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| To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07, | 1 |
| 1901.08, 1901.31, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code | 2 |
| to abolish the Sandusky County County Court, to | 3 |
| create the Sandusky County Municipal Court, to | 4 |
| provide that the judge of the Sandusky County | 5 |
| Municipal Court shall be nominated by petition, to | 6 |
| designate the clerk of courts of Sandusky County | 7 |
| the clerk of the Sandusky County Municipal Court, | 8 |
| to abolish the Trumbull County County Court, to | 9 |
| create the Trumbull County Municipal Court, to | 10 |
| create a full-time judgeship for the Trumbull | 11 |
| County Municipal Court, and to provide that the | 12 |
| judge be nominated by petition and elected in 2017 | 13 |
| for a six-year term. | 14 |
| Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07, | 15 |
| 1901.08, 1901.31, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code be amended to | 16 |
| read as follows: | 17 |
| Sec. 1901.01. (A) There is hereby established a municipal | 18 |
| court in each of the following municipal corporations: | 19 |
| Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake, | 20 |
| Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green, | 21 |
| Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Carrollton, Celina, | 22 |
| Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville, | 23 |
| Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton, | 24 |
| Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East | 25 |
| Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay, | 26 |
| Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights, | 27 |
| Georgetown, Girard, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron, | 28 |
| Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon, | 29 |
| Lima, Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta, | 30 |
| Marion, Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor, | 31 |
| Miamisburg, Middletown, Millersburg, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon, | 32 |
| Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk, | 33 |
| Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, Ottawa, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg, | 34 |
| Port Clinton, Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker | 35 |
| Heights, Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville, | 36 |
| Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana, | 37 |
| Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City | 38 |
| of Washington in Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court | 39 |
| House, Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and | 40 |
| Zanesville. | 41 |
| (B) There is hereby established a municipal court within | 42 |
| Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation | 43 |
| or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is | 44 |
| selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county | 45 |
| municipal court. The municipal court established by this division | 46 |
| is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in | 47 |
| Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division. | 48 |
| (C) There is hereby established a municipal court within | 49 |
| Columbiana county in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation | 50 |
| or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county, except the | 51 |
| municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or St. Clair | 52 |
| township, that is selected by the judges of the municipal court | 53 |
| pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of the Revised Code. | 54 |
| (D) Effective January 1, 2008, there is hereby established a | 55 |
| municipal court within Erie county in Milan or in any other | 56 |
| municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within Erie | 57 |
| county that is within the territorial jurisdiction of the Erie | 58 |
| county municipal court and is selected by the legislative | 59 |
| authority of that court. | 60 |
| (E) The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall remain in | 61 |
| existence until December 31, 2008, and shall be replaced by the | 62 |
| Stow municipal court on January 1, 2009. | 63 |
| (F) Effective January 1, 2009, there is hereby established a | 64 |
| municipal court in the municipal corporation of Stow. | 65 |
| (G) Effective July 1, 2010, there is hereby established a | 66 |
| municipal court within Montgomery county in any municipal | 67 |
| corporation or unincorporated territory within Montgomery county, | 68 |
| except the municipal corporations of Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, | 69 |
| Englewood, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, | 70 |
| Union, Vandalia, and West Carrollton and Butler, German, Harrison, | 71 |
| Miami, and Washington townships, that is selected by the | 72 |
| legislative authority of that court. | 73 |
| (H) Effective January 1, 2013, there is hereby established a | 74 |
| municipal court within Sandusky county in any municipal | 75 |
| corporation or unincorporated territory within Sandusky county, | 76 |
| except the municipal corporations of Bellevue and Fremont and | 77 |
| Ballville, Sandusky, and York townships, that is selected by the | 78 |
| legislative authority of that court. | 79 |
| (I) Effective January 1, 2013, there is hereby established a | 80 |
| municipal court within Trumbull county in any municipal | 81 |
| corporation or unincorporated territory within Trumbull county, | 82 |
| except the municipal corporations of Girard, McDonald, Newton | 83 |
| Falls, Niles, and Warren and Bloomfield, Braceville, Bristol, | 84 |
| Champion, Farmington, Howland, Hubbard, Liberty, Lordstown, | 85 |
| Mesopotamia, Newton, Southington, Vienna, Warren, and | 86 |
| Weathersfield townships, that is selected by the legislative | 87 |
| authority of that court. | 88 |
| Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by | 89 |
| section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the | 90 |
| corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or, | 91 |
| for the Clermont county municipal court, the Columbiana county | 92 |
| municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2008, the Erie county | 93 |
| municipal court, within the municipal corporation or | 94 |
| unincorporated territory in which they are established, and are | 95 |
| courts of record. Each of the courts shall be styled | 96 |
| ".................................. municipal court," inserting | 97 |
| the name of the municipal corporation, except the following | 98 |
| courts, which shall be styled as set forth below: | 99 |
| (1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall | 100 |
| be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court"; | 101 |
| (2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall | 102 |
| be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court"; | 103 |
| (3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be | 104 |
| styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court"; | 105 |
| (4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be | 106 |
| styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court"; | 107 |
| (5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be | 108 |
| styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court"; | 109 |
| (6) The municipal court established in London that shall be | 110 |
| styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court"; | 111 |
| (7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be | 112 |
| styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court"; | 113 |
| (8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be | 114 |
| styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court"; | 115 |
| (9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall | 116 |
| be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court"; | 117 |
| (10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be | 118 |
| styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court"; | 119 |
| (11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be | 120 |
| styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court"; | 121 |
| (12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be | 122 |
| styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court"; | 123 |
| (13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be | 124 |
| styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court"; | 125 |
| (14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be | 126 |
| styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court"; | 127 |
| (15) The municipal court established in Springfield that | 128 |
| shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court"; | 129 |
| (16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be | 130 |
| styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court"; | 131 |
| (17) The municipal court established within Clermont county | 132 |
| in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated | 133 |
| territory within Clermont county that is selected by the | 134 |
| legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known | 135 |
| as the "Clermont county municipal court"; | 136 |
| (18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that, | 137 |
| beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton | 138 |
| county municipal court"; | 139 |
| (19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that | 140 |
| shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court"; | 141 |
| (20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that, | 142 |
| beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the | 143 |
| "Fairfield county municipal court"; | 144 |
| (21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county | 145 |
| in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated | 146 |
| territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of | 147 |
| the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the | 148 |
| "Columbiana county municipal court"; | 149 |
| (22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that, | 150 |
| beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the | 151 |
| "Brown county municipal court"; | 152 |
| (23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that, | 153 |
| beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the | 154 |
| "Morrow county municipal court"; | 155 |
| (24) The municipal court established in Greenville that, | 156 |
| beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke | 157 |
| county municipal court"; | 158 |
| (25) The municipal court established in Millersburg that, | 159 |
| beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the | 160 |
| "Holmes county municipal court"; | 161 |
| (26) The municipal court established in Carrollton that, | 162 |
| beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the | 163 |
| "Carroll county municipal court"; | 164 |
| (27) The municipal court established within Erie county in | 165 |
| Milan or established in any other municipal corporation or | 166 |
| unincorporated territory that is within Erie county, is within the | 167 |
| territorial jurisdiction of that court, and is selected by the | 168 |
| legislative authority of that court that, beginning January 1, | 169 |
| 2008, shall be styled and known as the "Erie county municipal | 170 |
| court"; | 171 |
| (28) The municipal court established in Ottawa that, | 172 |
| beginning January 1, 2011, shall be styled and known as the | 173 |
| "Putnam county municipal court"; | 174 |
| (29) The municipal court established within Montgomery county | 175 |
| in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within | 176 |
| Montgomery county, except the municipal corporations of | 177 |
| Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Englewood, Germantown, Kettering, | 178 |
| Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Union, Vandalia, and West Carrollton | 179 |
| and Butler, German, Harrison, Miami, and Washington townships, | 180 |
| that is selected by the legislative authority of that court and | 181 |
| that, beginning July 1, 2010, shall be styled and known as the | 182 |
| "Montgomery county municipal court"; | 183 |
| (30) The municipal court established within Sandusky county | 184 |
| in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within | 185 |
| Sandusky county, except the municipal corporations of Bellevue and | 186 |
| Fremont and Ballville, Sandusky, and York townships, that is | 187 |
| selected by the legislative authority of that court and that, | 188 |
| beginning January 1, 2013, shall be styled and known as the | 189 |
| "Sandusky county municipal court"; | 190 |
| (31) The municipal court established within Trumbull county | 191 |
| in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within | 192 |
| Trumbull county, except the municipal corporations of Girard, | 193 |
| McDonald, Newton Falls, Niles, and Warren and Bloomfield, | 194 |
| Braceville, Bristol, Champion, Farmington, Howland, Hubbard, | 195 |
| Liberty, Lordstown, Mesopotamia, Newton, Southington, Vienna, | 196 |
| Warren, and Weathersfield townships that is selected by the | 197 |
| legislative authority of that court and that, beginning January 1, | 198 |
| 2013, shall be styled and known as the "Trumbull county municipal | 199 |
| court." | 200 |
| (B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A) | 201 |
| of this section, the municipal courts established by section | 202 |
| 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows: | 203 |
| The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath, | 204 |
| Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the municipal | 205 |
| corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in Summit | 206 |
| county. | 207 |
| The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within | 208 |
| Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark | 209 |
| county. | 210 |
| The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland | 211 |
| county. | 212 |
| The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within | 213 |
| Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county. | 214 |
| The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 215 |
| Athens county. | 216 |
| The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 217 |
| Auglaize county. | 218 |
| The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 219 |
| municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county. | 220 |
| The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within | 221 |
| Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley | 222 |
| township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and | 223 |
| within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit | 224 |
| county. | 225 |
| The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 226 |
| municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow, | 227 |
| Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange, | 228 |
| Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within | 229 |
| Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county. | 230 |
| The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within | 231 |
| Logan county. | 232 |
| The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and | 233 |
| Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in | 234 |
| Sandusky county. | 235 |
| The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 236 |
| municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook | 237 |
| Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in | 238 |
| Cuyahoga county. | 239 |
| The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 240 |
| municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar, | 241 |
| Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton | 242 |
| Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun, | 243 |
| Tontogany, Wayne, West Millgrove, and Weston, and within Bloom, | 244 |
| Center, Freedom, Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, | 245 |
| Milton, Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and | 246 |
| Weston townships in Wood county. | 247 |
| Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court | 248 |
| has jurisdiction within Brown county. | 249 |
| The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams | 250 |
| county. | 251 |
| The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within | 252 |
| Guernsey county. | 253 |
| The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within | 254 |
| Coitsville township in Mahoning county. | 255 |
| The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton, | 256 |
| Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in | 257 |
| Stark county. | 258 |
| The Carroll county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 259 |
| Carroll county. | 260 |
| The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer | 261 |
| county. | 262 |
| The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 263 |
| Champaign county. | 264 |
| The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga | 265 |
| county. | 266 |
| The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross | 267 |
| county. | 268 |
| The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within | 269 |
| Pickaway county. | 270 |
| The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 271 |
| Clark county. | 272 |
| The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 273 |
| Clermont county. | 274 |
| The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 275 |
| municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county. | 276 |
| Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court | 277 |
| has jurisdiction within Clinton county. | 278 |
| The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 279 |
| all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation | 280 |
| of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair | 281 |
| townships. | 282 |
| The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within | 283 |
| Coshocton county. | 284 |
| The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 285 |
| Crawford county. | 286 |
| Until December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court | 287 |
| has jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, | 288 |
| Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal | 289 |
| corporations of Boston Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, | 290 |
| Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, | 291 |
| and Macedonia, in Summit county. | 292 |
| Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court | 293 |
| has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal | 294 |
| corporation of Bradford. | 295 |
| The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance | 296 |
| county. | 297 |
| The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware | 298 |
| county. | 299 |
| The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within | 300 |
| Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county. | 301 |
| The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble | 302 |
| county. | 303 |
| The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 304 |
| municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville, | 305 |
| and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and | 306 |
| LaGrange townships, in Lorain county. | 307 |
| Beginning January 1, 2008, the Erie county municipal court | 308 |
| has jurisdiction within Erie county except within the townships of | 309 |
| Florence, Huron, Perkins, and Vermilion and the municipal | 310 |
| corporations of Bay View, Castalia, Huron, Sandusky, and | 311 |
| Vermilion. | 312 |
| The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 313 |
| municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and | 314 |
| Beavercreek townships in Greene county. | 315 |
| Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal | 316 |
| court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county. | 317 |
| The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 318 |
| Hancock county except within Washington township. | 319 |
| The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon | 320 |
| and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township | 321 |
| in Hancock county, and within Perry township, except within the | 322 |
| municipal corporation of West Millgrove, in Wood county. | 323 |
| The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin | 324 |
| township in Warren county. | 325 |
| The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 326 |
| Franklin county. | 327 |
| The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville | 328 |
| and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county. | 329 |
| The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia | 330 |
| county. | 331 |
| The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within | 332 |
| the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley | 333 |
| View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and | 334 |
| Brecksville in Cuyahoga county. | 335 |
| The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty, | 336 |
| Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county. | 337 |
| The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and | 338 |
| St. Clair townships in Butler county. | 339 |
| The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 340 |
| Hamilton county. | 341 |
| The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 342 |
| Hardin county. | 343 |
| The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 344 |
| Highland county except within Madison township. | 345 |
| The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 346 |
| Hocking county. | 347 |
| The Holmes county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 348 |
| Holmes county. | 349 |
| The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 350 |
| Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal | 351 |
| corporation of Sandusky. | 352 |
| The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid, | 353 |
| Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington | 354 |
| townships in Lawrence county. | 355 |
| The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 356 |
| Jackson county. | 357 |
| The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 358 |
| municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within | 359 |
| Washington township, in Montgomery county. | 360 |
| Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has | 361 |
| jurisdiction within Fairfield county. | 362 |
| The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 363 |
| the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and | 364 |
| Windsor in Lawrence county. | 365 |
| The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within | 366 |
| Turtlecreek township in Warren county. | 367 |
| The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 368 |
| Licking county. | 369 |
| The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen | 370 |
| county. | 371 |
| The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 372 |
| municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield | 373 |
| township, in Lorain county. | 374 |
| The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 375 |
| municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield, | 376 |
| Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county. | 377 |
| The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 378 |
| Madison county. | 379 |
| The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within | 380 |
| Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy, | 381 |
| Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships, | 382 |
| and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in | 383 |
| Richland county. | 384 |
| The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within | 385 |
| Washington county. | 386 |
| The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion | 387 |
| county. | 388 |
| The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union | 389 |
| county. | 390 |
| The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield | 391 |
| township in Warren county. | 392 |
| The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within | 393 |
| Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson | 394 |
| townships in Stark county. | 395 |
| The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 396 |
| municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within | 397 |
| Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of | 398 |
| Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the | 399 |
| northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county. | 400 |
| The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 401 |
| municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick, | 402 |
| Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of | 403 |
| Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette, | 404 |
| Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York | 405 |
| townships, in Medina county. | 406 |
| The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 407 |
| municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county. | 408 |
| The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 409 |
| Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of | 410 |
| Bradford that is located in Darke county. | 411 |
| The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 412 |
| municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and | 413 |
| within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county. | 414 |
| The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within | 415 |
| Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within | 416 |
| the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county. | 417 |
| Beginning July 1, 2010, the Montgomery county municipal court | 418 |
| has jurisdiction within all of Montgomery county except for the | 419 |
| municipal corporations of Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Englewood, | 420 |
| Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Union, | 421 |
| Vandalia, and West Carrollton and Butler, German, Harrison, Miami, | 422 |
| and Washington townships. | 423 |
| Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court | 424 |
| has jurisdiction within Morrow county. | 425 |
| The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox | 426 |
| county. | 427 |
| The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry | 428 |
| county. | 429 |
| The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within | 430 |
| the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks, | 431 |
| Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin, | 432 |
| Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas | 433 |
| county. | 434 |
| The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within | 435 |
| Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington, | 436 |
| Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county. | 437 |
| The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 438 |
| municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield | 439 |
| township in Trumbull county. | 440 |
| The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 441 |
| Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue | 442 |
| and except within Lyme and Sherman townships. | 443 |
| The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 444 |
| municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South | 445 |
| Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden, | 446 |
| Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and | 447 |
| Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except | 448 |
| within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county. | 449 |
| The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 450 |
| municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem | 451 |
| township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake | 452 |
| Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the | 453 |
| easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the | 454 |
| Toledo municipal court. | 455 |
| The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 456 |
| Ottawa county. | 457 |
| The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within | 458 |
| Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake | 459 |
| county. | 460 |
| The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 461 |
| municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North | 462 |
| Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in | 463 |
| Cuyahoga county. | 464 |
| The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 465 |
| municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford, | 466 |
| and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in | 467 |
| Wood county. | 468 |
| The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 469 |
