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| To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, | 1 |
| 1901.08, and 1901.311 of the Revised Code to | 2 |
| abolish the Fostoria Municipal Court and the | 3 |
| Tiffin Municipal Court, to create the | 4 |
| Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court, and to declare an | 5 |
| emergency. | 6 |
| Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 1901.08, | 7 |
| and 1901.311 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: | 8 |
| Sec. 1901.01. (A) There is hereby established a municipal | 9 |
| court in each of the following municipal corporations: | 10 |
| Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake, | 11 |
| Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green, | 12 |
| Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Carrollton, Celina, | 13 |
| Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville, | 14 |
| Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton, | 15 |
| Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East | 16 |
| Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay, | 17 |
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| Georgetown, Girard, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron, | 19 |
| Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon, | 20 |
| Lima, Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta, | 21 |
| Marion, Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor, | 22 |
| Miamisburg, Middletown, Millersburg, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon, | 23 |
| Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk, | 24 |
| Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, Ottawa, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg, | 25 |
| Port Clinton, Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker | 26 |
| Heights, Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville, | 27 |
| Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana, | 28 |
| Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City | 29 |
| of Washington in Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court | 30 |
| House, Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and | 31 |
| Zanesville. | 32 |
| (B) There is hereby established a municipal court within | 33 |
| Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation | 34 |
| or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is | 35 |
| selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county | 36 |
| municipal court. The municipal court established by this division | 37 |
| is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in | 38 |
| Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division. | 39 |
| (C) There is hereby established a municipal court within | 40 |
| Columbiana county in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation | 41 |
| or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county, except the | 42 |
| municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or St. Clair | 43 |
| township, that is selected by the judges of the municipal court | 44 |
| pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of the Revised Code. | 45 |
| (D) Effective January 1, 2008, there is hereby established a | 46 |
| municipal court within Erie county in Milan or in any other | 47 |
| municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within Erie | 48 |
| county that is within the territorial jurisdiction of the Erie | 49 |
| county municipal court and is selected by the legislative | 50 |
| authority of that court. | 51 |
| (E) The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall remain in | 52 |
| existence until December 31, 2008, and shall be replaced by the | 53 |
| Stow municipal court on January 1, 2009. | 54 |
| (F) Effective January 1, 2009, there is hereby established a | 55 |
| municipal court in the municipal corporation of Stow. | 56 |
| (G) Effective July 1, 2010, there is hereby established a | 57 |
| municipal court within Montgomery county in any municipal | 58 |
| corporation or unincorporated territory within Montgomery county, | 59 |
| except the municipal corporations of Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, | 60 |
| Englewood, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, | 61 |
| Union, Vandalia, and West Carrollton and Butler, German, Harrison, | 62 |
| Miami, and Washington townships, that is selected by the | 63 |
| legislative authority of that court. | 64 |
| (H) Effective January 1, 2013, there is hereby established a | 65 |
| municipal court within Sandusky county in any municipal | 66 |
| corporation or unincorporated territory within Sandusky county, | 67 |
| except the municipal corporations of Bellevue and Fremont and | 68 |
| Ballville, Sandusky, and York townships, that is selected by the | 69 |
| legislative authority of that court. | 70 |
| Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by | 71 |
| section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the | 72 |
| corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or, | 73 |
| for the Clermont county municipal court, the Columbiana county | 74 |
| municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2008, the Erie county | 75 |
| municipal court, within the municipal corporation or | 76 |
| unincorporated territory in which they are established, and are | 77 |
| courts of record. Each of the courts shall be styled | 78 |
| ".................................. municipal court," inserting | 79 |
| the name of the municipal corporation, except the following | 80 |
| courts, which shall be styled as set forth below: | 81 |
| (1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall | 82 |
| be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court"; | 83 |
| (2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall | 84 |
| be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court"; | 85 |
| (3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be | 86 |
| styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court"; | 87 |
| (4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be | 88 |
| styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court"; | 89 |
| (5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be | 90 |
| styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court"; | 91 |
| (6) The municipal court established in London that shall be | 92 |
| styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court"; | 93 |
| (7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be | 94 |
| styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court"; | 95 |
| (8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be | 96 |
| styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court"; | 97 |
| (9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall | 98 |
| be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court"; | 99 |
| (10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be | 100 |
| styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court"; | 101 |
