,261
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not 1,262
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of 1,263
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 1,264
or 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy 1,265
and petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the 1,266
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the 1,267
Revised Code. 1,268
If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed 1,270
by any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular 1,271
political party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron 1,272
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the 1,273
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to 1,274
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of 1,275
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a 1,276
particular political party for election to that office, a primary 1,277
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a 1,278
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the 1,279
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the 1,280
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. 1,281
Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating 1,283
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk 1,284
of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the 1,285
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following 1,286
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall 1,287
be submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the 1,288
court in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the 1,289
Revised Code for the election of the judges of the court. The 1,290
clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which 1,291
term shall commence on the first day of January following the 1,292
clerk's election and continue until the clerk's successor is 1,293
elected and qualified. 1,294
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(e) In the Clermont county municipal court, the clerk of 1,296
courts of Clermont county shall be the clerk of the municipal 1,297
court. The clerk of courts of Clermont county, acting as the 1,298
clerk of the Clermont county municipal court and assuming the 1,299
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth 1,300
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common 1,301
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the 1,302
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of 1,303
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the 1,304
county treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to 1,305
the annual compensation that is received for the performance of 1,306
the duties of the clerk of courts of Clermont county, as provided 1,307
in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. 1,308
(f) Irrespective of the population of the territory of the 1,310
Medina municipal court, the clerk of that court shall be 1,311
appointed pursuant to division (A)(2)(a) of this section by the 1,312
judges of that court, shall hold office until the clerk's 1,313
successor is similarly appointed and qualified, and shall receive 1,314
pursuant to division (C) of this section the annual compensation 1,315
that the legislative authority prescribes and that is payable in 1,316
semimonthly installments from the same sources and in the same 1,317
manner as provided in section 1901.11 of the Revised Code. 1,318
(2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, 1,320
COLUMBIANA COUNTY, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown municipal 1,321
courts, in a municipal court for which the population of the 1,324
territory is less than one hundred thousand and in the Medina
municipal court, the clerk shall be appointed by the court, and 1,326
the clerk shall hold office until the clerk's successor is 1,327
appointed and qualified.
(b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown 1,329
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office 1,330
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section. 1,331
(c) In the Auglaize county municipal court, the clerk of 1,333
courts of Auglaize county shall be the clerk of the municipal 1,334
30
court and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch that 1,335
is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised Code, 1,336
and assistant clerks as the judge of the court determines are 1,337
necessary, all of whom shall receive the compensation that the 1,338
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of 1,339
Auglaize county, acting as the clerk of the Auglaize county 1,340
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall 1,341
receive compensation payable from the county treasury in 1,342
semimonthly installments at one-fourth the rate that is 1,343
prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas as determined 1,344
in accordance with the population of the county and the rates set 1,345
forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. 1,346
(d) IN THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT, THE CLERK OF 1,350
COURTS OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY SHALL BE THE CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL 1,352
COURT, MAY APPOINT A CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK FOR EACH BRANCH OFFICE 1,353
THAT IS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 1901.311 OF THE REVISED 1,355
CODE, AND MAY APPOINT ANY ASSISTANT CLERKS THAT THE JUDGES OF THE 1,356
