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H. B. No. 433 As Reported by the House Local Government CommitteeAs Reported by the House Local Government Committee
129th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2011-2012 |
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Representative Damschroder
A BILL
To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07,
1901.08, 1901.31, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code
to abolish the Sandusky County County Court, to
create the Sandusky County Municipal Court, to
provide that the judge of the Sandusky County
Municipal Court shall be nominated by petition,
and to designate the clerk of courts of Sandusky
County the clerk of the Sandusky County Municipal
Court.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07,
1901.08, 1901.31, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code be amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1901.01. (A) There is hereby established a municipal
court in each of the following municipal corporations:
Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake,
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green,
Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Carrollton, Celina,
Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville,
Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton,
Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East
Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay,
Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights,
Georgetown, Girard, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron,
Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon,
Lima, Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta,
Marion, Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor,
Miamisburg, Middletown, Millersburg, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon,
Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk,
Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, Ottawa, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg,
Port Clinton, Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker
Heights, Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville,
Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana,
Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City
of Washington in Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court
House, Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and
Zanesville.
(B) There is hereby established a municipal court within
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county
municipal court. The municipal court established by this division
is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in
Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division.
(C) There is hereby established a municipal court within
Columbiana county in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation
or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county, except the
municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or St. Clair
township, that is selected by the judges of the municipal court
pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of the Revised Code.
(D) Effective January 1, 2008, there is hereby established a
municipal court within Erie county in Milan or in any other
municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within Erie
county that is within the territorial jurisdiction of the Erie
county municipal court and is selected by the legislative
authority of that court.
(E) The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall remain in
existence until December 31, 2008, and shall be replaced by the
Stow municipal court on January 1, 2009.
(F) Effective January 1, 2009, there is hereby established a
municipal court in the municipal corporation of Stow.
(G) Effective July 1, 2010, there is hereby established a
municipal court within Montgomery county in any municipal
corporation or unincorporated territory within Montgomery county,
except the municipal corporations of Centerville, Clayton, Dayton,
Englewood, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood,
Union, Vandalia, and West Carrollton and Butler, German, Harrison,
Miami, and Washington townships, that is selected by the
legislative authority of that court.
(H) Effective January 1, 2013, there is hereby established a
municipal court within Sandusky county in any municipal
corporation or unincorporated territory within Sandusky county,
except the municipal corporations of Bellevue and Fremont and
Ballville, Sandusky, and York townships, that is selected by the
legislative authority of that court.
Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or,
for the Clermont county municipal court, the Columbiana county
municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2008, the Erie county
municipal court, within the municipal corporation or
unincorporated territory in which they are established, and are
courts of record. Each of the courts shall be styled
".................................. municipal court," inserting
the name of the municipal corporation, except the following
courts, which shall be styled as set forth below:
(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall
be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court";
(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall
be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court";
(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be
styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court";
(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be
styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court";
(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be
styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court";
(6) The municipal court established in London that shall be
styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court";
(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be
styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court";
(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be
styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court";
(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall
be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court";
(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court";
(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be
styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court";
(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be
styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court";
(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be
styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court";
(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be
styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court";
(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court";
(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be
styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court";
(17) The municipal court established within Clermont county
in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated
territory within Clermont county that is selected by the
legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known
as the "Clermont county municipal court";
(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that,
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton
county municipal court";
(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court";
(20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that,
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the
"Fairfield county municipal court";
(21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county
in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated
territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of
the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the
"Columbiana county municipal court";
(22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that,
beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the
"Brown county municipal court";
(23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that,
beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the
"Morrow county municipal court";
(24) The municipal court established in Greenville that,
beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke
county municipal court";
(25) The municipal court established in Millersburg that,
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the
"Holmes county municipal court";
(26) The municipal court established in Carrollton that,
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the
"Carroll county municipal court";
(27) The municipal court established within Erie county in
Milan or established in any other municipal corporation or
unincorporated territory that is within Erie county, is within the
territorial jurisdiction of that court, and is selected by the
legislative authority of that court that, beginning January 1,
2008, shall be styled and known as the "Erie county municipal
court";
(28) The municipal court established in Ottawa that,
beginning January 1, 2011, shall be styled and known as the
"Putnam county municipal court";
(29) The municipal court established within Montgomery county
in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within
Montgomery county, except the municipal corporations of
Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Englewood, Germantown, Kettering,
Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Union, Vandalia, and West Carrollton
and Butler, German, Harrison, Miami, and Washington townships,
that is selected by the legislative authority of that court and
that, beginning July 1, 2010, shall be styled and known as the
"Montgomery county municipal court";
(30) The municipal court established within Sandusky county
in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within
Sandusky county, except the municipal corporations of Bellevue and
Fremont and Ballville, Sandusky, and York townships, that is
selected by the legislative authority of that court and that,
beginning January 1, 2013, shall be styled and known as the
"Sandusky county municipal court."
