As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Sub. H. B. No. 599 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES LOGAN-WOMER BENJAMIN-DePIERO-FERDERBER- 8
WILLAMOWSKI-REDFERN-WILSON-BARNES-SALERNO-DISTEL-JONES- 9
KRUPINSKI-HARTNETT-JERSE-STEVENS-SENATOR CUPP 10
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A B I L L
To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 14
1901.027, 1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 15
1907.011, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code to
create the Columbiana County Municipal Court on 16
January 1, 2002, to establish two full-time 17
judgeships in that court, to abolish the 18
Columbiana County County Court on that date, and
to replace the part-time judge of the Champaign 19
County Municipal Court with a full-time judge to 20
be elected in 2001.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 22
Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 24
1901.027, 1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.011, and 25
1907.11 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: 26
Sec. 1901.01. (A) There is hereby established a municipal 35
court in each of the following municipal corporations: 36
Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake, 38
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling 40
Green, Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Celina, 41
Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville, 42
Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton, 43
Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East 44
Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay, 45
Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights, 46
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Girard, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron, Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, 47
Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lima, Logan, London, 48
Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta, Marion, Marysville, 49
Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor, Miamisburg, Middletown, 51
Mount Vernon, Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, 52
Niles, Norwalk, Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, Painesville, Parma, 53
Perrysburg, Port Clinton, Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, 54
Sandusky, Shaker Heights, Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, 55
Springfield, Steubenville, Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, 56
Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana, Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, 57
Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City of Washington in Fayette 58
county, to be known as Washington Court House, Willoughby, 59
Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and Zanesville. 60
(B) There is hereby established a municipal court within 62
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation 64
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is 65
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county
municipal court. The municipal court established by this 66
division is a continuation of the municipal court previously 67
established in Batavia by this section before the enactment of 68
this division.
(C) THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A MUNICIPAL COURT WITHIN 79
COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN LISBON OR IN ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION 80
OR UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY WITHIN COLUMBIANA COUNTY, EXCEPT THE 81
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF EAST LIVERPOOL OR LIVERPOOL OR ST. CLAIR 82
TOWNSHIP, THAT IS SELECTED BY THE JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT 83
PURSUANT TO DIVISION (I) OF SECTION 1901.021 OF THE REVISED CODE. 84
Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by 85
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the 86
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or, 87
for the Clermont county municipal court, within the municipal 88
corporation or unincorporated territory in which it is 89
established, and are courts of record. Each of the courts shall 90
be styled ".................................. municipal court," 91
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inserting the name of the municipal corporation, except the 92
following courts, which shall be styled as set forth below: 93
(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that 95
shall be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal 96
court"; 97
(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that 99
shall be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal 100
court"; 101
(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall 103
be styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court"; 104
(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall 106
be styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court"; 107
(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall 109
be styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court"; 110
(6) The municipal court established in London that shall 112
be styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court"; 113
(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall 115
be styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court"; 116
(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall 118
be styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court"; 119
(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that 121
shall be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal 122
court"; 123
(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be 125
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court"; 126
(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall 128
be styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court"; 129
(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall 131
be styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court"; 132
(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall 134
be styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court"; 135
(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall 137
be styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court"; 138
(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that 140
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shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court"; 141
(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall 143
be styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court"; 144
(17) The municipal court established within Clermont 146
county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or 147
unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is selected 148
by the legislative authority of that court that shall be styled 150
and known as the "Clermont county municipal court";
(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that, 152
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton 153
county municipal court"; 154
(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that 156
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court"; 157
(20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that, 159
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the 161
"Fairfield county municipal court";
(21) THE MUNICIPAL COURT ESTABLISHED WITHIN COLUMBIANA 163
COUNTY IN LISBON OR IN ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR 164
UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY SELECTED PURSUANT TO DIVISION (I) OF 165
SECTION 1901.021 OF THE REVISED CODE, THAT SHALL BE STYLED AND 167
KNOWN AS THE "COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT."
(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division 169
(A) of this section, the municipal courts established by section 170
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows: 171
The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath, 173
Northampton, Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the 174
municipal corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in 175
Summit county. 176
The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within 178
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark 179
county. 180
The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland 182
county. 183
The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within 185
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Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county. 186
The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within 188
Athens county. 189
The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within 191
Auglaize county. 192
The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the 194
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county. 195
The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within 197
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley 198
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and 199
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in 200
Summit county. 201
The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the 203
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow, 204
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange, 205
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within 206
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county. 207
The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within 209
Logan county. 210
The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme 212
and Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in 213
Sandusky county. 214
The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the 216
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, 217
Brook Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted 218
township, in Cuyahoga county. 219
The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within 221
the municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, 222
Custar, Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, 223
Milton Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun, 224
Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom, 225
Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton, 226
Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston 227
townships in Wood county. 228
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The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams 230
county. 231
The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within 233
Guernsey county. 234
The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within 236
Coitsville township in Mahoning county. 237
The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton, 239
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in 240
Stark county. 241
The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer 243
county. 244
The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction 246
within Champaign county. 247
The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga 249
county. 250
The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within 252
Ross county. 253
The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within 255
Pickaway county. 256
The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within 258
Clark county. 259
The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within 261
Clermont county. 262
The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the 264
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county. 265
Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court 267
has jurisdiction within Clinton county. 268
THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT HAS JURISDICTION 270
WITHIN ALL OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY EXCEPT WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL 271
CORPORATION OF EAST LIVERPOOL AND EXCEPT WITHIN LIVERPOOL AND ST. 273
CLAIR TOWNSHIPS.