| Portage county. | 470 |
| The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto | 471 |
| county. | 472 |
| The Putnam county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 473 |
| Putnam county. | 474 |
| The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 475 |
| municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park, | 476 |
| and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga | 477 |
| county. | 478 |
| The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 479 |
| municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within | 480 |
| Perkins township, in Erie county. | 481 |
| Beginning January 1, 2013, the Sandusky county municipal | 482 |
| court has jurisdiction within all of Sandusky county except within | 483 |
| the municipal corporations of Bellevue and Fremont and Ballville, | 484 |
| Sandusky, and York townships. | 485 |
| Beginning January 1, 2013, the Trumbull county municipal | 486 |
| court has jurisdiction within all of Trumbull county except within | 487 |
| the municipal corporations of Girard, McDonald, Newton Falls, | 488 |
| Niles, and Warren and Bloomfield, Braceville, Bristol, Champion, | 489 |
| Farmington, Howland, Hubbard, Liberty, Lordstown, Mesopotamia, | 490 |
| Newton, Southington, Vienna, Warren, and Weathersfield townships. | 491 |
| The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within | 492 |
| the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood, | 493 |
| Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county. | 494 |
| The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon, | 495 |
| Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within | 496 |
| all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in | 497 |
| Richland county. | 498 |
| The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby | 499 |
| county. | 500 |
| Beginning January 1, 2009, the Stow municipal court has | 501 |
| jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore | 502 |
| Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal | 503 |
| corporations of Boston Heights, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Munroe | 504 |
| Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, | 505 |
| Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and Macedonia, in Summit county. | 506 |
| The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 507 |
| municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland, | 508 |
| and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county. | 509 |
| The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 510 |
| municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania, | 511 |
| Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those | 512 |
| portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying | 513 |
| north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in | 514 |
| Lucas county. | 515 |
| The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big | 516 |
| Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed, | 517 |
| Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county. | 518 |
| The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington | 519 |
| township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in | 520 |
| Lucas county. | 521 |
| The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within | 522 |
| Wyandot county. | 523 |
| The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 524 |
| municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and | 525 |
| within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery | 526 |
| county. | 527 |
| The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert | 528 |
| county. | 529 |
| The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 530 |
| townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all | 531 |
| of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of | 532 |
| Lorain, in Lorain county. | 533 |
| The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 534 |
| municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and | 535 |
| Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon, | 536 |
| Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county. | 537 |
| The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and | 538 |
| Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except | 539 |
| within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county. | 540 |
| The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction | 541 |
| within Fayette county. | 542 |
| The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 543 |
| Wayne county. | 544 |
| The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 545 |
| municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick, | 546 |
| Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill, | 547 |
| Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake | 548 |
| county. | 549 |
| Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has | 550 |
| jurisdiction within Clinton county. | 551 |
| The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within | 552 |
| Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross, | 553 |
| Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in | 554 |
| Greene county. | 555 |
| (C) As used in this section: | 556 |
| (1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not | 557 |
| limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is | 558 |
| physically located within the territorial boundaries of that | 559 |
| township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is | 560 |
| governmentally a part of the township. | 561 |
| (2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within | 562 |
| the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any | 563 |
| townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation. | 564 |
| Sec. 1901.03. As used in this chapter: | 565 |
| (A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which | 566 |
| municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 1901.01 | 567 |
| and 1901.02 of the Revised Code. | 568 |
| (B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority | 569 |
| of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other | 570 |
| than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the | 571 |
| respective board of county commissioners of the county in which a | 572 |
| county-operated municipal court is located. | 573 |
| (C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the | 574 |
| municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a | 575 |
| county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the | 576 |
| respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the | 577 |
| county in which a county-operated municipal court is located. | 578 |
| (D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal | 579 |
| corporation in which a municipal court, other than a | 580 |
| county-operated municipal court, is located. | 581 |
| (E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal | 582 |
| corporation in which a municipal court, other than a | 583 |
| county-operated municipal court, is located. | 584 |
| (F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize | 585 |
| county, Brown county, Carroll county, Clermont county, Columbiana | 586 |
| county, Crawford county, Darke county, Erie county, Hamilton | 587 |
| county, Hocking county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Lawrence | 588 |
| county, Madison county, Miami county, Montgomery county, Morrow | 589 |
| county, Ottawa county, Portage county, Putnam county, or Wayne | 590 |
|
county municipal court and, effective January 1, | 591 |
|
includes the | 592 |
| Trumbull county municipal court. | 593 |
| (G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is | 594 |
| located" includes each municipal corporation named in section | 595 |
| 1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a | 596 |
| judge sits pursuant to any provision of section 1901.021 of the | 597 |
| Revised Code except division (M) of that section. | 598 |
| Sec. 1901.07. (A) All municipal court judges shall be | 599 |
| elected on the nonpartisan ballot for terms of six years. In a | 600 |
| municipal court in which only one judge is to be elected in any | 601 |
| one year, that judge's term commences on the first day of January | 602 |
| after the election. In a municipal court in which two or more | 603 |
| judges are to be elected in any one year, their terms commence on | 604 |
| successive days beginning the first day of January, following the | 605 |
| election, unless otherwise provided by section 1901.08 of the | 606 |
| Revised Code. | 607 |
| (B) All candidates for municipal court judge may be nominated | 608 |
| either by nominating petition or by primary election, except that | 609 |
| if the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends only to the | 610 |
| corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which the court | 611 |
| is located and that municipal corporation operates under a | 612 |
| charter, all candidates shall be nominated in the same manner | 613 |
| provided in the charter for the office of municipal court judge | 614 |
| or, if no specific provisions are made in the charter for the | 615 |
| office of municipal court judge, in the same manner as the charter | 616 |
| prescribes for the nomination and election of the legislative | 617 |
| authority of the municipal corporation. | 618 |
| If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the | 619 |
| corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 620 |
| located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond | 621 |
| the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 622 |
| located and no charter provisions apply, all candidates for party | 623 |
| nomination to the office of municipal court judge shall file a | 624 |
| declaration of candidacy and petition not later than four p.m. of | 625 |
| the ninetieth day before the day of the primary election in the | 626 |
| form prescribed by section 3513.07 of the Revised Code. The | 627 |
| petition shall conform to the requirements provided for those | 628 |
| petitions of candidacy contained in section 3513.05 of the Revised | 629 |
| Code, except that the petition shall be signed by at least fifty | 630 |
| electors of the territory of the court. If no valid declaration of | 631 |
| candidacy is filed for nomination as a candidate of a political | 632 |
| party for election to the office of municipal court judge, or if | 633 |
| the number of persons filing the declarations of candidacy for | 634 |
| nominations as candidates of one political party for election to | 635 |
| the office does not exceed the number of candidates that that | 636 |
| party is entitled to nominate as its candidates for election to | 637 |
| the office, no primary election shall be held for the purpose of | 638 |
| nominating candidates of that party for election to the office, | 639 |
| and the candidates shall be issued certificates of nomination in | 640 |
| the manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 641 |
| If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the | 642 |
| corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 643 |
| located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond | 644 |
| the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 645 |
| located and no charter provisions apply, nonpartisan candidates | 646 |
| for the office of municipal court judge shall file nominating | 647 |
| petitions not later than four p.m. of the day before the day of | 648 |
| the primary election in the form prescribed by section 3513.261 of | 649 |
| the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the requirements | 650 |
| provided for those petitions of candidacy contained in section | 651 |
| 3513.257 of the Revised Code, except that the petition shall be | 652 |
| signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the court. | 653 |
| The nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for a | 654 |
| municipal court judge shall contain a designation of the term for | 655 |
| which the candidate seeks election. At the following regular | 656 |
| municipal election, the candidacies of the judges nominated shall | 657 |
| be submitted to the electors of the territory on a nonpartisan, | 658 |
| judicial ballot in the same manner as provided for judges of the | 659 |
| court of common pleas, except that, in a municipal corporation | 660 |
| operating under a charter, all candidates for municipal court | 661 |
| judge shall be elected in conformity with the charter if | 662 |
| provisions are made in the charter for the election of municipal | 663 |
| court judges. | 664 |
| (C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, in | 665 |
| the following municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated and | 666 |
| elected as follows: | 667 |
| (1) In the Cleveland municipal court, the judges shall be | 668 |
| nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 669 |
| least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 670 |
| the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 671 |
| time prescribed by the charter of the city of Cleveland for filing | 672 |
| petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each elector shall | 673 |
| have the right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to | 674 |
| be elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the | 675 |
| electors of the territory of the court in the manner provided by | 676 |
| law for the election of judges of the court of common pleas. | 677 |
| (2) In the Toledo municipal court, the judges shall be | 678 |
| nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 679 |
| least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 680 |
| the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 681 |
| time prescribed by the charter of the city of Toledo for filing | 682 |
| nominating petitions for city council. Each elector shall have the | 683 |
| right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to be | 684 |
| elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the electors | 685 |
| of the territory of the court in the manner provided by law for | 686 |
| the election of judges of the court of common pleas. | 687 |
| (3) In the Akron municipal court, the judges shall be | 688 |
| nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 689 |
| least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 690 |
| statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 691 |