(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A)
of this section, the municipal courts established by section
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows:
The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath,
Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the municipal
corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in Summit
county.
The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark
county.
The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland
county.
The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county.
The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Athens county.
The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Auglaize county.
The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county.
The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit
county.
The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow,
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange,
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county.
The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within
Logan county.
The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and
Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in
Sandusky county.
The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook
Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in
Cuyahoga county.
The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar,
Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton
Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun,
Tontogany, Wayne, West Millgrove, and Weston, and within Bloom,
Center, Freedom, Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton,
Milton, Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and
Weston townships in Wood county.
Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court
has jurisdiction within Brown county.
The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams
county.
The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within
Guernsey county.
The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within
Coitsville township in Mahoning county.
The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton,
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in
Stark county.
The Carroll county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Carroll county.
The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer
county.
The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Champaign county.
The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga
county.
The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross
county.
The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within
Pickaway county.
The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Clark county.
The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Clermont county.
The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county.
Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court
has jurisdiction within Clinton county.
The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within
all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation
of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair
townships.
The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within
Coshocton county.
The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Crawford county.
Until December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court
has jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center,
Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal
corporations of Boston Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield,
Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg,
and Macedonia, in Summit county.
Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court
has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal
corporation of Bradford.
The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance
county.
The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware
county.
The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county.
The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble
county.
The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville,
and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and
LaGrange townships, in Lorain county.
Beginning January 1, 2008, the Erie county municipal court
has jurisdiction within Erie county except within the townships of
Florence, Huron, Perkins, and Vermilion and the municipal
corporations of Bay View, Castalia, Huron, Sandusky, and
Vermilion.
The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and
Beavercreek townships in Greene county.
Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county.
The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of
Hancock county except within Washington township.
The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township
in Hancock county, and within Perry township, except within the
municipal corporation of West Millgrove, in Wood county.
The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin
township in Warren county.
The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Franklin county.
The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville
and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county.
The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia
county.
The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within
the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley
View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and
Brecksville in Cuyahoga county.
The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty,
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county.
The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and
St. Clair townships in Butler county.
The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Hamilton county.
The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Hardin county.
The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of
Highland county except within Madison township.
The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Hocking county.
The Holmes county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Holmes county.
The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal
corporation of Sandusky.
The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid,
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington
townships in Lawrence county.
The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Jackson county.
The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within
Washington township, in Montgomery county.
Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has
jurisdiction within Fairfield county.
The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and
Windsor in Lawrence county.
The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within
Turtlecreek township in Warren county.
The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Licking county.
The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen
county.
The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield
township, in Lorain county.
The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield,
Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county.
The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Madison county.
The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy,
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships,
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in
Richland county.
The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within
Washington county.
The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion
county.
The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union
county.
The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield
township in Warren county.
The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson
townships in Stark county.
The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county.
The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick,
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette,
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York
townships, in Medina county.
The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county.
The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of
Bradford that is located in Darke county.
The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county.
The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county.
Beginning July 1, 2010, the Montgomery county municipal court
has jurisdiction within all of Montgomery county except for the
municipal corporations of Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Englewood,
Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Union,
Vandalia, and West Carrollton and Butler, German, Harrison, Miami,
and Washington townships.
Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court
has jurisdiction within Morrow county.
The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox
county.
The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry
county.
The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within
the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks,
Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin,
Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas
county.
The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington,
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county.
The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield
township in Trumbull county.
The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships.
The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden,
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county.
The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the
Toledo municipal court.
The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Ottawa county.
The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake
county.
The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North
Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in
Cuyahoga county.
The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford,
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in
Wood county.
The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Portage county.
The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto
county.
The Putnam county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Putnam county.
The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park,
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga
county.
The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within
Perkins township, in Erie county.