The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within 275
Coshocton county. 276
The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within 278
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Crawford county. 279
The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within 281
Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg 282
townships, and within the municipal corporations of Boston 283
Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, 284
Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and 285
Macedonia, in Summit county. 286
The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within 288
Defiance county. 289
The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within 291
Delaware county. 292
The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within 294
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county. 295
The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble 297
county. 298
The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the 300
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North 301
Ridgeville, and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, 302
Grafton, and LaGrange townships, in Lorain county. 303
The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the 305
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and 306
Beavercreek townships in Greene county. 307
Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal 309
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county. 310
The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 312
Hancock county except within Washington township. 313
The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon 315
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington 316
township in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood 317
county. 318
The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within 320
Franklin township in Warren county. 321
The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within 323
Franklin county. 324
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The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within 326
Ballville and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county. 327
The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within 329
Gallia county. 330
The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction 332
within the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, 333
Valley View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, 334
and Brecksville in Cuyahoga county. 335
The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty, 337
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county. 338
The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross 340
and St. Clair townships in Butler county. 341
The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within 343
Hamilton county. 344
The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within 346
Hardin county. 347
The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all 349
of Highland county except within Madison township. 350
The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within 352
Hocking county. 353
The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 355
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal 356
corporation of Sandusky. 357
The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid, 359
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington 360
townships in Lawrence county. 361
The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within 363
Jackson county. 364
The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the 366
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within 367
Washington township, in Montgomery county. 368
Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has 371
jurisdiction within Fairfield county. 372
The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within 374
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the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and 375
Windsor in Lawrence county. 376
The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within 378
Turtlecreek township in Warren county. 379
The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within 381
Licking county. 382
The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen 384
county. 385
The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the 387
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield 388
township, in Lorain county. 389
The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the 391
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, 392
Mayfield, Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga 393
county. 394
The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within 396
Madison county. 397
The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within 399
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy, 400
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships, 401
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in 402
Richland county. 403
The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within 405
Washington county. 406
The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion 408
county. 409
The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within 411
Union county. 412
The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield 414
township in Warren county. 415
The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within 417
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson 418
townships in Stark county. 419
The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the 421
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municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within 422
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of 423
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the 424
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county. 425
The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the 427
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick, 428
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of 429
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette, 430
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York 431
townships, in Medina county. 432
The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the 434
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county. 435
The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within 437
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of 438
Bradford that is located in Darke county. 439
The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the 441
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and 442
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county. 443
The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within 445
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within 446
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county. 447
The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within 449
Knox county. 450
The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry 452
county. 453
The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction 455
within the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, 456
Bucks, Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, 457
Franklin, Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in 458
Tuscarawas county. 459
The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within 461
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington, 462
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county. 463
The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the 465
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municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield 466
township in Trumbull county. 467
The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 469
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue 470
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships. 471
The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the 473
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South 474
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden, 475
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and 476
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except 477
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county. 478
The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the 480
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem 481
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake 482
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the 483
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the 484
Toledo municipal court. 485
The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within 487
Ottawa county. 488
The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within 490
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake 491
county. 492
The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the 494
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, 495
North Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn 496
Heights in Cuyahoga county. 497
The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the 499
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford, 500
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, 501
in Wood county. 502
The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within 504
Portage county. 505
The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within 507
Scioto county. 508
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The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the 510
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park, 511
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga 512
county. 513
The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the 515
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within 516
Perkins township, in Erie county. 517
The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within 519
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood, 520
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county. 521
The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon, 523
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within 524
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in 525
Richland county. 526
The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby 528
county. 529
The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the 531
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland, 532
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county. 533
The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the 535
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within 536
Sylvania, Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within 537
those portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships 538
lying north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, 539
in Lucas county. 540
The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, 542
Big Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, 543
Reed, Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca 544
county. 545
The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within 547
Washington township, and within the municipal corporation of 548
Ottawa Hills, in Lucas county. 549
The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within 551
Wyandot county. 552
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The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the 554
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and 555
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery 556
county. 557
The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van 559
Wert county. 560
The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the 562
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all 563
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of 564
Lorain, in Lorain county. 565
The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the 567
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and 568
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, 569
Sharon, Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county. 570
The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren 572
and Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except 573
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county. 574
The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction 576
within Fayette county. 577
The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within 579
Wayne county. 580
The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the 582
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick, 583
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill, 584
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake 585
county. 586
Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has 588
jurisdiction within Clinton county. 589
The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within 591
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross, 592
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in 593
Greene county. 594
(C) As used in this section: 596
(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but 598
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not limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is 599
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that 600
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is 601
governmentally a part of the township. 602
(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land 604
within the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation 605
and any townships that are coextensive with the municipal 606
corporation. 607
Sec. 1901.021. (A) The judge or judges of any municipal 616
court established under division (A) of section 1901.01 of the 617
Revised Code having territorial jurisdiction outside the 618
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is 619
located may sit outside the corporate limits of the municipal 620
corporation within the area of its territorial jurisdiction. 621
(B) Two or more of the judges of the Hamilton county 623
municipal court shall be assigned by the presiding judge of the 624
court to sit outside the municipal corporation of Cincinnati. 625
(C) Two of the judges of the Portage county municipal 627
court shall sit within the municipal corporation of Ravenna, and 628
one of the judges shall sit within the municipal corporation of 629
Kent. The judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Portage 630
county. 631
(D) One of the judges of the Wayne county municipal court 633
shall sit within the municipal corporation of Wooster, and one 634
shall sit within the municipal corporation of Orrville. Both 635
judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Wayne county. 636
(E) The judge of the Auglaize county municipal court shall 638
sit within the municipal corporations of Wapakoneta and St. Marys 639
and may sit in other incorporated areas in Auglaize county. 640
(F) At least one of the judges of the Miami county 642
municipal court shall sit within the municipal corporations of 643
Troy, Piqua, and Tipp City, and the judges may sit in other 644
incorporated areas of Miami county. 645
(G) The judge of the Crawford county municipal court shall 647
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sit within the municipal corporations of Bucyrus and Galion and 648
may sit in other incorporated areas in Crawford county. 649
(H) The judge of the Jackson county municipal court shall 651
sit within the municipal corporations of Jackson and Wellston and 652
may sit in other incorporated areas in Jackson county. 653
(I) EACH JUDGE OF THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT 655
MAY SIT WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF LISBON, SALEM, OR 657
EAST PALESTINE UNTIL THE JUDGES JOINTLY SELECT A CENTRAL LOCATION 658
WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURT. WHEN THE
JUDGES SELECT A CENTRAL LOCATION, THE JUDGES SHALL SIT AT THAT 659
LOCATION.