| time prescribed by the charter of the city of Akron for filing | 692 |
| nominating petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each | 693 |
| elector shall have the right to sign petitions for as many | 694 |
| candidates as are to be elected, but no more. The judges shall be | 695 |
| elected by the electors of the territory of the court in the | 696 |
| manner provided by law for the election of judges of the court of | 697 |
| common pleas. | 698 |
| (4) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the judges shall | 699 |
| be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 700 |
| least one hundred electors of the judicial district of the county | 701 |
| from which the candidate seeks election, which petitions shall be | 702 |
| signed and filed not later than four p.m. of the day before the | 703 |
| day of the primary election in the form prescribed by section | 704 |
| 3513.261 of the Revised Code. Unless otherwise provided in this | 705 |
| section, the petition shall conform to the requirements provided | 706 |
| for nominating petitions in section 3513.257 of the Revised Code. | 707 |
| The judges shall be elected by the electors of the relative | 708 |
| judicial district of the county at the regular municipal election | 709 |
| and in the manner provided by law for the election of judges of | 710 |
| the court of common pleas. | 711 |
| (5) In the Franklin county municipal court, the judges shall | 712 |
| be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 713 |
| least fifty electors of the territory of the court. The petition | 714 |
| shall be in the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner | 715 |
| and within the time prescribed by the charter of the city of | 716 |
| Columbus for filing petitions of candidates for municipal offices. | 717 |
| The judges shall be elected by the electors of the territory of | 718 |
| the court in the manner provided by law for the election of judges | 719 |
| of the court of common pleas. | 720 |
| (6) In the Auglaize, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Crawford, | 721 |
| Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Miami, Morrow, Putnam, | 722 |
| Sandusky, Trumbull, and Wayne county municipal courts, the judges | 723 |
| shall be nominated only by petition. The petitions shall be signed | 724 |
| by at least fifty electors of the territory of the court and shall | 725 |
| conform to the provisions of this section. | 726 |
| (D) In the Portage county municipal court, the judges shall | 727 |
| be nominated either by nominating petition or by primary election, | 728 |
| as provided in division (B) of this section. | 729 |
| (E) As used in this section, as to an election for either a | 730 |
| full or an unexpired term, "the territory within the jurisdiction | 731 |
| of the court" means that territory as it will be on the first day | 732 |
| of January after the election. | 733 |
| Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of, | 734 |
| judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of | 735 |
| their terms shall be as follows: | 736 |
| In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be | 737 |
| elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, | 738 |
| one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time | 739 |
| judge shall be elected in 1975. | 740 |
| In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 741 |
| elected in 1953. | 742 |
| In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 743 |
| elected in 1951. | 744 |
| In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 745 |
| be elected in 1953. | 746 |
| In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge | 747 |
| shall be elected in 1967. | 748 |
| In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge | 749 |
| shall be elected in 1975. | 750 |
| In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall | 751 |
| be elected in 1957. | 752 |
| In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 753 |
| be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 754 |
| 1971. | 755 |
| In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 756 |
| elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979. | 757 |
| In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge | 758 |
| shall be elected in 1993. | 759 |
| In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 760 |
| elected in 1951. | 761 |
| In the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 762 |
| elected in 2005. | 763 |
| In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge | 764 |
| shall be elected in 1983. | 765 |
| In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge | 766 |
| shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the | 767 |
| part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed | 768 |
| prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall | 769 |
| serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court | 770 |
| until December 31, 2005. | 771 |
| In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 772 |
| elected in 1965. | 773 |
| In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 774 |
| be elected in 1951. | 775 |
| In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 776 |
| elected in 1963. | 777 |
| In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 778 |
| elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and | 779 |
| two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977. | 780 |
| In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge | 781 |
| shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge | 782 |
| elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county | 783 |
| county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the | 784 |
| full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until | 785 |
| December 31, 2009. | 786 |
| In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 787 |
| elected in 1957. | 788 |
| In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge | 789 |
| shall be elected in 2001. | 790 |
| In the Chardon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 791 |
| elected in 1963. | 792 |
| In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 793 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 794 |
| 1977. | 795 |
| In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 796 |
| be elected in 1953. | 797 |
| In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge | 798 |
| shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be | 799 |
| elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal | 800 |
| court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges | 801 |
| of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until | 802 |
| the end of their respective terms. | 803 |
| In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges | 804 |
| shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 805 |
| in 1999. | 806 |
| In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall | 807 |
| be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in | 808 |
| 1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955. | 809 |
| In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge | 810 |
| shall be elected in 1957. | 811 |
| In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge | 812 |
| shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington | 813 |
| municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge | 814 |
| of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the | 815 |
| end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. | 816 |
| In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time | 817 |
| judges shall be elected in 2001. | 818 |
| In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 819 |
| elected in 1953. | 820 |
| In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 821 |
| be elected in 1951. | 822 |
| In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge | 823 |
| shall be elected in 1977. | 824 |
| In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge | 825 |
| shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 826 |
| in 1967. Effective December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal | 827 |
| court shall cease to exist; however, the judges of the Cuyahoga | 828 |
| Falls municipal court who were elected pursuant to this section in | 829 |
| 2003 and 2007 for terms beginning on January 1, 2004, and January | 830 |
| 1, 2008, respectively, shall serve as full-time judges of the Stow | 831 |
| municipal court until December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2013, | 832 |
| respectively. | 833 |
| In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge | 834 |
| shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time | 835 |
| judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that | 836 |
| date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the | 837 |
| full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December | 838 |
| 31, 2005. | 839 |
| In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall | 840 |
| be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days | 841 |
| beginning on the first day of January next after their election, | 842 |
| and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to | 843 |
| commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January | 844 |
| next after their election. | 845 |
| In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 846 |
| elected in 1957. | 847 |
| In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 848 |
| elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007. | 849 |
| In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge | 850 |
| shall be elected in 1957. | 851 |
| In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge | 852 |
| shall be elected in 1953. | 853 |
| In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 854 |
| elected in 1973. | 855 |
| In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 856 |
| elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. | 857 |
| In the Erie county municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 858 |
| be elected in 2007. | 859 |
| In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 860 |
| elected in 1951. | 861 |
| In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 862 |
| elected in 1977. | 863 |
| In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge | 864 |
| shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 865 |
| in 2005. | 866 |
| In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 867 |
| be elected in 1989. | 868 |
| In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 869 |
| elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993. | 870 |
| In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 871 |
| elected in 1975. | 872 |
| In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 873 |
| elected in 1951. | 874 |
| In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges | 875 |
| shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected | 876 |
| in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one | 877 |
| full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge | 878 |
| shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 879 |
| in 1997. | 880 |
| In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 881 |
| elected in 1975. | 882 |
| In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 883 |
| be elected in 1981. | 884 |
| In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge | 885 |
| shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 886 |
| in 1981. | 887 |
| In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 888 |
| elected in 1963. | 889 |
| In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 890 |
| elected in 1953. | 891 |
| In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges | 892 |
| shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected | 893 |
| in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two | 894 |
| full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of | 895 |
| the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first | 896 |
| day of January next after their election, except that the terms of | 897 |
| the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on | 898 |
| January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the | 899 |
| additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January | 900 |
| 4, 1984, and January 5, 1984. | 901 |
| In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge | 902 |
| shall be elected in 1989. | 903 |
| In the Hillsboro municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 904 |
| be elected in 2011. On and after December 30, 2008, the part-time | 905 |
| judge of the Hillsboro municipal court who was elected in 2005 | 906 |
| shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of | 907 |
| that judge's term on December 31, 2011. | 908 |
| In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge | 909 |
| shall be elected in 1977. | 910 |
| In the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge | 911 |
| shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time | 912 |
| judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that | 913 |
| date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the | 914 |
| full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until | 915 |
| December 31, 2007. | 916 |
| In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 917 |
| elected in 1967. | 918 |
| In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 919 |
| elected in 1951. | 920 |
| In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge | 921 |
| shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the | 922 |
| part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was | 923 |
| elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court | 924 |
| until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001. | 925 |
| In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 926 |
| be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 927 |
| 1975. | 928 |
| In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 929 |
| elected in 1955. | 930 |
| In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 931 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 932 |
| 1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the | 933 |
| Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall | 934 |
| serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the | 935 |
| end of those judges' terms. | 936 |
| In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge | 937 |
| shall be elected in 1981. | 938 |