| (11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be | 102 |
| styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court"; | 103 |
| (12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be | 104 |
| styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court"; | 105 |
| (13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be | 106 |
| styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court"; | 107 |
| (14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be | 108 |
| styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court"; | 109 |
| (15) The municipal court established in Springfield that | 110 |
| shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court"; | 111 |
| (16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be | 112 |
| styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court"; | 113 |
| (17) The municipal court established within Clermont county | 114 |
| in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated | 115 |
| territory within Clermont county that is selected by the | 116 |
| legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known | 117 |
| as the "Clermont county municipal court"; | 118 |
| (18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that, | 119 |
| beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton | 120 |
| county municipal court"; | 121 |
| (19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that | 122 |
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shall be styled and known as | 123 |
| (20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that, | 124 |
| beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the | 125 |
| "Fairfield county municipal court"; | 126 |
| (21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county | 127 |
| in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated | 128 |
| territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of | 129 |
| the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the | 130 |
| "Columbiana county municipal court"; | 131 |
| (22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that, | 132 |
| beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the | 133 |
| "Brown county municipal court"; | 134 |
| (23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that, | 135 |
| beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the | 136 |
| "Morrow county municipal court"; | 137 |
| (24) The municipal court established in Greenville that, | 138 |
| beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke | 139 |
| county municipal court"; | 140 |
| (25) The municipal court established in Millersburg that, | 141 |
| beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the | 142 |
| "Holmes county municipal court"; | 143 |
| (26) The municipal court established in Carrollton that, | 144 |
| beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the | 145 |
| "Carroll county municipal court"; | 146 |
| (27) The municipal court established within Erie county in | 147 |
| Milan or established in any other municipal corporation or | 148 |
| unincorporated territory that is within Erie county, is within the | 149 |
| territorial jurisdiction of that court, and is selected by the | 150 |
| legislative authority of that court that, beginning January 1, | 151 |
| 2008, shall be styled and known as the "Erie county municipal | 152 |
| court"; | 153 |
| (28) The municipal court established in Ottawa that, | 154 |
| beginning January 1, 2011, shall be styled and known as the | 155 |
| "Putnam county municipal court"; | 156 |
| (29) The municipal court established within Montgomery county | 157 |
| in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within | 158 |
| Montgomery county, except the municipal corporations of | 159 |
| Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Englewood, Germantown, Kettering, | 160 |
| Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Union, Vandalia, and West Carrollton | 161 |
| and Butler, German, Harrison, Miami, and Washington townships, | 162 |
| that is selected by the legislative authority of that court and | 163 |
| that, beginning July 1, 2010, shall be styled and known as the | 164 |
| "Montgomery county municipal court"; | 165 |
| (30) The municipal court established within Sandusky county | 166 |
| in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within | 167 |
| Sandusky county, except the municipal corporations of Bellevue and | 168 |
| Fremont and Ballville, Sandusky, and York townships, that is | 169 |
| selected by the legislative authority of that court and that, | 170 |
| beginning January 1, 2013, shall be styled and known as the | 171 |
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"Sandusky county municipal court | 172 |
| (31) The municipal court established in Tiffin that, | 173 |
| beginning January 1, 2014, shall be styled and known as the | 174 |
| "Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court." | 175 |
| (B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A) | 176 |
| of this section, the municipal courts established by section | 177 |
| 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows: | 178 |
| The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath, | 179 |
| Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the municipal | 180 |
| corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in Summit | 181 |
| county. | 182 |
| The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within | 183 |
| Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark | 184 |
| county. | 185 |
| The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland | 186 |
| county. | 187 |
| The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within | 188 |
| Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county. | 189 |
| The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 190 |
| Athens county. | 191 |
| The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 192 |
| Auglaize county. | 193 |
| The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 194 |
| municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county. | 195 |
| The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within | 196 |
| Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley | 197 |
| township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and | 198 |
| within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit | 199 |
| county. | 200 |
| The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 201 |
| municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow, | 202 |
| Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange, | 203 |
| Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within | 204 |
| Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county. | 205 |
| The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within | 206 |
| Logan county. | 207 |
| The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and | 208 |
| Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in | 209 |
| Sandusky county. | 210 |