(J) In any municipal court, other than the Hamilton county 661
municipal court, that has more than one judge, the decision for 662
one or more judges to sit outside the corporate limits of the 663
municipal corporation shall be made by rule of the court as 664
provided in division (C) of sections 1901.14 and 1901.16 of the 665
Revised Code. 666
(J)(K) The assignment of a judge to sit in a municipal 668
corporation other than that in which the court is located does 669
not affect the jurisdiction of the mayor except as provided in 670
section 1905.01 of the Revised Code. 671
(K)(L) The judges of the Clermont county municipal court 673
may sit in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory 674
within Clermont county. 675
Sec. 1901.027. In addition to the territorial jurisdiction 684
conferred by section 1901.02 of the Revised Code, the municipal 685
courts established in Athens, Batavia, East Liverpool, 686
Gallipolis, Cincinnati, Ironton, Chesapeake, Marietta, 687
Portsmouth, and Steubenville AND THE MUNICIPAL COURT ESTABLISHED 688
WITHIN COLUMBIANA COUNTY THAT IS DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (C) OF 689
SECTION 1901.01 OF THE REVISED CODE have jurisdiction beyond the 690
north or northwest shore of the Ohio river extending to the 691
opposite shore line, between the extended boundary lines of any 692
adjacent municipal courts or adjacent county courts. Each of the 693
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municipal courts that is given jurisdiction on the Ohio river by 694
this section has concurrent jurisdiction on the Ohio river with 695
any adjacent municipal courts or adjacent county courts that 696
border on that river and with any court of Kentucky or of West 697
Virginia that borders on the Ohio river and that has jurisdiction 698
on the Ohio river under the law of Kentucky or the law of West 699
Virginia, whichever is applicable, or under federal law. 700
Sec. 1901.03. As used in this chapter: 709
(A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which 711
municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 712
1901.01 and 1901.02 of the Revised Code. 713
(B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative 715
authority of the municipal corporation in which a municipal 716
court, other than a county-operated municipal court, is located, 717
and means the respective board of county commissioners of the 718
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located. 719
(C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the 721
municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a 722
county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the 723
respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the 724
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located. 725
(D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal 727
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a 728
county-operated municipal court, is located. 729
(E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal 731
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a 732
county-operated municipal court, is located. 733
(F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize 735
county, Clermont county, COLUMBIANA COUNTY, Crawford county, 737
Hamilton county, Hocking county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, 738
Madison county, Miami county, Ottawa county, Portage county, or 739
Wayne county municipal court. 740
(G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is 742
located" includes each municipal corporation named in section 743
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1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a 744
judge sits pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code. 745
Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of, 754
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of 755
their terms shall be as follows: 756
In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be 758
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, 759
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time 760
judge shall be elected in 1975. 761
In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 763
be elected in 1953. 764
In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall 766
be elected in 1951. 767
In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall 769
be elected in 1953. 770
In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge 772
shall be elected in 1967. 773
In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge 775
shall be elected in 1975. 776
In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall 778
be elected in 1957. 779
In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 781
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 782
1971. 783
In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall 785
be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 786
1979. 787
In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge 789
shall be elected in 1993. 790
In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall 792
be elected in 1951. 793
In the Berea municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 795
elected in 1957, term to commence on the first day of January 796
next after election, and one part-time judge shall be elected in 798
18
1981, term to commence on the second day of January next after 799
election. The part-time judge elected in 1987 whose term 800
commenced on January 1, 1988, shall serve until December 31,
1993, and the office of that judge is abolished, effective on the 801
earlier of December 31, 1993, or the date on which that judge 802
resigns, retires, or otherwise vacates judicial office. 803
In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge 805
shall be elected in 1983. 806
In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 808
elected in 1965. 809
In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall 811
be elected in 1951. 812
In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall 814
be elected in 1963. 815
In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 817
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, 818
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977. 819
In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 821
elected in 1957. 822
In the Champaign county municipal court, one part-time 824
FULL-TIME judge shall be elected in 1983 2001. 825
In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 827
be elected in 1963. 828
In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge 830
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 831
elected in 1977. 832
In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge 834
shall be elected in 1953. 835
In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge 837
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be 838
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield 839
municipal court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as 840
the judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 841
1988, until the end of their respective terms. 842
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In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time 844
judges shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be 845
elected in 1999. 846
In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges 848
shall be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected 849
in 1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955. 850
In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time 852
judge shall be elected in 1957. 853
In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge 855
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington 856
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge 857
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until 858
the end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. 859
IN THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT, TWO FULL-TIME 861
JUDGES SHALL BE ELECTED IN 2001. 862
In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall 864
be elected in 1953. 865
In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 867
be elected in 1951. 868
In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge 870
shall be elected in 1977. 871
In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 873
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be 874
elected in 1967. 875
In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall 877
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days 878
beginning on the first day of January next after their election, 879
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to 880
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of 881
January next after their election. 882
In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 884
be elected in 1957. 885
In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall 887
be elected in 1953. 888
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In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge 890
shall be elected in 1957. 891
In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge 893
shall be elected in 1953. 894
In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 896
elected in 1973. 897
In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 899
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 900
1973. 901
In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 903
elected in 1951. 904
In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall 906
be elected in 1977. 907
In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time 909
judge shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be 910
elected in 2005.