COURT DETERMINE ARE NECESSARY. ALL OF THE CHIEF DEPUTY CLERKS 1,357
AND ASSISTANT CLERKS SHALL RECEIVE THE COMPENSATION THAT THE
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY PRESCRIBES. THE CLERK OF COURTS OF 1,359
COLUMBIANA COUNTY, ACTING AS THE CLERK OF THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY 1,361
MUNICIPAL COURT AND ASSUMING THE DUTIES OF THAT OFFICE, SHALL 1,362
RECEIVE COMPENSATION PAYABLE FROM THE COUNTY TREASURY IN
SEMIMONTHLY INSTALLMENTS AT ONE-FOURTH THE RATE THAT IS 1,363
PRESCRIBED FOR THE CLERKS OF COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS AS DETERMINED 1,365
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POPULATION OF THE COUNTY AND THE RATES SET 1,366
FORTH IN SECTIONS 325.08 AND 325.18 OF THE REVISED CODE. 1,367
(3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to 1,369
illness, vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a 1,370
temporary clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have 1,372
the same authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk. 1,373
(B) Except in the Clermont county, Hamilton county, 1,375
Medina, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, if a 1,376
vacancy occurs in the office of the clerk of the Alliance, 1,377
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Lorain, Massillon, or Youngstown municipal court or occurs in the 1,378
office of the clerk of a municipal court for which the population 1,379
of the territory equals or exceeds one hundred thousand because 1,380
the clerk ceases to hold the office before the end of the clerk's 1,381
term or because a clerk-elect fails to take office, the vacancy 1,382
shall be filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by a 1,383
person chosen by the residents of the territory of the court who 1,384
are members of the county central committee of the political 1,385
party by which the last occupant of that office or the 1,386
clerk-elect was nominated. Not less than five nor more than 1,387
fifteen days after a vacancy occurs, those members of that county 1,388
central committee shall meet to make an appointment to fill the 1,389
vacancy. At least four days before the date of the meeting, the 1,390
chairperson or a secretary of the county central committee shall 1,391
notify each such member of that county central committee by first 1,392
class mail of the date, time, and place of the meeting and its 1,394
purpose. A majority of all such members of that county central 1,395
committee constitutes a quorum, and a majority of the quorum is 1,396
required to make the appointment. If the office so vacated was 1,397
occupied or was to be occupied by a person not nominated at a 1,398
primary election, or if the appointment was not made by the 1,399
committee members in accordance with this division, the court 1,400
shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy. A successor shall 1,401
be elected to fill the office for the unexpired term at the first 1,402
municipal election that is held more than one hundred twenty days 1,403
after the vacancy occurred. 1,404
(C) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county 1,406
OR COLUMBIANA COUNTY municipal court, for which the population of 1,408
the territory is less than one hundred thousand and in the Medina 1,409
municipal court, the clerk of a municipal court shall receive the 1,411
annual compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. 1,412
In a municipal court, other than the Clermont county, Hamilton 1,413
county, Medina, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal 1,415
courts, for which the population of the territory is one hundred 1,416
32
thousand or more, the clerk of a municipal court shall receive 1,417
annual compensation in a sum equal to eighty-five per cent of the 1,418
salary of a judge of the court. The compensation is payable in 1,419
semimonthly installments from the same sources and in the same 1,420
manner as provided in section 1901.11 of the Revised Code. 1,421
(D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office, 1,423
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than 1,424
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court, 1,425
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties. 1,426
(E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the 1,428
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue 1,429
executions upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a 1,430
judgment for unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of 1,431
the court to all writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing 1,432
out of the court; and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, 1,433
and undertakings fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The 1,434
clerk may refuse to accept for filing any pleading or paper 1,435
submitted for filing by a person who has been found to be a 1,436
vexatious litigator under section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and 1,437
who has failed to obtain leave to proceed under that section. 1,438
The clerk shall do all of the following: file and safely keep 1,439
all journals, records, books, and papers belonging or 1,440
appertaining to the court; record the proceedings of the court; 1,441
perform all other duties that the judges of the court may 1,442
prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts and 1,443
disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection at 1,444
all times.