| The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 211 |
| municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook | 212 |
| Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in | 213 |
| Cuyahoga county. | 214 |
| The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 215 |
| municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar, | 216 |
| Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton | 217 |
| Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun, | 218 |
| Tontogany, Wayne, West Millgrove, and Weston, and within Bloom, | 219 |
| Center, Freedom, Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, | 220 |
| Milton, Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and | 221 |
| Weston townships in Wood county. | 222 |
| Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court | 223 |
| has jurisdiction within Brown county. | 224 |
| The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams | 225 |
| county. | 226 |
| The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within | 227 |
| Guernsey county. | 228 |
| The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within | 229 |
| Coitsville township in Mahoning county. | 230 |
| The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton, | 231 |
| Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in | 232 |
| Stark county. | 233 |
| The Carroll county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 234 |
| Carroll county. | 235 |
| The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer | 236 |
| county. | 237 |
| The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 238 |
| Champaign county. | 239 |
| The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga | 240 |
| county. | 241 |
| The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross | 242 |
| county. | 243 |
| The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within | 244 |
| Pickaway county. | 245 |
| The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 246 |
| Clark county. | 247 |
| The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 248 |
| Clermont county. | 249 |
| The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 250 |
| municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county. | 251 |
| Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court | 252 |
| has jurisdiction within Clinton county. | 253 |
| The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 254 |
| all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation | 255 |
| of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair | 256 |
| townships. | 257 |
| The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within | 258 |
| Coshocton county. | 259 |
| The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 260 |
| Crawford county. | 261 |
| Until December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court | 262 |
| has jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, | 263 |
| Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal | 264 |
| corporations of Boston Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, | 265 |
| Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, | 266 |
| and Macedonia, in Summit county. | 267 |
| Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court | 268 |
| has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal | 269 |
| corporation of Bradford. | 270 |
| The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance | 271 |
| county. | 272 |
| The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware | 273 |
| county. | 274 |
| The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within | 275 |
| Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county. | 276 |
| The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble | 277 |
| county. | 278 |
| The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 279 |
| municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville, | 280 |
| and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and | 281 |
| LaGrange townships, in Lorain county. | 282 |
| Beginning January 1, 2008, the Erie county municipal court | 283 |
| has jurisdiction within Erie county except within the townships of | 284 |
| Florence, Huron, Perkins, and Vermilion and the municipal | 285 |
| corporations of Bay View, Castalia, Huron, Sandusky, and | 286 |
| Vermilion. | 287 |
| The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 288 |
| municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and | 289 |
| Beavercreek townships in Greene county. | 290 |
| Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal | 291 |
| court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county. | 292 |
| The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 293 |
| Hancock county except within Washington township. | 294 |
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| The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin | 299 |
| township in Warren county. | 300 |
| The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 301 |
| Franklin county. | 302 |
| The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville | 303 |
| and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county. | 304 |
| The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia | 305 |
| county. | 306 |
| The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within | 307 |
| the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley | 308 |
| View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and | 309 |
| Brecksville in Cuyahoga county. | 310 |
| The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty, | 311 |
| Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county. | 312 |
| The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and | 313 |
| St. Clair townships in Butler county. | 314 |
| The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 315 |
| Hamilton county. | 316 |
| The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 317 |
| Hardin county. | 318 |
| The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 319 |
| Highland county except within Madison township. | 320 |
| The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 321 |
| Hocking county. | 322 |
| The Holmes county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 323 |
| Holmes county. | 324 |
| The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 325 |
| Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal | 326 |
| corporation of Sandusky. | 327 |
| The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid, | 328 |
| Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington | 329 |
| townships in Lawrence county. | 330 |
| The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 331 |
| Jackson county. | 332 |
| The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 333 |
| municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within | 334 |
| Washington township, in Montgomery county. | 335 |
| Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has | 336 |
| jurisdiction within Fairfield county. | 337 |
| The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 338 |