| In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 939 |
| elected in 1955. | 940 |
| In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge | 941 |
| shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 942 |
| in 1971. | 943 |
| In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 944 |
| elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967. | 945 |
| In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 946 |
| elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. | 947 |
| In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 948 |
| be elected in 1957. | 949 |
| In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge | 950 |
| shall be elected in 1981. | 951 |
| In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 952 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 953 |
| 1969. | 954 |
| In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 955 |
| elected in 1957. | 956 |
| In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 957 |
| elected in 1951. | 958 |
| In the Marysville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 959 |
| be elected in 2011. On and after January 18, 2007, the part-time | 960 |
| judge of the Marysville municipal court who was elected in 2005 | 961 |
| shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of | 962 |
| that judge's term on December 31, 2011. | 963 |
| In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 964 |
| elected in 1965. | 965 |
| In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 966 |
| be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 967 |
| 1971. | 968 |
| In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 969 |
| elected in 1963. | 970 |
| In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 971 |
| elected in 1957. | 972 |
| In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 973 |
| elected in 1971. | 974 |
| In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge | 975 |
| shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 976 |
| in 1979. | 977 |
| In the Miamisburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 978 |
| be elected in 1951. | 979 |
| In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 980 |
| be elected in 1953. | 981 |
| In the Montgomery county municipal court: | 982 |
| One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a part-time judgeship | 983 |
| for a term to begin on January 1, 2012. If any one of the other | 984 |
| judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July | 985 |
| 1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship on that | 986 |
| date. If only one other judgeship of the court becomes vacant and | 987 |
| is abolished as of December 31, 2021, this judgeship shall be | 988 |
| abolished as of that date. Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time | 989 |
| judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed before | 990 |
| that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2005, shall serve as | 991 |
| a part-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal court until | 992 |
| December 31, 2011. | 993 |
| One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a full-time judgeship | 994 |
| for a term to begin on January 2, 2012, and this judgeship shall | 995 |
| be abolished on January 1, 2016. Beginning July 1, 2010, the | 996 |
| part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed | 997 |
| before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2005, shall | 998 |
| serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal | 999 |
| court until January 1, 2012. | 1000 |
| One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a full-time judgeship | 1001 |
| for a term to begin on January 2, 2014. Beginning July 1, 2010, | 1002 |
| the part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that | 1003 |
| existed before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2007, | 1004 |
| shall serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county | 1005 |
| municipal court until January 1, 2014. | 1006 |
| One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a judgeship for a term | 1007 |
| to begin on January 1, 2014. If no other judgeship of the court | 1008 |
| becomes vacant and is abolished by January 1, 2014, this judgeship | 1009 |
| shall be a part-time judgeship. When one or more of the other | 1010 |
| judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July | 1011 |
| 1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship. | 1012 |
| Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time judge of the Montgomery | 1013 |
| county county court that existed before that date whose term | 1014 |
| commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as this judge of the | 1015 |
| Montgomery county municipal court until December 31, 2013. | 1016 |
| If any one of the judgeships of the court becomes vacant | 1017 |
| before December 31, 2021, that judgeship is abolished on the date | 1018 |
| that it becomes vacant, and the other judges of the court shall be | 1019 |
| or serve as full-time judges. The abolishment of judgeships for | 1020 |
| the Montgomery county municipal court shall cease when the court | 1021 |
| has two full-time judgeships. | 1022 |
| In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1023 |
| shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time | 1024 |
| judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that | 1025 |
| date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county | 1026 |
| municipal court until December 31, 2005. | 1027 |
| In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge | 1028 |
| shall be elected in 1951. | 1029 |
| In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1030 |
| elected in 2005. | 1031 |
| In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge | 1032 |
| shall be elected in 1975. | 1033 |
| In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge | 1034 |
| shall be elected in 1963. | 1035 |
| In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1036 |
| elected in 1951. | 1037 |
| In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1038 |
| elected in 1975. | 1039 |
| In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 1040 |
| elected in 1953. | 1041 |
| In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1042 |
| elected in 1989. | 1043 |
| In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1044 |
| elected in 1963. | 1045 |
| In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1046 |
| shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port | 1047 |
| Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the | 1048 |
| judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, | 1049 |
| until the end of that judge's term. | 1050 |
| In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1051 |
| be elected in 1951. | 1052 |
| In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1053 |
| elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and | 1054 |
| one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. | 1055 |
| In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1056 |
| be elected in 1977. | 1057 |
| In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges | 1058 |
| shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 1059 |
| in 1971. | 1060 |
| In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge | 1061 |
| shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton | 1062 |
| municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of | 1063 |
| the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the | 1064 |
| end of that judge's term. | 1065 |
| In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1066 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 1067 |
| 1985. | 1068 |
| In the Putnam county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1069 |
| shall be elected in 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, the part-time | 1070 |
| judge of the Putnam county county court that existed prior to that | 1071 |
| date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the | 1072 |
| full-time judge of the Putnam county municipal court until | 1073 |
| December 31, 2011. | 1074 |
| In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1075 |
| be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 1076 |
| 1971. | 1077 |
| In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1078 |
| elected in 1953. | 1079 |
| In the Sandusky county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1080 |
| shall be elected in 2013. Beginning on January 1, 2013, the two | 1081 |
| part-time judges of the Sandusky county county court that existed | 1082 |
| prior to that date shall serve as part-time judges of the Sandusky | 1083 |
| county municipal court until December 31, 2013. If either | 1084 |
| judgeship becomes vacant before January 1, 2014, that judgeship is | 1085 |
| abolished on the date it becomes vacant, and the person who holds | 1086 |
| the other judgeship shall serve as the full-time judge of the | 1087 |
| Sandusky county municipal court until December 31, 2013. | 1088 |
| In the Trumbull county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1089 |
| shall be elected in 2017. Beginning on January 1, 2013, the | 1090 |
| part-time judge of the Trumbull county county court that existed | 1091 |
| prior to that date who was elected in 2010 shall serve as the | 1092 |
| full-time judge of the Trumbull county municipal court until | 1093 |
| December 31, 2017. | 1094 |
| In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge | 1095 |
| shall be elected in 1957. | 1096 |
| In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 1097 |
| elected in 1957. | 1098 |
| In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1099 |
| elected in 1995. | 1100 |
| In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge | 1101 |
| shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993, | 1102 |
| whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until | 1103 |
| December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on | 1104 |
| January 1, 2000. | 1105 |
| In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges | 1106 |
| shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 1107 |
| in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield | 1108 |
| municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of | 1109 |
| the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the | 1110 |
| end of their respective terms. | 1111 |
| In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge | 1112 |
| shall be elected in 1953. | 1113 |
| In the Stow municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1114 |
| elected in 2009, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013. | 1115 |
| Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls | 1116 |
| municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term | 1117 |
| commenced on January 1, 2008, shall serve as a full-time judge of | 1118 |
| the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2013. Beginning | 1119 |
| January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court | 1120 |
| that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1, | 1121 |
| 2004, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court | 1122 |
| until December 31, 2009. | 1123 |
| In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall | 1124 |
| be elected in 1963. | 1125 |
| In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1126 |
| elected in 1963. | 1127 |
| In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1128 |
| elected in 1953. | 1129 |
| In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be | 1130 |
| elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975, | 1131 |
| and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. | 1132 |
| In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge | 1133 |
| shall be elected in 2011. The part-time judge elected in 2005, | 1134 |
| whose term commenced on January 1, 2006, shall serve as a | 1135 |
| full-time judge on and after January 1, 2008, until the expiration | 1136 |
| of that judge's term on December 31, 2011, and the office of that | 1137 |
| judge is abolished on January 1, 2012. | 1138 |
| In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1139 |
| elected in 1959. | 1140 |
| In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1141 |
| elected in 1957. | 1142 |
| In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall | 1143 |
| be elected in 1965. | 1144 |
| In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1145 |
| be elected in 1981. | 1146 |
| In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1147 |
| elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. | 1148 |
| In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time | 1149 |
| judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in | 1150 |
| 1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until | 1151 |
| December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on | 1152 |
| January 1, 2000. | 1153 |
| In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1154 |
| shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 1155 |
| in 1979. | 1156 |
| In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1157 |
| be elected in 1951. | 1158 |
| In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1159 |
| be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington | 1160 |
| municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the | 1161 |
| Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of | 1162 |
| that judge's term on December 31, 1997. | 1163 |
| In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1164 |
| elected in 1977. | 1165 |
| In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1166 |
| be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be elected in | 1167 |
| 1953. | 1168 |
| In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1169 |
| be elected in 1953. | 1170 |
| Sec. 1901.31. The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal | 1171 |
| court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have | 1172 |
| powers and duties as follows: | 1173 |
| (A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed or | 1174 |
| elected as follows: | 1175 |
| (1)(a) Except in the Akron, Barberton, Toledo, Hamilton | 1176 |
| county, Miami county, Montgomery county, Portage county, and Wayne | 1177 |
| county municipal courts and through December 31, 2008, the | 1178 |
| Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, if the population of the territory | 1179 |