Beginning January 1, 2013, the Sandusky county municipal
court has jurisdiction within all of Sandusky county except within
the municipal corporations of Bellevue and Fremont and Ballville,
Sandusky, and York townships.
The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood,
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county.
The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon,
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in
Richland county.
The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby
county.
Beginning January 1, 2009, the Stow municipal court has
jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore
Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal
corporations of Boston Heights, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Munroe
Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow,
Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and Macedonia, in Summit county.
The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland,
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county.
The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania,
Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those
portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying
north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in
Lucas county.
The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big
Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed,
Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county.
The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington
township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in
Lucas county.
The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within
Wyandot county.
The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery
county.
The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert
county.
The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of
Lorain, in Lorain county.
The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon,
Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county.
The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and
Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county.
The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction
within Fayette county.
The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Wayne county.
The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick,
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill,
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake
county.
Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has
jurisdiction within Clinton county.
The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross,
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in
Greene county.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not
limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is
governmentally a part of the township.
(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within
the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any
townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation.
Sec. 1901.03. As used in this chapter:
(A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which
municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 1901.01
and 1901.02 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority
of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other
than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the
respective board of county commissioners of the county in which a
county-operated municipal court is located.
(C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the
municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a
county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the
respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located.
(D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a
county-operated municipal court, is located.
(E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a
county-operated municipal court, is located.
(F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize
county, Brown county, Carroll county, Clermont county, Columbiana
county, Crawford county, Darke county, Erie county, Hamilton
county, Hocking county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Lawrence
county, Madison county, Miami county, Montgomery county, Morrow
county, Ottawa county, Portage county, Putnam county, or Wayne
county municipal court and, effective January 1, 2008 2013, also
includes the Erie
Sandusky county municipal court.
(G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is
located" includes each municipal corporation named in section
1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a
judge sits pursuant to any provision of section 1901.021 of the
Revised Code except division (M) of that section.
Sec. 1901.07. (A) All municipal court judges shall be
elected on the nonpartisan ballot for terms of six years. In a
municipal court in which only one judge is to be elected in any
one year, that judge's term commences on the first day of January
after the election. In a municipal court in which two or more
judges are to be elected in any one year, their terms commence on
successive days beginning the first day of January, following the
election, unless otherwise provided by section 1901.08 of the
Revised Code.
(B) All candidates for municipal court judge may be nominated
either by nominating petition or by primary election, except that
if the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends only to the
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which the court
is located and that municipal corporation operates under a
charter, all candidates shall be nominated in the same manner
provided in the charter for the office of municipal court judge
or, if no specific provisions are made in the charter for the
office of municipal court judge, in the same manner as the charter
prescribes for the nomination and election of the legislative
authority of the municipal corporation.
If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is
located and no charter provisions apply, all candidates for party
nomination to the office of municipal court judge shall file a
declaration of candidacy and petition not later than four p.m. of
the ninetieth day before the day of the primary election in the
form prescribed by section 3513.07 of the Revised Code. The
petition shall conform to the requirements provided for those
petitions of candidacy contained in section 3513.05 of the Revised
Code, except that the petition shall be signed by at least fifty
electors of the territory of the court. If no valid declaration of
candidacy is filed for nomination as a candidate of a political
party for election to the office of municipal court judge, or if
the number of persons filing the declarations of candidacy for
nominations as candidates of one political party for election to
the office does not exceed the number of candidates that that
party is entitled to nominate as its candidates for election to
the office, no primary election shall be held for the purpose of
nominating candidates of that party for election to the office,
and the candidates shall be issued certificates of nomination in
the manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.
If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is
located and no charter provisions apply, nonpartisan candidates
for the office of municipal court judge shall file nominating
petitions not later than four p.m. of the day before the day of
the primary election in the form prescribed by section 3513.261 of
the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the requirements
provided for those petitions of candidacy contained in section
3513.257 of the Revised Code, except that the petition shall be
signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the court.
The nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for a
municipal court judge shall contain a designation of the term for
which the candidate seeks election. At the following regular
municipal election, the candidacies of the judges nominated shall
be submitted to the electors of the territory on a nonpartisan,
judicial ballot in the same manner as provided for judges of the
court of common pleas, except that, in a municipal corporation
operating under a charter, all candidates for municipal court
judge shall be elected in conformity with the charter if
provisions are made in the charter for the election of municipal
court judges.