In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 912
be elected in 1989. 913
In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall 915
be elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 916
1993. 917
In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall 919
be elected in 1975. 920
In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall 922
be elected in 1951. 923
In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time 925
judges shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be 926
elected in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, 927
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge 929
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1997. 930
In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall 932
be elected in 1975. 933
In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge 935
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shall be elected in 1981. 936
In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time 938
judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 939
elected in 1981. 940
In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 942
elected in 1963. 943
In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 945
be elected in 1953. 946
In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time 948
judges shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be 949
elected in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, 950
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of 951
judges of the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on 952
the first day of January next after their election, except that 953
the terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall 954
commence on January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the 955
terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall 956
commence on January 4, 1984, and January 5, 1984. 957
In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge 959
shall be elected in 1989. 960
In the Hillsboro municipal court, one part-time judge shall 962
be elected in 1957. 963
In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge 965
shall be elected in 1977. 966
In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 968
elected in 1967. 969
In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 971
be elected in 1951. 972
In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge 974
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the 976
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was 977
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court 978
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001. 979
In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall 981
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be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 982
1975. 983
In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall 985
be elected in 1955. 986
In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall 988
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 989
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the 990
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall 992
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the 993
end of those judges' terms. 994
In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge 996
shall be elected in 1981. 997
In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 999
be elected in 1955. 1,000
In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,002
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 1,003
elected in 1971. 1,004
In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,006
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,007
1967. 1,008
In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,010
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,011
1973. 1,012
In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,014
be elected in 1957. 1,015
In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,017
shall be elected in 1981. 1,018
In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,020
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,021
1969. 1,022
In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,024
be elected in 1957. 1,025
In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,027
elected in 1951. 1,028
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In the Marysville municipal court, one part-time judge 1,030
shall be elected in 1963. 1,031
In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 1,033
elected in 1965. 1,034
In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,036
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,037
1971. 1,038
In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,040
elected in 1963. 1,041
In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,043
elected in 1957. 1,044
In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,046
elected in 1971. 1,047
In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,049
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 1,050
elected in 1979. 1,051
In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge 1,053
shall be elected in 1951. 1,054
In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge 1,056
shall be elected in 1953. 1,057
In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge 1,059
shall be elected in 1951. 1,060
In the Napoleon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,062
be elected in 1963. 1,063
In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time 1,065
judge shall be elected in 1975. 1,066
In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 1,068
shall be elected in 1963. 1,069
In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,071
elected in 1951. 1,072
In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,074
be elected in 1975. 1,075
In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,077
be elected in 1953. 1,078
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In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,080
be elected in 1989. 1,081
In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,083
elected in 1963. 1,084
In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,086
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port 1,087
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 1,088
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, 1,089
until the end of that judge's term.
In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,091
shall be elected in 1951. 1,092
In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,094
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, 1,095
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. 1,096
In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge 1,098
shall be elected in 1977. 1,099
In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges 1,101
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be 1,102
elected in 1971. 1,103
In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge 1,105
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port 1,106
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 1,107
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, 1,108
until the end of that judge's term. 1,109
In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge 1,111
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 1,112
elected in 1985. 1,113
In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge 1,115
shall be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be 1,116
elected in 1971. 1,117
In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,119
be elected in 1953. 1,120
In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge 1,122
shall be elected in 1957. 1,123
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In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 1,125
elected in 1957. 1,126
In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,128
elected in 1995. 1,129
In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge 1,131
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993, 1,132
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until 1,133
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on 1,134
January 1, 2000.
In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges 1,136
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be 1,137
elected in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the 1,138
Springfield municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the 1,139
judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, 1,140
until the end of their respective terms. 1,141
In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,143
shall be elected in 1953. 1,144
In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,146
be elected in 1963. 1,147
In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,149
be elected in 1963. 1,150
In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,152
elected in 1953. 1,153
In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall 1,155
be elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1,156
1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. 1,157
In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one part-time judge 1,159
shall be elected in 1957. 1,160
In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,162
be elected in 1959. 1,163
In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,165
be elected in 1957. 1,166
In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,168
be elected in 1965. 1,169
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In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,171
be elected in 1981. 1,172
In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,174
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,175
1971. 1,176
In the Washington Court House municipal court, one 1,178
full-time judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge 1,179
elected in 1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall 1,180
serve until December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is 1,181
abolished on January 1, 2000.