| equals or exceeds one hundred thousand at the regular municipal | 1180 |
| election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of the | 1181 |
| present clerk, the clerk shall be nominated and elected by the | 1182 |
| qualified electors of the territory in the manner that is provided | 1183 |
| for the nomination and election of judges in section 1901.07 of | 1184 |
| the Revised Code. | 1185 |
| The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six | 1186 |
| years, which term shall commence on the first day of January | 1187 |
| following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's | 1188 |
| successor is elected and qualified. | 1189 |
| (b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of | 1190 |
| courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal | 1191 |
| court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the | 1192 |
| compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in | 1193 |
| semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners | 1194 |
| prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as the | 1195 |
| clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the | 1196 |
| duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth | 1197 |
| the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common | 1198 |
| pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the | 1199 |
| county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of | 1200 |
| the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county | 1201 |
| treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the | 1202 |
| annual compensation that is received for the performance of the | 1203 |
| duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided in | 1204 |
| sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. | 1205 |
| (c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts, | 1206 |
| the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county shall be | 1207 |
| the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and Wayne county | 1208 |
| municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each | 1209 |
| branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the | 1210 |
| Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges of the municipal | 1211 |
| court determine are necessary, all of whom shall receive the | 1212 |
| compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks | 1213 |
| of courts of Portage county and Wayne county, acting as the clerks | 1214 |
| of the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts and | 1215 |
| assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation | 1216 |
| payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at | 1217 |
| one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of | 1218 |
| common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of | 1219 |
| the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 | 1220 |
| of the Revised Code. | 1221 |
| (d) In the Montgomery county and Miami county municipal | 1222 |
| courts, the clerks of courts of Montgomery county and Miami county | 1223 |
| shall be the clerks, respectively, of the Montgomery county and | 1224 |
| Miami county municipal courts. The clerks of courts of Montgomery | 1225 |
| county and Miami county, acting as the clerks of the Montgomery | 1226 |
| county and Miami county municipal courts and assuming the duties | 1227 |
| of these offices, shall receive compensation at one-fourth the | 1228 |
| rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas | 1229 |
| as determined in accordance with the population of the county and | 1230 |
| the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised | 1231 |
| Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county treasury in | 1232 |
| semimonthly installments and is in addition to the annual | 1233 |
| compensation that is received for the performance of the duties of | 1234 |
| the clerks of courts of Montgomery county and Miami county, as | 1235 |
| provided in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. | 1236 |
| (e) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(e) of | 1237 |
| this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for | 1238 |
| election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by | 1239 |
| primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day | 1240 |
| specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the nomination | 1241 |
| of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of | 1242 |
| section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations | 1243 |
| of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the | 1244 |
| nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of | 1245 |
| clerk of the Akron municipal court shall be signed by at least | 1246 |
| fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court. | 1247 |
| The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and | 1248 |
| petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not | 1249 |
| later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the | 1250 |
| primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or | 1251 |
| 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and | 1252 |
| petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the | 1253 |
| applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the | 1254 |
| Revised Code. | 1255 |
| If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by | 1256 |
| any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 1257 |
| party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron municipal | 1258 |
| court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of | 1259 |
| nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office. | 1260 |
| If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and | 1261 |
| petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 1262 |
| party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be | 1263 |
| held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for | 1264 |
| election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a | 1265 |
| certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section | 1266 |
| 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 1267 |
| Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating | 1268 |
| petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk | 1269 |
| of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the | 1270 |
| term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following | 1271 |
| regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be | 1272 |
| submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court | 1273 |
| in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised | 1274 |
| Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so | 1275 |
| elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term | 1276 |
| shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's | 1277 |
| election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and | 1278 |
| qualified. | 1279 |
| (f) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(f) of | 1280 |
| this section, in the Barberton municipal court, candidates for | 1281 |
| election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by | 1282 |
| primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day | 1283 |
| specified in the charter of the city of Barberton for the | 1284 |
| nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary | 1285 |
| provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the | 1286 |
| declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and | 1287 |
| the nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office | 1288 |
| of clerk of the Barberton municipal court shall be signed by at | 1289 |
| least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court. | 1290 |
| The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and | 1291 |
| petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not | 1292 |
| later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the | 1293 |
| primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or | 1294 |
| 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and | 1295 |
| petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the | 1296 |
| applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the | 1297 |
| Revised Code. | 1298 |
| If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by | 1299 |
| any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 1300 |
| party for election to the office of clerk of the Barberton | 1301 |
| municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the | 1302 |
| purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to | 1303 |
| that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of | 1304 |
| candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a | 1305 |
| particular political party for election to that office, a primary | 1306 |
| election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a | 1307 |
| candidate of that party for election to that office, and the | 1308 |
| candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the | 1309 |
| manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 1310 |
| Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating | 1311 |
| petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk | 1312 |
| of the Barberton municipal court shall contain a designation of | 1313 |
| the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following | 1314 |
| regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be | 1315 |
| submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court | 1316 |
| in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised | 1317 |
| Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so | 1318 |
| elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term | 1319 |
| shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's | 1320 |
| election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and | 1321 |
| qualified. | 1322 |
| (g)(i) Through December 31, 2008, except as otherwise | 1323 |
| provided in division (A)(1)(g)(i) of this section, in the Cuyahoga | 1324 |
| Falls municipal court, candidates for election to the office of | 1325 |
| clerk of the court shall be nominated by primary election. The | 1326 |
| primary election shall be held on the day specified in the charter | 1327 |
| of the city of Cuyahoga Falls for the nomination of municipal | 1328 |
| officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section | 1329 |
| 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations of | 1330 |
| candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the nominating | 1331 |
| petitions of independent candidates for the office of clerk of the | 1332 |
| Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall be signed by at least fifty | 1333 |
| qualified electors of the territory of the court. | 1334 |
| The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and | 1335 |
| petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not | 1336 |
| later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the | 1337 |
| primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or | 1338 |
| 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and | 1339 |
| petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the | 1340 |
| applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the | 1341 |
| Revised Code. | 1342 |
| If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by | 1343 |
| any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 1344 |
| party for election to the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls | 1345 |
| municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the | 1346 |
| purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to | 1347 |
| that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of | 1348 |
| candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a | 1349 |
| particular political party for election to that office, a primary | 1350 |
| election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a | 1351 |
| candidate of that party for election to that office, and the | 1352 |
| candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the | 1353 |
| manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 1354 |
| Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating | 1355 |
| petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk | 1356 |
| of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall contain a designation | 1357 |
| of the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the | 1358 |
| following regular municipal election, all candidates for the | 1359 |
| office shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the | 1360 |
| territory of the court in the manner that is provided in section | 1361 |
| 1901.07 of the Revised Code for the election of the judges of the | 1362 |
| court. The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six | 1363 |
| years, which term shall commence on the first day of January | 1364 |
| following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's | 1365 |
| successor is elected and qualified. | 1366 |
| (ii) Division (A)(1)(g)(i) of this section shall have no | 1367 |
| effect after December 31, 2008. | 1368 |
| (h) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(h) of | 1369 |
| this section, in the Toledo municipal court, candidates for | 1370 |
| election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by | 1371 |
| primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day | 1372 |
| specified in the charter of the city of Toledo for the nomination | 1373 |
| of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of | 1374 |
| section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations | 1375 |
| of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the | 1376 |
| nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of | 1377 |
| clerk of the Toledo municipal court shall be signed by at least | 1378 |
| fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court. | 1379 |
| The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and | 1380 |
| petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not | 1381 |
| later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the | 1382 |
| primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or | 1383 |
| 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and | 1384 |
| petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the | 1385 |
| applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the | 1386 |
| Revised Code. | 1387 |