(C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, in
the following municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated and
elected as follows:
(1) In the Cleveland municipal court, the judges shall be
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Cleveland for filing
petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each elector shall
have the right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to
be elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the
electors of the territory of the court in the manner provided by
law for the election of judges of the court of common pleas.
(2) In the Toledo municipal court, the judges shall be
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Toledo for filing
nominating petitions for city council. Each elector shall have the
right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to be
elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the electors
of the territory of the court in the manner provided by law for
the election of judges of the court of common pleas.
(3) In the Akron municipal court, the judges shall be
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in
statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Akron for filing
nominating petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each
elector shall have the right to sign petitions for as many
candidates as are to be elected, but no more. The judges shall be
elected by the electors of the territory of the court in the
manner provided by law for the election of judges of the court of
common pleas.
(4) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the judges shall
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at
least one hundred electors of the judicial district of the county
from which the candidate seeks election, which petitions shall be
signed and filed not later than four p.m. of the day before the
day of the primary election in the form prescribed by section
3513.261 of the Revised Code. Unless otherwise provided in this
section, the petition shall conform to the requirements provided
for nominating petitions in section 3513.257 of the Revised Code.
The judges shall be elected by the electors of the relative
judicial district of the county at the regular municipal election
and in the manner provided by law for the election of judges of
the court of common pleas.
(5) In the Franklin county municipal court, the judges shall
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. The petition
shall be in the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner
and within the time prescribed by the charter of the city of
Columbus for filing petitions of candidates for municipal offices.
The judges shall be elected by the electors of the territory of
the court in the manner provided by law for the election of judges
of the court of common pleas.
(6) In the Auglaize, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Crawford,
Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Miami, Morrow, Putnam,
Sandusky, and Wayne county municipal courts, the judges shall be
nominated only by petition. The petitions shall be signed by at
least fifty electors of the territory of the court and shall
conform to the provisions of this section.
(D) In the Portage county municipal court, the judges shall
be nominated either by nominating petition or by primary election,
as provided in division (B) of this section.
(E) As used in this section, as to an election for either a
full or an unexpired term, "the territory within the jurisdiction
of the court" means that territory as it will be on the first day
of January after the election.
Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of,
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of
their terms shall be as follows:
In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953,
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time
judge shall be elected in 1975.
In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953.
In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1953.
In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1967.
In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1975.
In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1957.
In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1971.
In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.
In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1993.
In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 2005.
In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1983.
In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the
part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed
prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall
serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court
until December 31, 2005.
In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1965.
In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951.
In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1963.
In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and
two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977.
In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge
elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county
county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the
full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until
December 31, 2009.
In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1957.
In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2001.
In the Chardon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1963.
In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1977.
In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1953.
In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal
court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges
of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until
the end of their respective terms.
In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1999.
In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall
be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in
1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955.
In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1957.
In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the
end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997.
In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time
judges shall be elected in 2001.
In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953.
In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951.
In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1977.
In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1967. Effective December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal
court shall cease to exist; however, the judges of the Cuyahoga
Falls municipal court who were elected pursuant to this section in
2003 and 2007 for terms beginning on January 1, 2004, and January
1, 2008, respectively, shall serve as full-time judges of the Stow
municipal court until December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2013,
respectively.
In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time
judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that
date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the
full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December
31, 2005.
In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days
beginning on the first day of January next after their election,
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January
next after their election.
In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1957.
In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007.
In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1957.
In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1953.
In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1973.
In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.
In the Erie county municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 2007.
In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1977.
In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 2005.
In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1989.
In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993.
In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1975.
In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges
shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected
in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one
full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1997.
In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1975.
In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1981.
In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1981.
In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1963.
In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953.
In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges
shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected
in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two
full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of
the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first
day of January next after their election, except that the terms of
the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on
January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the
additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January
4, 1984, and January 5, 1984.
In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1989.
In the Hillsboro municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 2011. On and after December 30, 2008, the part-time
judge of the Hillsboro municipal court who was elected in 2005
shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of
that judge's term on December 31, 2011.
In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1977.
In the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time
judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the
full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until
December 31, 2007.
In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1967.
In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001.
In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1975.
In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1955.
In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the
end of those judges' terms.
In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1981.
In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1955.
In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1971.