In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,183
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 1,184
elected in 1979. 1,185
In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge 1,187
shall be elected in 1951. 1,188
In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge 1,190
shall be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the 1,191
Wilmington municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the 1,192
judge of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, 1,193
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. 1,194
In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,196
elected in 1977. 1,197
In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge 1,199
shall be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be 1,200
elected in 1953. 1,201
In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,203
shall be elected in 1953. 1,204
Sec. 1901.31. The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal 1,213
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have 1,214
powers and duties as follows: 1,215
(A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed 1,217
or elected as follows: 1,218
(1)(a) Except in the Akron, Medina, Clermont county, 1,220
Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal 1,222
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courts, if the population of the territory equals or exceeds one 1,223
hundred thousand at the regular municipal election immediately 1,224
preceding the expiration of the term of the present clerk, the 1,225
clerk shall be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of 1,226
the territory in the manner that is provided for the nomination 1,227
and election of judges in section 1901.07 of the Revised Code. 1,228
The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six 1,230
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January 1,231
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's 1,232
successor is elected and qualified. 1,233
(b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of 1,235
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal 1,236
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the 1,237
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in 1,238
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners 1,239
prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as 1,240
the clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the 1,241
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth 1,242
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common 1,243
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the 1,244
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of 1,245
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the 1,246
county treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to 1,247
the annual compensation that is received for the performance of 1,248
the duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided 1,249
in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. 1,250
(c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal 1,252
courts, the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county 1,253
shall be the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and 1,254
Wayne county municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy 1,255
clerk for each branch that is established pursuant to section 1,256
1901.311 of the Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges 1,257
of the municipal court determine are necessary, all of whom shall 1,258
receive the compensation that the legislative authority 1,259
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prescribes. The clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne 1,260
county, acting as the clerks of the Portage county and Wayne 1,261
county municipal courts and assuming the duties of these offices, 1,262
shall receive compensation payable from the county treasury in 1,263
semimonthly installments at one-fourth the rate that is 1,264
prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas as determined 1,265
in accordance with the population of the county and the rates set 1,266
forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. 1,267
(d) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of 1,269
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for 1,270
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated 1,271
by primary election. The primary election shall be held on the 1,272
day specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the 1,273
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding section 1,274
3513.257 of the Revised Code, the nominating petitions of 1,275
independent candidates shall be signed by at least two hundred 1,276
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court. 1,277
The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and 1,279
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not 1,280
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of 1,281
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 1,282
or 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy 1,283
and petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the 1,284
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the 1,285
Revised Code. 1,286
If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed 1,288
by any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular 1,289
political party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron 1,290
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the 1,291
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to 1,292
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of 1,293
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a 1,294
particular political party for election to that office, a primary 1,295
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a 1,296
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candidate of that party for election to that office, and the 1,297
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the 1,298
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. 1,299
Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating 1,301
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk 1,302
of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the 1,303
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following 1,304
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall 1,305
be submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the 1,306
court in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the 1,307
Revised Code for the election of the judges of the court. The 1,308
clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which 1,309
term shall commence on the first day of January following the 1,310
clerk's election and continue until the clerk's successor is 1,311
elected and qualified. 1,312
(e) In the Clermont county municipal court, the clerk of 1,314
courts of Clermont county shall be the clerk of the municipal 1,315
court. The clerk of courts of Clermont county, acting as the 1,316
clerk of the Clermont county municipal court and assuming the 1,317
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth 1,318
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common 1,319
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the 1,320
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of 1,321
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the 1,322
county treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to 1,323
the annual compensation that is received for the performance of 1,324
the duties of the clerk of courts of Clermont county, as provided 1,325
in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. 1,326
(f) Irrespective of the population of the territory of the 1,328
Medina municipal court, the clerk of that court shall be 1,329
appointed pursuant to division (A)(2)(a) of this section by the 1,330
judges of that court, shall hold office until the clerk's 1,331
successor is similarly appointed and qualified, and shall receive 1,332
pursuant to division (C) of this section the annual compensation 1,333
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that the legislative authority prescribes and that is payable in 1,334
semimonthly installments from the same sources and in the same 1,335
manner as provided in section 1901.11 of the Revised Code. 1,336
(2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, 1,338
COLUMBIANA COUNTY, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown municipal 1,339
courts, in a municipal court for which the population of the 1,342
territory is less than one hundred thousand and in the Medina
municipal court, the clerk shall be appointed by the court, and 1,344
the clerk shall hold office until the clerk's successor is 1,345
appointed and qualified.