| the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and | 339 |
| Windsor in Lawrence county. | 340 |
| The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within | 341 |
| Turtlecreek township in Warren county. | 342 |
| The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 343 |
| Licking county. | 344 |
| The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen | 345 |
| county. | 346 |
| The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 347 |
| municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield | 348 |
| township, in Lorain county. | 349 |
| The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 350 |
| municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield, | 351 |
| Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county. | 352 |
| The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 353 |
| Madison county. | 354 |
| The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within | 355 |
| Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy, | 356 |
| Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships, | 357 |
| and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in | 358 |
| Richland county. | 359 |
| The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within | 360 |
| Washington county. | 361 |
| The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion | 362 |
| county. | 363 |
| The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union | 364 |
| county. | 365 |
| The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield | 366 |
| township in Warren county. | 367 |
| The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within | 368 |
| Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson | 369 |
| townships in Stark county. | 370 |
| The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 371 |
| municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within | 372 |
| Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of | 373 |
| Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the | 374 |
| northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county. | 375 |
| The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 376 |
| municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick, | 377 |
| Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of | 378 |
| Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette, | 379 |
| Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York | 380 |
| townships, in Medina county. | 381 |
| The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 382 |
| municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county. | 383 |
| The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 384 |
| Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of | 385 |
| Bradford that is located in Darke county. | 386 |
| The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 387 |
| municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and | 388 |
| within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county. | 389 |
| The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within | 390 |
| Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within | 391 |
| the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county. | 392 |
| Beginning July 1, 2010, the Montgomery county municipal court | 393 |
| has jurisdiction within all of Montgomery county except for the | 394 |
| municipal corporations of Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Englewood, | 395 |
| Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Union, | 396 |
| Vandalia, and West Carrollton and Butler, German, Harrison, Miami, | 397 |
| and Washington townships. | 398 |
| Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court | 399 |
| has jurisdiction within Morrow county. | 400 |
| The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox | 401 |
| county. | 402 |
| The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry | 403 |
| county. | 404 |
| The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within | 405 |
| the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks, | 406 |
| Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin, | 407 |
| Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas | 408 |
| county. | 409 |
| The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within | 410 |
| Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington, | 411 |
| Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county. | 412 |
| The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 413 |
| municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield | 414 |
| township in Trumbull county. | 415 |
| The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 416 |
| Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue | 417 |
| and except within Lyme and Sherman townships. | 418 |
| The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 419 |
| municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South | 420 |
| Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden, | 421 |
| Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and | 422 |
| Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except | 423 |
| within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county. | 424 |
| The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 425 |
| municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem | 426 |
| township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake | 427 |
| Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the | 428 |
| easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the | 429 |
| Toledo municipal court. | 430 |
| The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 431 |
| Ottawa county. | 432 |
| The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within | 433 |
| Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake | 434 |
| county. | 435 |
| The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 436 |
| municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North | 437 |
| Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in | 438 |
| Cuyahoga county. | 439 |
| The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 440 |
| municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford, | 441 |
| and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in | 442 |
| Wood county. | 443 |
| The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 444 |
| Portage county. | 445 |
| The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto | 446 |
| county. | 447 |
| The Putnam county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 448 |
| Putnam county. | 449 |
| The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 450 |
| municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park, | 451 |
| and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga | 452 |
| county. | 453 |
| The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 454 |
| municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within | 455 |
| Perkins township, in Erie county. | 456 |