In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967.
In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.
In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1957.
In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1981.
In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1969.
In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1957.
In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Marysville municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 2011. On and after January 18, 2007, the part-time
judge of the Marysville municipal court who was elected in 2005
shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of
that judge's term on December 31, 2011.
In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1965.
In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1971.
In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1963.
In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1957.
In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1971.
In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1979.
In the Miamisburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951.
In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1953.
In the Montgomery county municipal court:
One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a part-time judgeship
for a term to begin on January 1, 2012. If any one of the other
judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July
1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship on that
date. If only one other judgeship of the court becomes vacant and
is abolished as of December 31, 2021, this judgeship shall be
abolished as of that date. Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time
judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed before
that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2005, shall serve as
a part-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal court until
December 31, 2011.
One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a full-time judgeship
for a term to begin on January 2, 2012, and this judgeship shall
be abolished on January 1, 2016. Beginning July 1, 2010, the
part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed
before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2005, shall
serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal
court until January 1, 2012.
One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a full-time judgeship
for a term to begin on January 2, 2014. Beginning July 1, 2010,
the part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that
existed before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2007,
shall serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county
municipal court until January 1, 2014.
One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a judgeship for a term
to begin on January 1, 2014. If no other judgeship of the court
becomes vacant and is abolished by January 1, 2014, this judgeship
shall be a part-time judgeship. When one or more of the other
judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July
1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship.
Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time judge of the Montgomery
county county court that existed before that date whose term
commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as this judge of the
Montgomery county municipal court until December 31, 2013.
If any one of the judgeships of the court becomes vacant
before December 31, 2021, that judgeship is abolished on the date
that it becomes vacant, and the other judges of the court shall be
or serve as full-time judges. The abolishment of judgeships for
the Montgomery county municipal court shall cease when the court
has two full-time judgeships.
In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time
judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that
date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county
municipal court until December 31, 2005.
In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1951.
In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 2005.
In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1975.
In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1963.
In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1975.
In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1953.
In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1989.
In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1963.
In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994,
until the end of that judge's term.
In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951.
In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.
In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1977.
In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1971.
In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton
municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of
the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the
end of that judge's term.
In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1985.
In the Putnam county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, the part-time
judge of the Putnam county county court that existed prior to that
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the
full-time judge of the Putnam county municipal court until
December 31, 2011.
In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1971.
In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953.
In the Sandusky county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2013. Beginning on January 1, 2013, the two
part-time judges of the Sandusky county county court that existed
prior to that date shall serve as part-time judges of the Sandusky
county municipal court until December 31, 2013. If either
judgeship becomes vacant before January 1, 2014, that judgeship is
abolished on the date it becomes vacant, and the person who holds
the other judgeship shall serve as the full-time judge of the
Sandusky county municipal court until December 31, 2013.
In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1957.
In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1957.
In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1995.
In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993,
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on
January 1, 2000.
In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield
municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of
the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the
end of their respective terms.
In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1953.
In the Stow municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 2009, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013.
Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls
municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term
commenced on January 1, 2008, shall serve as a full-time judge of
the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2013. Beginning
January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court
that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1,
2004, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court
until December 31, 2009.
In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1963.
In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1963.
In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953.
In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be
elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975,
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.
In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2011. The part-time judge elected in 2005,
whose term commenced on January 1, 2006, shall serve as a
full-time judge on and after January 1, 2008, until the expiration
of that judge's term on December 31, 2011, and the office of that
judge is abolished on January 1, 2012.
In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1959.
In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1957.
In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1965.
In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1981.
In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.
In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time
judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in
1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on
January 1, 2000.
In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1979.
In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951.
In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington
municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the
Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of
that judge's term on December 31, 1997.
In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1977.
In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be elected in
1953.
In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1953.
Sec. 1901.31. The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have
powers and duties as follows:
(A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed or
elected as follows:
(1)(a) Except in the Akron, Barberton, Toledo, Hamilton
county, Miami county, Montgomery county, Portage county, and Wayne
county municipal courts and through December 31, 2008, the
Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, if the population of the territory
equals or exceeds one hundred thousand at the regular municipal
election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of the
present clerk, the clerk shall be nominated and elected by the
qualified electors of the territory in the manner that is provided
for the nomination and election of judges in section 1901.07 of
the Revised Code.