(b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown 1,347
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office 1,348
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section. 1,349
(c) In the Auglaize county municipal court, the clerk of 1,351
courts of Auglaize county shall be the clerk of the municipal 1,352
court and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch that 1,353
is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised Code, 1,354
and assistant clerks as the judge of the court determines are 1,355
necessary, all of whom shall receive the compensation that the 1,356
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of 1,357
Auglaize county, acting as the clerk of the Auglaize county 1,358
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall 1,359
receive compensation payable from the county treasury in 1,360
semimonthly installments at one-fourth the rate that is 1,361
prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas as determined 1,362
in accordance with the population of the county and the rates set 1,363
forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. 1,364
(d) IN THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT, THE CLERK OF 1,368
COURTS OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY SHALL BE THE CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL 1,370
COURT, MAY APPOINT A CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK FOR EACH BRANCH OFFICE 1,371
THAT IS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 1901.311 OF THE REVISED 1,373
CODE, AND MAY APPOINT ANY ASSISTANT CLERKS THAT THE JUDGES OF THE 1,374
COURT DETERMINE ARE NECESSARY. ALL OF THE CHIEF DEPUTY CLERKS 1,375
AND ASSISTANT CLERKS SHALL RECEIVE THE COMPENSATION THAT THE
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LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY PRESCRIBES. THE CLERK OF COURTS OF 1,377
COLUMBIANA COUNTY, ACTING AS THE CLERK OF THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY 1,379
MUNICIPAL COURT AND ASSUMING THE DUTIES OF THAT OFFICE, SHALL 1,380
RECEIVE COMPENSATION PAYABLE FROM THE COUNTY TREASURY IN
SEMIMONTHLY INSTALLMENTS AT ONE-FOURTH THE RATE THAT IS 1,381
PRESCRIBED FOR THE CLERKS OF COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS AS DETERMINED 1,383
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POPULATION OF THE COUNTY AND THE RATES SET 1,384
FORTH IN SECTIONS 325.08 AND 325.18 OF THE REVISED CODE. 1,385
(3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to 1,387
illness, vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a 1,388
temporary clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have 1,390
the same authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk. 1,391
(B) Except in the Clermont county, Hamilton county, 1,393
Medina, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, if a 1,394
vacancy occurs in the office of the clerk of the Alliance, 1,395
Lorain, Massillon, or Youngstown municipal court or occurs in the 1,396
office of the clerk of a municipal court for which the population 1,397
of the territory equals or exceeds one hundred thousand because 1,398
the clerk ceases to hold the office before the end of the clerk's 1,399
term or because a clerk-elect fails to take office, the vacancy 1,400
shall be filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by a 1,401
person chosen by the residents of the territory of the court who 1,402
are members of the county central committee of the political 1,403
party by which the last occupant of that office or the 1,404
clerk-elect was nominated. Not less than five nor more than 1,405
fifteen days after a vacancy occurs, those members of that county 1,406
central committee shall meet to make an appointment to fill the 1,407
vacancy. At least four days before the date of the meeting, the 1,408
chairperson or a secretary of the county central committee shall 1,409
notify each such member of that county central committee by first 1,410
class mail of the date, time, and place of the meeting and its 1,412
purpose. A majority of all such members of that county central 1,413
committee constitutes a quorum, and a majority of the quorum is 1,414
required to make the appointment. If the office so vacated was 1,415
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occupied or was to be occupied by a person not nominated at a 1,416
primary election, or if the appointment was not made by the 1,417
committee members in accordance with this division, the court 1,418
shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy. A successor shall 1,419
be elected to fill the office for the unexpired term at the first 1,420
municipal election that is held more than one hundred twenty days 1,421
after the vacancy occurred. 1,422
(C) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county 1,424
OR COLUMBIANA COUNTY municipal court, for which the population of 1,426
the territory is less than one hundred thousand and in the Medina 1,427
municipal court, the clerk of a municipal court shall receive the 1,429
annual compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. 1,430
In a municipal court, other than the Clermont county, Hamilton 1,431
county, Medina, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal 1,433
courts, for which the population of the territory is one hundred 1,434
thousand or more, the clerk of a municipal court shall receive 1,435
annual compensation in a sum equal to eighty-five per cent of the 1,436
salary of a judge of the court. The compensation is payable in 1,437
semimonthly installments from the same sources and in the same 1,438
manner as provided in section 1901.11 of the Revised Code. 1,439
(D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office, 1,441
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than 1,442
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court, 1,443
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties. 1,444
(E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the 1,446
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue 1,447
executions upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a 1,448
judgment for unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of 1,449
the court to all writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing 1,450
out of the court; and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, 1,451
and undertakings fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The 1,452
clerk may refuse to accept for filing any pleading or paper 1,453
submitted for filing by a person who has been found to be a 1,454
vexatious litigator under section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and 1,455
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who has failed to obtain leave to proceed under that section. 1,456
The clerk shall do all of the following: file and safely keep 1,457
all journals, records, books, and papers belonging or 1,458
appertaining to the court; record the proceedings of the court; 1,459
perform all other duties that the judges of the court may 1,460
prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts and 1,461
disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection at 1,462
all times.
The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a 1,464
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all 1,465
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the 1,466
docket, the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of 1,467
an action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the 1,468
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates, 1,469
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of 1,470
summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings. 1,471
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders, 1,472
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the 1,473
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may 1,474
order an extended record of any of the above to be made and 1,475
entered, under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the 1,476
request of any party to the case, the expense of which record may 1,477
be taxed as costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by 1,478
the party demanding the record, upon order of the court. 1,479
(F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect, 1,481
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other 1,482
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The 1,483
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or 1,484
officers, and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, 1,485
and other moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 1,486
3375.50 and 4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section 1,488
of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner of 1,489
disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court and 1,490
except for the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa 1,491
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county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received 1,492
for violation of municipal ordinances into the treasury of the 1,493
municipal corporation the ordinance of which was violated and 1,494
shall pay all fines received for violation of township 1,495
resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code 1,496
into the treasury of the township the resolution of which was 1,497
violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of the 1,498
Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa
county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent of 1,499
the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and 1,500
fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township 1,501
resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code 1,502
into the treasury of the county. Subject to sections 3375.50, 1,503
3375.53, 4511.99, and 5503.04 of the Revised Code and to any 1,504
other section of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner 1,505
of disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court, the 1,506
clerk shall pay all fines collected for the violation of state 1,507
laws into the county treasury. Except in a county-operated 1,508
municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and fees the 1,509
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the 1,510
Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a 1,511
county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the 1,512
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the 1,513
Revised Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as 1,514
security for costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The 1,515
clerk shall keep a separate account of all receipts and 1,516
disbursements in civil and criminal cases, which shall be a 1,517
permanent public record of the office. On the expiration of the 1,518
term of the clerk, the clerk shall deliver the records to the 1,519
clerk's successor. The clerk shall have other powers and duties 1,520
as are prescribed by rule or order of the court. 1,521
(G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted 1,523
on the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be 1,524
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and 1,525
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loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised 1,526
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon 1,527
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, 1,528
in a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid 1,529
into the treasury of the county in which the court is located. 1,530
On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk 1,532
shall make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that 1,533
were finally determined more than one year past in which there 1,534
remains unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or 1,535
any part of a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the 1,536
costs in the case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to 1,537
the parties who are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys 1,538
of record. All the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day 1,539
of April of each year shall be paid by the clerk to the city 1,540
treasurer, except that, in a county-operated municipal court, the 1,541
moneys shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the 1,542
court is located. The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys 1,544
at any time to the person who has the right to the moneys upon 1,545
proper certification of the clerk.