| If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by | 1388 |
| any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 1389 |
| party for election to the office of clerk of the Toledo municipal | 1390 |
| court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of | 1391 |
| nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office. | 1392 |
| If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and | 1393 |
| petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 1394 |
| party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be | 1395 |
| held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for | 1396 |
| election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a | 1397 |
| certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section | 1398 |
| 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 1399 |
| Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating | 1400 |
| petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk | 1401 |
| of the Toledo municipal court shall contain a designation of the | 1402 |
| term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following | 1403 |
| regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be | 1404 |
| submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court | 1405 |
| in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised | 1406 |
| Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so | 1407 |
| elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term | 1408 |
| shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's | 1409 |
| election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and | 1410 |
| qualified. | 1411 |
| (2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, Brown | 1412 |
| county, Columbiana county, Holmes county, Putnam county, Sandusky | 1413 |
| county, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown municipal courts, in a | 1414 |
| municipal court for which the population of the territory is less | 1415 |
| than one hundred thousand, the clerk shall be appointed by the | 1416 |
| court, and the clerk shall hold office until the clerk's successor | 1417 |
| is appointed and qualified. | 1418 |
| (b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown | 1419 |
| municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office | 1420 |
| as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section. | 1421 |
| (c) In the Auglaize county, Brown county, Holmes county, | 1422 |
| Putnam county, and Sandusky county municipal courts, the clerks of | 1423 |
|
courts of Auglaize county, Brown county, Holmes county, | 1424 |
| county, and Sandusky county shall be the clerks, respectively, of | 1425 |
|
the Auglaize county, Brown county, Holmes county, | 1426 |
| county, and Sandusky county municipal courts and may appoint a | 1427 |
| chief deputy clerk for each branch office that is established | 1428 |
| pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised Code, and assistant | 1429 |
| clerks as the judge of the court determines are necessary, all of | 1430 |
| whom shall receive the compensation that the legislative authority | 1431 |
| prescribes. The clerks of courts of Auglaize county, Brown county, | 1432 |
|
Holmes county, | 1433 |
| the clerks of the Auglaize county, Brown county, Holmes county, | 1434 |
| 1435 | |
| assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation | 1436 |
| payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at | 1437 |
| one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of | 1438 |
| common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of | 1439 |
| the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 | 1440 |
| of the Revised Code. | 1441 |
| (d) In the Columbiana county municipal court, the clerk of | 1442 |
| courts of Columbiana county shall be the clerk of the municipal | 1443 |
| court, may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office | 1444 |
| that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised | 1445 |
| Code, and may appoint any assistant clerks that the judges of the | 1446 |
| court determine are necessary. All of the chief deputy clerks and | 1447 |
| assistant clerks shall receive the compensation that the | 1448 |
| legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of | 1449 |
| Columbiana county, acting as the clerk of the Columbiana county | 1450 |
| municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall | 1451 |
| receive in either biweekly installments or semimonthly | 1452 |
| installments, as determined by the payroll administrator, | 1453 |
| compensation payable from the county treasury at one-fourth the | 1454 |
| rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas | 1455 |
| as determined in accordance with the population of the county and | 1456 |
| the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised | 1457 |
| Code. | 1458 |
| (3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to illness, | 1459 |
| vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a temporary | 1460 |
| clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have the same | 1461 |
| authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk. | 1462 |
| (B) Except in the Hamilton county, Montgomery county, Miami | 1463 |
| county, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, if a | 1464 |
| vacancy occurs in the office of the clerk of the Alliance, Lorain, | 1465 |
| Massillon, or Youngstown municipal court or occurs in the office | 1466 |
| of the clerk of a municipal court for which the population of the | 1467 |
| territory equals or exceeds one hundred thousand because the clerk | 1468 |
| ceases to hold the office before the end of the clerk's term or | 1469 |
| because a clerk-elect fails to take office, the vacancy shall be | 1470 |
| filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by a person | 1471 |
| chosen by the residents of the territory of the court who are | 1472 |
| members of the county central committee of the political party by | 1473 |
| which the last occupant of that office or the clerk-elect was | 1474 |
| nominated. Not less than five nor more than fifteen days after a | 1475 |
| vacancy occurs, those members of that county central committee | 1476 |
| shall meet to make an appointment to fill the vacancy. At least | 1477 |
| four days before the date of the meeting, the chairperson or a | 1478 |
| secretary of the county central committee shall notify each such | 1479 |
| member of that county central committee by first class mail of the | 1480 |
| date, time, and place of the meeting and its purpose. A majority | 1481 |
| of all such members of that county central committee constitutes a | 1482 |
| quorum, and a majority of the quorum is required to make the | 1483 |
| appointment. If the office so vacated was occupied or was to be | 1484 |
| occupied by a person not nominated at a primary election, or if | 1485 |
| the appointment was not made by the committee members in | 1486 |
| accordance with this division, the court shall make an appointment | 1487 |
| to fill the vacancy. A successor shall be elected to fill the | 1488 |
| office for the unexpired term at the first municipal election that | 1489 |
| is held more than one hundred thirty-five days after the vacancy | 1490 |
| occurred. | 1491 |
| (C)(1) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county, | 1492 |
| the Brown county, the Columbiana county, the Holmes county, the | 1493 |
| Putnam county, the Sandusky county, and the Lorain municipal | 1494 |
| courts, for which the population of the territory is less than one | 1495 |
| hundred thousand, the clerk of the municipal court shall receive | 1496 |
| the annual compensation that the presiding judge of the court | 1497 |
| prescribes, if the revenue of the court for the preceding calendar | 1498 |
| year, as certified by the auditor or chief fiscal officer of the | 1499 |
| municipal corporation in which the court is located or, in the | 1500 |
| case of a county-operated municipal court, the county auditor, is | 1501 |
| equal to or greater than the expenditures, including any debt | 1502 |
| charges, for the operation of the court payable under this chapter | 1503 |
| from the city treasury or, in the case of a county-operated | 1504 |
| municipal court, the county treasury for that calendar year, as | 1505 |
| also certified by the auditor or chief fiscal officer. If the | 1506 |
| revenue of a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county, the | 1507 |
| Brown county, the Columbiana county, the Putnam county, the | 1508 |
| Sandusky county, and the Lorain municipal courts, for which the | 1509 |
| population of the territory is less than one hundred thousand for | 1510 |
| the preceding calendar year as so certified is not equal to or | 1511 |
| greater than those expenditures for the operation of the court for | 1512 |
| that calendar year as so certified, the clerk of a municipal court | 1513 |
| shall receive the annual compensation that the legislative | 1514 |
| authority prescribes. As used in this division, "revenue" means | 1515 |
| the total of all costs and fees that are collected and paid to the | 1516 |
| city treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county | 1517 |
| treasury by the clerk of the municipal court under division (F) of | 1518 |
| this section and all interest received and paid to the city | 1519 |
| treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county | 1520 |
| treasury in relation to the costs and fees under division (G) of | 1521 |
| this section. | 1522 |
| (2) In a municipal court, other than the Hamilton county, | 1523 |
| Montgomery county, Miami county, Portage county, and Wayne county | 1524 |
| municipal courts, for which the population of the territory is one | 1525 |
| hundred thousand or more, and in the Lorain municipal court, the | 1526 |
| clerk of the municipal court shall receive annual compensation in | 1527 |
| a sum equal to eighty-five per cent of the salary of a judge of | 1528 |
| the court. | 1529 |
| (3) The compensation of a clerk described in division (C)(1) | 1530 |
| or (2) of this section and of the clerk of the Columbiana county | 1531 |
| municipal court is payable in either semimonthly installments or | 1532 |
| biweekly installments, as determined by the payroll administrator, | 1533 |
| from the same sources and in the same manner as provided in | 1534 |
| section 1901.11 of the Revised Code, except that the compensation | 1535 |
| of the clerk of the Carroll county municipal court is payable in | 1536 |
| biweekly installments. | 1537 |
| (D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office, | 1538 |
| the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than | 1539 |
| six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court, | 1540 |
| conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties. | 1541 |
| (E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the | 1542 |
| following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue executions | 1543 |
| upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a judgment for | 1544 |
| unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of the court to all | 1545 |
| writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing out of the court; | 1546 |
| and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, and undertakings | 1547 |
| fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The clerk may refuse to | 1548 |
| accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a | 1549 |
| person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under | 1550 |
| section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain | 1551 |
| leave to proceed under that section. The clerk shall do all of the | 1552 |
| following: file and safely keep all journals, records, books, and | 1553 |
| papers belonging or appertaining to the court; record the | 1554 |
| proceedings of the court; perform all other duties that the judges | 1555 |
| of the court may prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts | 1556 |
| and disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection | 1557 |
| at all times. | 1558 |
| The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a | 1559 |
| docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all | 1560 |
| of which shall be the public records of the court. In the docket, | 1561 |
| the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of an | 1562 |
| action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the | 1563 |
| counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates, | 1564 |
| the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of | 1565 |
| summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings. | 1566 |
| The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders, | 1567 |
| judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the | 1568 |
| relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may order | 1569 |
| an extended record of any of the above to be made and entered, | 1570 |
| under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the request of | 1571 |
| any party to the case, the expense of which record may be taxed as | 1572 |
| costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the party | 1573 |
| demanding the record, upon order of the court. | 1574 |
| (F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect, | 1575 |
| and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other | 1576 |
| moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The | 1577 |
| clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or officers, | 1578 |
| and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other | 1579 |
| moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 307.515 and | 1580 |
| 4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the | 1581 |
| Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of | 1582 |
| any moneys received by a municipal court and except for the | 1583 |
| Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal | 1584 |
| courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received for violation of | 1585 |
| municipal ordinances into the treasury of the municipal | 1586 |
| corporation the ordinance of which was violated and shall pay all | 1587 |
| fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted | 1588 |
| pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or Chapter 504. of the | 1589 |
| Revised Code into the treasury of the township the resolution of | 1590 |
| which was violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of | 1591 |