The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's
successor is elected and qualified.
(b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners
prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as the
clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county
treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the
annual compensation that is received for the performance of the
duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided in
sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.
(c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts,
the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county shall be
the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and Wayne county
municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each
branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the
Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges of the municipal
court determine are necessary, all of whom shall receive the
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks
of courts of Portage county and Wayne county, acting as the clerks
of the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts and
assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation
payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at
one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of
common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of
the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18
of the Revised Code.
(d) In the Montgomery county and Miami county municipal
courts, the clerks of courts of Montgomery county and Miami county
shall be the clerks, respectively, of the Montgomery county and
Miami county municipal courts. The clerks of courts of Montgomery
county and Miami county, acting as the clerks of the Montgomery
county and Miami county municipal courts and assuming the duties
of these offices, shall receive compensation at one-fourth the
rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas
as determined in accordance with the population of the county and
the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised
Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county treasury in
semimonthly installments and is in addition to the annual
compensation that is received for the performance of the duties of
the clerks of courts of Montgomery county and Miami county, as
provided in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(e) of
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day
specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the nomination
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of
clerk of the Akron municipal court shall be signed by at least
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.
The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not
later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the
primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the
Revised Code.
If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political
party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron municipal
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section
3513.02 of the Revised Code.
Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk
of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and
qualified.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(f) of
this section, in the Barberton municipal court, candidates for
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day
specified in the charter of the city of Barberton for the
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary
provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the
declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and
the nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office
of clerk of the Barberton municipal court shall be signed by at
least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.
The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not
later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the
primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the
Revised Code.
If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political
party for election to the office of clerk of the Barberton
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a
particular political party for election to that office, a primary
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.
Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk
of the Barberton municipal court shall contain a designation of
the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and
qualified.
(g)(i) Through December 31, 2008, except as otherwise
provided in division (A)(1)(g)(i) of this section, in the Cuyahoga
Falls municipal court, candidates for election to the office of
clerk of the court shall be nominated by primary election. The
primary election shall be held on the day specified in the charter
of the city of Cuyahoga Falls for the nomination of municipal
officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section
3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations of
candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the nominating
petitions of independent candidates for the office of clerk of the
Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall be signed by at least fifty
qualified electors of the territory of the court.
The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not
later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the
primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the
Revised Code.
If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political
party for election to the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a
particular political party for election to that office, a primary
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.
Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk
of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall contain a designation
of the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the
following regular municipal election, all candidates for the
office shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the
territory of the court in the manner that is provided in section
1901.07 of the Revised Code for the election of the judges of the
court. The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's
successor is elected and qualified.
(ii) Division (A)(1)(g)(i) of this section shall have no
effect after December 31, 2008.
(h) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(h) of
this section, in the Toledo municipal court, candidates for
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day
specified in the charter of the city of Toledo for the nomination
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of
clerk of the Toledo municipal court shall be signed by at least
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.
The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not
later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the
primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the
Revised Code.
If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political
party for election to the office of clerk of the Toledo municipal
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section
3513.02 of the Revised Code.
Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk
of the Toledo municipal court shall contain a designation of the
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and
qualified.
(2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, Brown
county, Columbiana county, Holmes county, Putnam county, Sandusky
county, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown municipal courts, in a
municipal court for which the population of the territory is less
than one hundred thousand, the clerk shall be appointed by the
court, and the clerk shall hold office until the clerk's successor
is appointed and qualified.
(b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section.
(c) In the Auglaize county, Brown county, Holmes county, and
Putnam county, and Sandusky county municipal courts, the clerks of
courts of Auglaize county, Brown county, Holmes county, and Putnam
county, and Sandusky county shall be the clerks, respectively, of
the Auglaize county, Brown county, Holmes county, and Putnam
county, and Sandusky county municipal courts and may appoint a
chief deputy clerk for each branch office that is established
pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised Code, and assistant
clerks as the judge of the court determines are necessary, all of
whom shall receive the compensation that the legislative authority
prescribes. The clerks of courts of Auglaize county, Brown county,
Holmes county, and Putnam county, and Sandusky county, acting as
the clerks of the Auglaize county, Brown county, Holmes county,
and Putnam county, and Sandusky county municipal courts and
assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation
payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at
one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of
common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of
the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18
of the Revised Code.