(H) Deputy clerks may be appointed by the clerk and shall 1,547
receive the compensation, payable in semimonthly installments out 1,548
of the city treasury, that the clerk may prescribe, except that 1,549
the compensation of any deputy clerk of a county-operated 1,550
municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury of the county 1,551
in which the court is located. Each deputy clerk shall take an 1,552
oath of office before entering upon the duties of the deputy 1,553
clerk's office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties 1,554
appertaining to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require 1,555
any of the deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three 1,556
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the 1,557
deputy clerk's duties.
(I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the 1,559
population of the territory of a municipal court falls below one 1,560
hundred thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the 1,561
36
population of the territory prior to the most recent regular 1,562
federal census exceeded one hundred thousand, the legislative 1,563
authority of the municipal corporation may declare, by 1,564
resolution, that the territory shall be considered to have a 1,565
population of at least one hundred thousand. 1,566
(J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at 1,568
all sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in 1,569
the courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors 1,570
and receive verdicts. 1,571
Sec. 1901.34. (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and 1,580
(D) of this section, the village solicitor, city director of law, 1,581
or similar chief legal officer for each municipal corporation 1,582
within the territory of a municipal court shall prosecute all 1,583
cases brought before the municipal court for criminal offenses 1,584
occurring within the municipal corporation for which he THAT 1,585
PERSON is the solicitor, director of law, or similar chief legal 1,587
officer. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the 1,588
village solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal 1,589
officer of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court 1,590
is located shall prosecute all criminal cases brought before the 1,591
court arising in the unincorporated areas within the territory of 1,592
the municipal court. 1,593
(B) The Auglaize county, Clermont county, Hocking county, 1,595
Jackson county, Ottawa county, and Portage county prosecuting 1,596
attorneys shall prosecute in municipal court all violations of 1,597
state law arising in their respective counties. The Crawford 1,598
county, Hamilton county, Madison county, and Wayne county 1,599
prosecuting attorneys shall prosecute all violations of state law 1,600
arising within the unincorporated areas of their respective 1,601
counties. THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY SHALL 1,602
PROSECUTE IN THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT ALL VIOLATIONS 1,603
OF STATE LAW ARISING IN THE COUNTY, EXCEPT FOR VIOLATIONS ARISING 1,604
IN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF EAST LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL 1,605
TOWNSHIP, OR ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP. 1,606
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The prosecuting attorney of any county given the duty of 1,608
prosecuting in municipal court violations of state law shall 1,609
receive no additional compensation for assuming these additional 1,610
duties, except that the prosecuting attorney of Hamilton, 1,611
Portage, and Wayne counties shall receive compensation at the 1,612
rate of four thousand eight hundred dollars per year, and the 1,613
prosecuting attorney of Auglaize county shall receive 1,614
compensation at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars 1,615
per year, each payable from the county treasury of the respective 1,616
counties in semimonthly installments. 1,617
(C) The village solicitor, city director of law, or 1,619
similar chief legal officer shall perform the same duties, 1,620
insofar as they are applicable to him THE VILLAGE SOLICITOR, CITY 1,621
DIRECTOR OF LAW, OR SIMILAR CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, as are required 1,622
of the prosecuting attorney of the county. He THE VILLAGE 1,623
SOLICITOR, CITY DIRECTOR OF LAW, SIMILAR CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER or 1,624
his ANY assistants whom he WHO may appoint BE APPOINTED shall 1,626
receive for such services additional compensation to be paid from 1,627
the treasury of the county as the board of county commissioners 1,628
prescribes.