The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a 1,446
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all 1,447
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the 1,448
docket, the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of 1,449
an action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the 1,450
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates, 1,451
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of 1,452
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summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings. 1,453
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders, 1,454
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the 1,455
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may 1,456
order an extended record of any of the above to be made and 1,457
entered, under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the 1,458
request of any party to the case, the expense of which record may 1,459
be taxed as costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by 1,460
the party demanding the record, upon order of the court. 1,461
(F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect, 1,463
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other 1,464
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The 1,465
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or 1,466
officers, and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, 1,467
and other moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 1,468
3375.50 and 4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section 1,470
of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner of 1,471
disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court and 1,472
except for the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa 1,473
county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received 1,474
for violation of municipal ordinances into the treasury of the 1,475
municipal corporation the ordinance of which was violated and 1,476
shall pay all fines received for violation of township 1,477
resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code 1,478
into the treasury of the township the resolution of which was 1,479
violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of the 1,480
Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa
county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent of 1,481
the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and 1,482
fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township 1,483
resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code 1,484
into the treasury of the county. Subject to sections 3375.50, 1,485
3375.53, 4511.99, and 5503.04 of the Revised Code and to any 1,486
other section of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner 1,487
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of disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court, the 1,488
clerk shall pay all fines collected for the violation of state 1,489
laws into the county treasury. Except in a county-operated 1,490
municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and fees the 1,491
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the 1,492
Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a 1,493
county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the 1,494
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the 1,495
Revised Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as 1,496
security for costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The 1,497
clerk shall keep a separate account of all receipts and 1,498
disbursements in civil and criminal cases, which shall be a 1,499
permanent public record of the office. On the expiration of the 1,500
term of the clerk, the clerk shall deliver the records to the 1,501
clerk's successor. The clerk shall have other powers and duties 1,502
as are prescribed by rule or order of the court. 1,503
(G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted 1,505
on the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be 1,506
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and 1,507
loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised 1,508
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon 1,509
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, 1,510
in a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid 1,511
into the treasury of the county in which the court is located. 1,512
On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk 1,514
shall make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that 1,515
were finally determined more than one year past in which there 1,516
remains unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or 1,517
any part of a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the 1,518
costs in the case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to 1,519
the parties who are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys 1,520
of record. All the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day 1,521
of April of each year shall be paid by the clerk to the city 1,522
treasurer, except that, in a county-operated municipal court, the 1,523
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moneys shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the 1,524
court is located. The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys 1,526
at any time to the person who has the right to the moneys upon 1,527
proper certification of the clerk.
(H) Deputy clerks may be appointed by the clerk and shall 1,529
receive the compensation, payable in semimonthly installments out 1,530
of the city treasury, that the clerk may prescribe, except that 1,531
the compensation of any deputy clerk of a county-operated 1,532
municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury of the county 1,533
in which the court is located. Each deputy clerk shall take an 1,534
oath of office before entering upon the duties of the deputy 1,535
clerk's office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties 1,536
appertaining to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require 1,537
any of the deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three 1,538
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the 1,539
deputy clerk's duties.
(I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the 1,541
population of the territory of a municipal court falls below one 1,542
hundred thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the 1,543
population of the territory prior to the most recent regular 1,544