(d) In the Columbiana county municipal court, the clerk of
courts of Columbiana county shall be the clerk of the municipal
court, may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised
Code, and may appoint any assistant clerks that the judges of the
court determine are necessary. All of the chief deputy clerks and
assistant clerks shall receive the compensation that the
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of
Columbiana county, acting as the clerk of the Columbiana county
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall
receive in either biweekly installments or semimonthly
installments, as determined by the payroll administrator,
compensation payable from the county treasury at one-fourth the
rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas
as determined in accordance with the population of the county and
the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised
Code.
(3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to illness,
vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a temporary
clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have the same
authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk.
(B) Except in the Hamilton county, Montgomery county, Miami
county, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, if a
vacancy occurs in the office of the clerk of the Alliance, Lorain,
Massillon, or Youngstown municipal court or occurs in the office
of the clerk of a municipal court for which the population of the
territory equals or exceeds one hundred thousand because the clerk
ceases to hold the office before the end of the clerk's term or
because a clerk-elect fails to take office, the vacancy shall be
filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by a person
chosen by the residents of the territory of the court who are
members of the county central committee of the political party by
which the last occupant of that office or the clerk-elect was
nominated. Not less than five nor more than fifteen days after a
vacancy occurs, those members of that county central committee
shall meet to make an appointment to fill the vacancy. At least
four days before the date of the meeting, the chairperson or a
secretary of the county central committee shall notify each such
member of that county central committee by first class mail of the
date, time, and place of the meeting and its purpose. A majority
of all such members of that county central committee constitutes a
quorum, and a majority of the quorum is required to make the
appointment. If the office so vacated was occupied or was to be
occupied by a person not nominated at a primary election, or if
the appointment was not made by the committee members in
accordance with this division, the court shall make an appointment
to fill the vacancy. A successor shall be elected to fill the
office for the unexpired term at the first municipal election that
is held more than one hundred thirty-five days after the vacancy
occurred.
(C)(1) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county,
the Brown county, the Columbiana county, the Holmes county, the
Putnam county, the Sandusky county, and the Lorain municipal
courts, for which the population of the territory is less than one
hundred thousand, the clerk of the municipal court shall receive
the annual compensation that the presiding judge of the court
prescribes, if the revenue of the court for the preceding calendar
year, as certified by the auditor or chief fiscal officer of the
municipal corporation in which the court is located or, in the
case of a county-operated municipal court, the county auditor, is
equal to or greater than the expenditures, including any debt
charges, for the operation of the court payable under this chapter
from the city treasury or, in the case of a county-operated
municipal court, the county treasury for that calendar year, as
also certified by the auditor or chief fiscal officer. If the
revenue of a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county, the
Brown county, the Columbiana county, the Putnam county, the
Sandusky county, and the Lorain municipal courts, for which the
population of the territory is less than one hundred thousand for
the preceding calendar year as so certified is not equal to or
greater than those expenditures for the operation of the court for
that calendar year as so certified, the clerk of a municipal court
shall receive the annual compensation that the legislative
authority prescribes. As used in this division, "revenue" means
the total of all costs and fees that are collected and paid to the
city treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county
treasury by the clerk of the municipal court under division (F) of
this section and all interest received and paid to the city
treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county
treasury in relation to the costs and fees under division (G) of
this section.
(2) In a municipal court, other than the Hamilton county,
Montgomery county, Miami county, Portage county, and Wayne county
municipal courts, for which the population of the territory is one
hundred thousand or more, and in the Lorain municipal court, the
clerk of the municipal court shall receive annual compensation in
a sum equal to eighty-five per cent of the salary of a judge of
the court.
(3) The compensation of a clerk described in division (C)(1)
or (2) of this section and of the clerk of the Columbiana county
municipal court is payable in either semimonthly installments or
biweekly installments, as determined by the payroll administrator,
from the same sources and in the same manner as provided in
section 1901.11 of the Revised Code, except that the compensation
of the clerk of the Carroll county municipal court is payable in
biweekly installments.
(D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office,
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court,
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties.
(E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue executions
upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a judgment for
unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of the court to all
writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing out of the court;
and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, and undertakings
fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The clerk may refuse to
accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a
person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under
section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain
leave to proceed under that section. The clerk shall do all of the
following: file and safely keep all journals, records, books, and
papers belonging or appertaining to the court; record the
proceedings of the court; perform all other duties that the judges
of the court may prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts
and disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection
at all times.