| the Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and | 1592 |
| Ottawa county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent | 1593 |
| of the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and | 1594 |
| fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township | 1595 |
| resolutions adopted pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or | 1596 |
| Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of the county. | 1597 |
| Subject to sections 307.515, 4511.19, and 5503.04 of the Revised | 1598 |
| Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that requires a | 1599 |
| specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received by a | 1600 |
| municipal court, the clerk shall pay all fines collected for the | 1601 |
| violation of state laws into the county treasury. Except in a | 1602 |
| county-operated municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and | 1603 |
| fees the disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in | 1604 |
| the Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a | 1605 |
| county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the | 1606 |
| disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the Revised | 1607 |
| Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as security for | 1608 |
| costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The clerk shall | 1609 |
| keep a separate account of all receipts and disbursements in civil | 1610 |
| and criminal cases, which shall be a permanent public record of | 1611 |
| the office. On the expiration of the term of the clerk, the clerk | 1612 |
| shall deliver the records to the clerk's successor. The clerk | 1613 |
| shall have other powers and duties as are prescribed by rule or | 1614 |
| order of the court. | 1615 |
| (G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted on | 1616 |
| the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be | 1617 |
| deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and | 1618 |
| loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised | 1619 |
| Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon | 1620 |
| the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, in | 1621 |
| a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid into | 1622 |
| the treasury of the county in which the court is located. | 1623 |
| On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall | 1624 |
| make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that were | 1625 |
| finally determined more than one year past in which there remains | 1626 |
| unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of | 1627 |
| a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the | 1628 |
| case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties who | 1629 |
| are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys of record. All | 1630 |
| the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of each | 1631 |
| year shall be paid by the clerk to the city treasurer, except | 1632 |
| that, in a county-operated municipal court, the moneys shall be | 1633 |
| paid to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located. | 1634 |
| The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys at any time to the | 1635 |
| person who has the right to the moneys upon proper certification | 1636 |
| of the clerk. | 1637 |
| (H) Deputy clerks of a municipal court other than the Carroll | 1638 |
| county municipal court may be appointed by the clerk and shall | 1639 |
| receive the compensation, payable in either biweekly installments | 1640 |
| or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll | 1641 |
| administrator, out of the city treasury, that the clerk may | 1642 |
| prescribe, except that the compensation of any deputy clerk of a | 1643 |
| county-operated municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury | 1644 |
| of the county in which the court is located. The judge of the | 1645 |
| Carroll county municipal court may appoint deputy clerks for the | 1646 |
| court, and the deputy clerks shall receive the compensation, | 1647 |
| payable in biweekly installments out of the county treasury, that | 1648 |
| the judge may prescribe. Each deputy clerk shall take an oath of | 1649 |
| office before entering upon the duties of the deputy clerk's | 1650 |
| office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties appertaining | 1651 |
| to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require any of the | 1652 |
| deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three thousand | 1653 |
| dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy | 1654 |
| clerk's duties. | 1655 |
| (I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the population | 1656 |
| of the territory of a municipal court falls below one hundred | 1657 |
| thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the population of the | 1658 |
| territory prior to the most recent regular federal census exceeded | 1659 |
| one hundred thousand, the legislative authority of the municipal | 1660 |
| corporation may declare, by resolution, that the territory shall | 1661 |
| be considered to have a population of at least one hundred | 1662 |
| thousand. | 1663 |
| (J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at all | 1664 |
| sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in the | 1665 |
| courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors and | 1666 |
| receive verdicts. | 1667 |
| Sec. 1907.11. (A) Each county court district shall have the | 1668 |
| following county court judges, to be elected as follows: | 1669 |
| In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1670 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1671 |
| In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge | 1672 |
| shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected | 1673 |
| in 1982. | 1674 |
| In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1675 |
| be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two | 1676 |
| part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on | 1677 |
| January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. | 1678 |
| In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1679 |
| be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two | 1680 |
| part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on | 1681 |
| January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. | 1682 |
| Until December 31, 2007, in the Erie county county court, one | 1683 |
| part-time judge shall be elected in 1982. Effective January 1, | 1684 |
| 2008, the Erie county county court shall cease to exist. | 1685 |
| In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1686 |
| be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in | 1687 |
| 1982. | 1688 |
| In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge | 1689 |
| shall be elected in 1982. | 1690 |
| In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge | 1691 |
| shall be elected in 1982. | 1692 |
| In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge | 1693 |
| shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and | 1694 |
| two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence | 1695 |
| on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. | 1696 |
| In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge | 1697 |
| shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and | 1698 |
| three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence | 1699 |
| on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1995, | 1700 |
| respectively. | 1701 |
| In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1702 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1703 |
| In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1704 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1705 |
| In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1706 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1707 |
| In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge | 1708 |
| shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected | 1709 |
| in 1982. | 1710 |
| In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1711 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1712 |
| In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge | 1713 |
| shall be elected in 1982. | 1714 |
| In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1715 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1716 |
| In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall be | 1717 |
| elected in 1982. | 1718 |
| | 1719 |
| court, two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to | 1720 |
| commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. | 1721 |
| The judges elected in 2006 shall serve until December 31, 2012. | 1722 |
| The Sandusky county county court shall cease to exist on January | 1723 |
| 1, 2013. | 1724 |
| | 1725 |
| court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1992, and one | 1726 |
| part-time judge shall be elected in 1994. The judges elected in | 1727 |
| 2006 and 2010 shall serve until December 31, 2012. The Trumbull | 1728 |
| county county court shall cease to exist on January 1, 2013. | 1729 |
| In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge | 1730 |
| shall be elected in 1982. | 1731 |
| In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1732 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1733 |
| In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1734 |
| be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in | 1735 |
| 1982. | 1736 |
| (B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next regular | 1737 |
| election for a county court judge as provided in section 1907.13 | 1738 |
| of the Revised Code. | 1739 |
| (2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from, | 1740 |
| forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled | 1741 |
| in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as | 1742 |
| provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code. | 1743 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, | 1744 |
| 1901.07, 1901.08, 1901.31, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code are | 1745 |
| hereby repealed. | 1746 |
| Section 3. (A) Effective January 1, 2013, the Sandusky | 1747 |
| County County Court is abolished. | 1748 |
| (B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in | 1749 |
| the Sandusky County County Court at the close of business on | 1750 |
| December 31, 2012, shall be transferred to and proceed in the | 1751 |
| Sandusky County Municipal Court on January 1, 2013, as if | 1752 |
| originally instituted in the Sandusky County Municipal Court. | 1753 |
| Parties to those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings | 1754 |
| may make any amendments to their pleadings that are required to | 1755 |
| conform them to the rules of the Sandusky County Municipal Court. | 1756 |
| The Clerk of the Sandusky County County Court or other custodian | 1757 |
| shall transfer to the Sandusky County Municipal Court all | 1758 |
| pleadings, orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, | 1759 |
| books, exhibits, files, moneys, property, and persons that belong | 1760 |
| to, are in the possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction | 1761 |
| of the Sandusky County County Court, or any officer of that court, | 1762 |
| at the close of business on December 31, 2012, and that pertain to | 1763 |
| those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings. | 1764 |
| Section 4. (A) Effective January 1, 2013, the Trumbull County | 1765 |
| County Court is abolished. | 1766 |
| (B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in | 1767 |
| the Trumbull County County Court at the close of business on | 1768 |
| December 31, 2012, shall be transferred to and proceed in the | 1769 |
| Trumbull County Municipal Court on January 1, 2013, as if | 1770 |
| originally instituted in the Trumbull County Municipal Court. | 1771 |
| Parties to those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings | 1772 |
| may make any amendments to their pleadings that are required to | 1773 |
| conform them to the rules of the Trumbull County Municipal Court. | 1774 |
| The Clerk of the Trumbull County County Court or other custodian | 1775 |
| shall transfer to the Trumbull County Municipal Court all | 1776 |
| pleadings, orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, | 1777 |
| books, exhibits, files, moneys, property, and persons that belong | 1778 |
| to, are in the possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction | 1779 |
| of the Trumbull County County Court, or any officer of that court, | 1780 |
| at the close of business on December 31, 2012, and that pertain to | 1781 |
| those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings. | 1782 |
| (C) All employees of the Trumbull County County Court shall | 1783 |
| be transferred to and shall become employees of the Trumbull | 1784 |
| County Municipal Court on January 1, 2013. | 1785 |
| (D) Effective January 1, 2013, the part-time judgeship in the | 1786 |
| Trumbull County County Court is abolished. | 1787 |
| Section 5. Sections 1901.01, 1901.03, 1901.08, and 1907.11 of | 1788 |
| the Revised Code are presented in this act as composites of the | 1789 |
| sections as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 238 and Sub. H.B. 338 of | 1790 |
| the 128th General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the | 1791 |
| principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised | 1792 |
| Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of | 1793 |
| simultaneous operation, finds that the composites are the | 1794 |
| resulting versions of the sections in effect prior to the | 1795 |
| effective date of the sections as presented in this act. | 1796 |
| Section 6. Sections 1901.01, 1901.03, 1901.08, and 1907.11 | 1797 |
| of the Revised Code are presented in this act as composites of the | 1798 |
| sections as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 238 and Sub. H.B. 338 of | 1799 |
| the 128th General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the | 1800 |
| principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised | 1801 |
| Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of | 1802 |
| simultaneous operation, finds that the composites are the | 1803 |
| resulting versions of the sections in effect prior to the | 1804 |
| effective date of the sections as presented in this act. | 1805 |