federal census exceeded one hundred thousand, the legislative 1,545
authority of the municipal corporation may declare, by 1,546
resolution, that the territory shall be considered to have a 1,547
population of at least one hundred thousand. 1,548
(J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at 1,550
all sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in 1,551
the courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors 1,552
and receive verdicts. 1,553
Sec. 1901.34. (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and 1,562
(D) of this section, the village solicitor, city director of law, 1,563
or similar chief legal officer for each municipal corporation 1,564
within the territory of a municipal court shall prosecute all 1,565
cases brought before the municipal court for criminal offenses 1,566
occurring within the municipal corporation for which he THAT 1,567
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PERSON is the solicitor, director of law, or similar chief legal 1,569
officer. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the 1,570
village solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal 1,571
officer of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court 1,572
is located shall prosecute all criminal cases brought before the 1,573
court arising in the unincorporated areas within the territory of 1,574
the municipal court. 1,575
(B) The Auglaize county, Clermont county, Hocking county, 1,577
Jackson county, Ottawa county, and Portage county prosecuting 1,578
attorneys shall prosecute in municipal court all violations of 1,579
state law arising in their respective counties. The Crawford 1,580
county, Hamilton county, Madison county, and Wayne county 1,581
prosecuting attorneys shall prosecute all violations of state law 1,582
arising within the unincorporated areas of their respective 1,583
counties. THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY SHALL 1,584
PROSECUTE IN THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT ALL VIOLATIONS 1,585
OF STATE LAW ARISING IN THE COUNTY, EXCEPT FOR VIOLATIONS ARISING 1,586
IN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF EAST LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL 1,587
TOWNSHIP, OR ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP. 1,588
The prosecuting attorney of any county given the duty of 1,590
prosecuting in municipal court violations of state law shall 1,591
receive no additional compensation for assuming these additional 1,592
duties, except that the prosecuting attorney of Hamilton, 1,593
Portage, and Wayne counties shall receive compensation at the 1,594
rate of four thousand eight hundred dollars per year, and the 1,595
prosecuting attorney of Auglaize county shall receive 1,596
compensation at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars 1,597
per year, each payable from the county treasury of the respective 1,598
counties in semimonthly installments. 1,599
(C) The village solicitor, city director of law, or 1,601
similar chief legal officer shall perform the same duties, 1,602
insofar as they are applicable to him THE VILLAGE SOLICITOR, CITY 1,603
DIRECTOR OF LAW, OR SIMILAR CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, as are required 1,604
of the prosecuting attorney of the county. He THE VILLAGE 1,605
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SOLICITOR, CITY DIRECTOR OF LAW, SIMILAR CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER or 1,606
his ANY assistants whom he WHO may appoint BE APPOINTED shall 1,608
receive for such services additional compensation to be paid from 1,609
the treasury of the county as the board of county commissioners 1,610
prescribes.
(D) The prosecuting attorney of any county, other than 1,612
Auglaize, Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, Ottawa, or Portage county, 1,613
may enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation in the 1,614
county in which he THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY serves pursuant to 1,615
which the prosecuting attorney prosecutes all criminal cases 1,617
brought before the municipal court that has territorial 1,618
jurisdiction over that municipal corporation for criminal 1,619
offenses occurring within the municipal corporation. The 1,620
prosecuting attorney of Auglaize, Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, 1,621
Ottawa, or Portage county may enter into an agreement with any 1,622
municipal corporation in the county in which he THE PROSECUTING 1,623
ATTORNEY serves pursuant to which the respective prosecuting 1,624
attorney prosecutes all cases brought before the Auglaize, 1,625
Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, Ottawa, or Portage county municipal 1,626
court for violations of the ordinances of the municipal 1,627
corporation or for criminal offenses other than violations of 1,628
state law occurring within the municipal corporation. For 1,629
prosecuting these cases, the prosecuting attorney and the 1,630
municipal corporation may agree upon a fee to be paid by the 1,631
municipal corporation, which fee shall be paid into the county 1,632
treasury, to be used to cover expenses of the office of the 1,633
prosecuting attorney. 1,634
Sec. 1907.011. In addition to the territorial jurisdiction 1,643
conferred by section 1907.01 of the Revised Code, the county 1,644
courts of Adams, Belmont, Brown, Columbiana, Jefferson, Meigs, 1,645
and Monroe counties have jurisdiction beyond the north or 1,647
northwest shore of the Ohio river extending to the opposite shore 1,648
line, between the boundary lines of any adjacent municipal courts 1,649
or adjacent county courts. Each of the county courts that is
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given jurisdiction on the Ohio river by this section has 1,650
concurrent jurisdiction on the Ohio river with any adjacent 1,651
municipal courts or adjacent county courts that border on that 1,652
river and with any court of Kentucky or of West Virginia that 1,653
borders on the Ohio river and that has jurisdiction on the Ohio
river under the law of Kentucky or the law of West Virginia, 1,654
whichever is applicable, or under federal law. 1,655
Sec. 1907.11. (A) Each county court district shall have 1,665
the following county court judges, to be elected as follows: 1,666
In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,668
be elected in 1982. 1,669
In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge 1,671
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,672
elected in 1982. 1,673
In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge 1,675
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,676