The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the docket,
the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of an
action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates,
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of
summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings.
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders,
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may order
an extended record of any of the above to be made and entered,
under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the request of
any party to the case, the expense of which record may be taxed as
costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the party
demanding the record, upon order of the court.
(F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect,
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or officers,
and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other
moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 307.515 and
4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the
Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of
any moneys received by a municipal court and except for the
Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal
courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received for violation of
municipal ordinances into the treasury of the municipal
corporation the ordinance of which was violated and shall pay all
fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted
pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or Chapter 504. of the
Revised Code into the treasury of the township the resolution of
which was violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of
the Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and
Ottawa county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent
of the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and
fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township
resolutions adopted pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or
Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of the county.
Subject to sections 307.515, 4511.19, and 5503.04 of the Revised
Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that requires a
specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received by a
municipal court, the clerk shall pay all fines collected for the
violation of state laws into the county treasury. Except in a
county-operated municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and
fees the disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in
the Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a
county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the Revised
Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as security for
costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The clerk shall
keep a separate account of all receipts and disbursements in civil
and criminal cases, which shall be a permanent public record of
the office. On the expiration of the term of the clerk, the clerk
shall deliver the records to the clerk's successor. The clerk
shall have other powers and duties as are prescribed by rule or
order of the court.
(G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted on
the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and
loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, in
a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid into
the treasury of the county in which the court is located.
On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall
make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that were
finally determined more than one year past in which there remains
unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of
a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the
case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties who
are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys of record. All
the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of each
year shall be paid by the clerk to the city treasurer, except
that, in a county-operated municipal court, the moneys shall be
paid to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located.
The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys at any time to the
person who has the right to the moneys upon proper certification
of the clerk.
(H) Deputy clerks of a municipal court other than the Carroll
county municipal court may be appointed by the clerk and shall
receive the compensation, payable in either biweekly installments
or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll
administrator, out of the city treasury, that the clerk may
prescribe, except that the compensation of any deputy clerk of a
county-operated municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury
of the county in which the court is located. The judge of the
Carroll county municipal court may appoint deputy clerks for the
court, and the deputy clerks shall receive the compensation,
payable in biweekly installments out of the county treasury, that
the judge may prescribe. Each deputy clerk shall take an oath of
office before entering upon the duties of the deputy clerk's
office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties appertaining
to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require any of the
deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three thousand
dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy
clerk's duties.
(I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the population
of the territory of a municipal court falls below one hundred
thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the population of the
territory prior to the most recent regular federal census exceeded
one hundred thousand, the legislative authority of the municipal
corporation may declare, by resolution, that the territory shall
be considered to have a population of at least one hundred
thousand.
(J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at all
sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in the
courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors and
receive verdicts.
Sec. 1907.11. (A) Each county court district shall have the
following county court judges, to be elected as follows:
In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1982.
In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected
in 1982.
In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.
In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.
Until December 31, 2007, in the Erie county county court, one
part-time judge shall be elected in 1982. Effective January 1,
2008, the Erie county county court shall cease to exist.
In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in
1982.
In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1982.
In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1982.
In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and
two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence
on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.
In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and
three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence
on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1995,
respectively.
In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1982.
In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1982.
In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1982.
In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected
in 1982.
In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1982.
In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1982.
In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1982.
In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1982.
In Until December 31, 2006, in the Sandusky county county
court, two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to
commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.
The judges elected in 2006 shall serve until December 31, 2012.
The Sandusky county county court shall cease to exist on January
1, 2013.
In the Trumbull county county court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1992, and one part-time judge shall be elected
in 1994.
In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1982.
In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1982.
In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in
1982.
(B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next regular
election for a county court judge as provided in section 1907.13
of the Revised Code.
(2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from,
forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled
in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as
provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code.
Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03,
1901.07, 1901.08, 1901.31, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code are
hereby repealed.
Section 3. Sections 1901.01, 1901.03, 1901.08, and 1907.11
of the Revised Code are presented in this act as composites of the
sections as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 238 and Sub. H.B. 338 of
the 128th General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the
principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised
Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of
simultaneous operation, finds that the composites are the
resulting versions of the sections in effect prior to the
effective date of the sections as presented in this act.
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