(D) The prosecuting attorney of any county, other than 1,630
Auglaize, Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, Ottawa, or Portage county, 1,631
may enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation in the 1,632
county in which he THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY serves pursuant to 1,633
which the prosecuting attorney prosecutes all criminal cases 1,635
brought before the municipal court that has territorial 1,636
jurisdiction over that municipal corporation for criminal 1,637
offenses occurring within the municipal corporation. The 1,638
prosecuting attorney of Auglaize, Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, 1,639
Ottawa, or Portage county may enter into an agreement with any 1,640
municipal corporation in the county in which he THE PROSECUTING 1,641
ATTORNEY serves pursuant to which the respective prosecuting 1,642
attorney prosecutes all cases brought before the Auglaize, 1,643
Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, Ottawa, or Portage county municipal 1,644
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court for violations of the ordinances of the municipal 1,645
corporation or for criminal offenses other than violations of 1,646
state law occurring within the municipal corporation. For 1,647
prosecuting these cases, the prosecuting attorney and the 1,648
municipal corporation may agree upon a fee to be paid by the 1,649
municipal corporation, which fee shall be paid into the county 1,650
treasury, to be used to cover expenses of the office of the 1,651
prosecuting attorney. 1,652
Sec. 1907.011. In addition to the territorial jurisdiction 1,661
conferred by section 1907.01 of the Revised Code, the county 1,662
courts of Adams, Belmont, Brown, Columbiana, Jefferson, Meigs, 1,663
and Monroe counties have jurisdiction beyond the north or 1,665
northwest shore of the Ohio river extending to the opposite shore 1,666
line, between the boundary lines of any adjacent municipal courts 1,667
or adjacent county courts. Each of the county courts that is
given jurisdiction on the Ohio river by this section has 1,668
concurrent jurisdiction on the Ohio river with any adjacent 1,669
municipal courts or adjacent county courts that border on that 1,670
river and with any court of Kentucky or of West Virginia that 1,671
borders on the Ohio river and that has jurisdiction on the Ohio
river under the law of Kentucky or the law of West Virginia, 1,672
whichever is applicable, or under federal law. 1,673
Sec. 1907.11. (A) Each county court district shall have 1,683
the following county court judges, to be elected as follows: 1,684
In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,686
be elected in 1982. 1,687
In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge 1,689
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,690
elected in 1982. 1,691
In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge 1,693
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,694
and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,695
commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,696
In the Brown county county court, two part-time judges 1,698
39
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995, 1,699
and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,700
In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge 1,702
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,703
and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,704
commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,705
In the Carroll county county court, one part-time judge 1,707
shall be elected in 1982. 1,708
In the Columbiana county county court, one part-time judge 1,710
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,711
and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,712
commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,713
In the Darke county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,715
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in 1,716
1982. 1,717
In the Erie county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,719
be elected in 1982. 1,720
In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge 1,722
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,723
elected in 1982. 1,724
In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge 1,726
shall be elected in 1982. 1,727
In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge 1,729
shall be elected in 1982. 1,730
In the Holmes county county court, one part-time judge 1,732
shall be elected in 1982. 1,733
In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge 1,735
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,736
and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,737
commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,738
In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge 1,740
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,741
and three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,742
commence on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1,743
40
1995, respectively. 1,744
In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,746
be elected in 1982. 1,747
In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge 1,749
shall be elected in 1982. 1,750
In the Montgomery county county court, three-time judge 1,752
PART-TIME JUDGES shall be elected in 1998, term TERMS to commence 1,753
on January 1, 1999, January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, 1,755
respectively, and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, 1,756
terms to commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, 1,757
respectively.
In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge 1,759
shall be elected in 1982. 1,760
In the Morrow county county court, one part-time judge 1,762
shall be elected in 1982. 1,763
In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge 1,765
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,766
elected in 1982. 1,767
In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,769
be elected in 1982. 1,770
In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge 1,772
shall be elected in 1982. 1,773
In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,775
be elected in 1982. 1,776
In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,778
be elected in 1982. 1,779
In the Putnam 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
In the Sandusky county county court, two part-time judges 1,785
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995, 1,786
and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,787
In the Trumbull county county court, one part-time judge 1,789
shall be elected in 1992, and one part-time judge shall be 1,790
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elected in 1994. 1,791
In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge 1,793
shall be elected in 1982. 1,794
In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge 1,796
shall be elected in 1982. 1,797
In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge 1,799
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,800
elected in 1982. 1,801
(B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next 1,803
regular election for a county court judge as provided in section 1,804
1907.13 of the Revised Code. 1,805
(2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from, 1,807
forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled 1,808
in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as 1,809
provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code. 1,810
Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1,812
1901.021, 1901.027, 1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.011, 1,813
and 1907.11 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. 1,814
Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act, except for 1,816
section 1901.08 of the Revised Code, shall take effect on January 1,817
1, 2002. Section 1901.08 of the Revised Code, as amended by this 1,818
act, shall take effect at the earliest time permitted by law. 1,819
Section 4. Effective January 1, 2002, the Columbiana 1,821
County County Court is abolished. All causes, judgments, 1,822
executions, and other proceedings pending in the Columbiana 1,823
County County Court at the close of business as of December 31, 1,824
2001, shall be transferred to and proceed in the Columbiana 1,825
County Municipal Court as if originally instituted in the 1,826
Columbiana County Municipal Court. Parties to those causes, 1,827
judgments, executions, and proceedings may make any amendments to 1,828
their pleadings that are required to conform them to the rules of 1,829
the Columbiana County Municipal Court. The Clerk of the 1,830
Columbiana County County Court or other custodian shall transfer 1,831
to the Columbiana County Municipal Court all pleadings, orders, 1,832
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entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, books, exhibits, files, 1,834
moneys, property, and persons that belong to, are in the
possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction of the 1,835
Columbiana County County Court, or any officer of that court, at 1,836
the close of business on December 31, 2001, and that pertain to 1,837
those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings. 1,838
Effective January 1, 2002, the three part-time judgeships 1,840
in the Columbiana County County Court are abolished. 1,841
Section 5. The part-time judge of the Champaign County 1,843
Municipal Court who was elected in 1995 shall serve until the 1,844
expiration of the judge's term on December 31, 2001. The 1,845
part-time judgeship of the Champaign County Municipal Court is 1,846
abolished effective December 31, 2001. 1,847