and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,677
commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,678
In the Brown county county court, two part-time judges 1,680
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995, 1,681
and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,682
In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge 1,684
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,685
and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,686
commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,687
In the Carroll county county court, one part-time judge 1,689
shall be elected in 1982. 1,690
In the Columbiana county county court, one part-time judge 1,692
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,693
and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,694
commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,695
In the Darke county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,697
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in 1,698
1982. 1,699
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In the Erie county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,701
be elected in 1982. 1,702
In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge 1,704
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,705
elected in 1982. 1,706
In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge 1,708
shall be elected in 1982. 1,709
In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge 1,711
shall be elected in 1982. 1,712
In the Holmes county county court, one part-time judge 1,714
shall be elected in 1982. 1,715
In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge 1,717
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,718
and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,719
commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,720
In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge 1,722
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,723
and three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,724
commence on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1,725
1995, respectively. 1,726
In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,728
be elected in 1982. 1,729
In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge 1,731
shall be elected in 1982. 1,732
In the Montgomery county county court, three-time judge 1,734
PART-TIME JUDGES shall be elected in 1998, term TERMS to commence 1,735
on January 1, 1999, January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, 1,737
respectively, and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, 1,738
terms to commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, 1,739
respectively.
In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge 1,741
shall be elected in 1982. 1,742
In the Morrow county county court, one part-time judge 1,744
shall be elected in 1982. 1,745
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In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge 1,747
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,748
elected in 1982. 1,749
In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,751
be elected in 1982. 1,752
In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge 1,754
shall be elected in 1982. 1,755
In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,757
be elected in 1982. 1,758
In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,760
be elected in 1982. 1,761
In the Putnam county county court, one part-time judge 1,763
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,764
elected in 1982. 1,765
In the Sandusky county county court, two part-time judges 1,767
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995, 1,768
and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,769
In the Trumbull county county court, one part-time judge 1,771
shall be elected in 1992, and one part-time judge shall be 1,772
elected in 1994. 1,773
In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge 1,775
shall be elected in 1982. 1,776
In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge 1,778
shall be elected in 1982. 1,779
In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge 1,781
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,782
elected in 1982. 1,783
(B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next 1,785
regular election for a county court judge as provided in section 1,786
1907.13 of the Revised Code. 1,787
(2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from, 1,789
forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled 1,790
in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as 1,791
provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code. 1,792
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Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1,794
1901.021, 1901.027, 1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.011, 1,795
and 1907.11 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. 1,796
Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act, except for 1,798
section 1901.08 of the Revised Code, shall take effect on January 1,799
1, 2002. Section 1901.08 of the Revised Code, as amended by this 1,800
act, shall take effect at the earliest time permitted by law. 1,801
Section 4. Effective January 1, 2002, the Columbiana 1,803
County County Court is abolished. All causes, judgments, 1,804
executions, and other proceedings pending in the Columbiana 1,805
County County Court at the close of business as of December 31, 1,806
2001, shall be transferred to and proceed in the Columbiana 1,807
County Municipal Court as if originally instituted in the 1,808
Columbiana County Municipal Court. Parties to those causes, 1,809
judgments, executions, and proceedings may make any amendments to 1,810
their pleadings that are required to conform them to the rules of 1,811
the Columbiana County Municipal Court. The Clerk of the 1,812
Columbiana County County Court or other custodian shall transfer 1,813
to the Columbiana County Municipal Court all pleadings, orders, 1,814
entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, books, exhibits, files, 1,816
moneys, property, and persons that belong to, are in the
possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction of the 1,817
Columbiana County County Court, or any officer of that court, at 1,818
the close of business on December 31, 2001, and that pertain to 1,819
those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings. 1,820
Effective January 1, 2002, the three part-time judgeships 1,822
in the Columbiana County County Court are abolished. 1,823