| Beginning January 1, 2013, the Sandusky county municipal | 457 |
| court has jurisdiction within all of Sandusky county except within | 458 |
| the municipal corporations of Bellevue and Fremont and Ballville, | 459 |
| Sandusky, and York townships. | 460 |
| The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within | 461 |
| the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood, | 462 |
| Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county. | 463 |
| The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon, | 464 |
| Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within | 465 |
| all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in | 466 |
| Richland county. | 467 |
| The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby | 468 |
| county. | 469 |
| Beginning January 1, 2009, the Stow municipal court has | 470 |
| jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore | 471 |
| Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal | 472 |
| corporations of Boston Heights, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Munroe | 473 |
| Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, | 474 |
| Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and Macedonia, in Summit county. | 475 |
| The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 476 |
| municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland, | 477 |
| and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county. | 478 |
| The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 479 |
| municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania, | 480 |
| Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those | 481 |
| portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying | 482 |
| north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in | 483 |
| Lucas county. | 484 |
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| court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big Spring, Bloom, Clinton, | 486 |
| Eden, Hopewell, Jackson, Liberty, Loudon, Pleasant, Reed, Scipio, | 487 |
| Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county, within | 488 |
| Washington township in Hancock county, and within Perry township, | 489 |
| except within the municipal corporation of West Millgrove, in Wood | 490 |
| county. | 491 |
| The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington | 492 |
| township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in | 493 |
| Lucas county. | 494 |
| The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within | 495 |
| Wyandot county. | 496 |
| The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 497 |
| municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and | 498 |
| within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery | 499 |
| county. | 500 |
| The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert | 501 |
| county. | 502 |
| The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 503 |
| townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all | 504 |
| of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of | 505 |
| Lorain, in Lorain county. | 506 |
| The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 507 |
| municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and | 508 |
| Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon, | 509 |
| Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county. | 510 |
| The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and | 511 |
| Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except | 512 |
| within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county. | 513 |
| The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction | 514 |
| within Fayette county. | 515 |
| The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 516 |
| Wayne county. | 517 |
| The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 518 |
| municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick, | 519 |
| Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill, | 520 |
| Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake | 521 |
| county. | 522 |
| Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has | 523 |
| jurisdiction within Clinton county. | 524 |
| The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within | 525 |
| Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross, | 526 |
| Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in | 527 |
| Greene county. | 528 |
| (C) As used in this section: | 529 |
| (1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not | 530 |
| limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is | 531 |
| physically located within the territorial boundaries of that | 532 |
| township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is | 533 |
| governmentally a part of the township. | 534 |
| (2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within | 535 |
| the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any | 536 |
| townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation. | 537 |
| Sec. 1901.021. (A) Except as otherwise provided in division | 538 |
| (M) of this section, the judge or judges of any municipal court | 539 |
| established under division (A) of section 1901.01 of the Revised | 540 |
| Code having territorial jurisdiction outside the corporate limits | 541 |
| of the municipal corporation in which it is located may sit | 542 |
| outside the corporate limits of the municipal corporation within | 543 |
| the area of its territorial jurisdiction. | 544 |
| (B) Two or more of the judges of the Hamilton county | 545 |
| municipal court shall be assigned by the presiding judge of the | 546 |
| court to sit outside the municipal corporation of Cincinnati. | 547 |
| (C) Two of the judges of the Portage county municipal court | 548 |
| shall sit within the municipal corporation of Ravenna, and one of | 549 |
| the judges shall sit within the municipal corporation of Kent. The | 550 |
| judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Portage county. | 551 |
| (D) One of the judges of the Wayne county municipal court | 552 |
| shall sit within the municipal corporation of Wooster, and one | 553 |
| shall sit within the municipal corporation of Orrville. Both | 554 |
| judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Wayne county. | 555 |
| (E) The judge of the Auglaize county municipal court shall | 556 |
| sit within the municipal corporations of Wapakoneta and St. Marys | 557 |
| and may sit in other incorporated areas in Auglaize county. | 558 |
| (F) At least one of the judges of the Miami county municipal | 559 |
| court shall sit within the municipal corporations of Troy, Piqua, | 560 |
| and Tipp City, and the judges may sit in other incorporated areas | 561 |
| of Miami county. | 562 |
| (G) The judge of the Crawford county municipal court shall | 563 |
| sit within the municipal corporations of Bucyrus and Galion and | 564 |
| may sit in other incorporated areas in Crawford county. | 565 |
| (H) The judge of the Jackson county municipal court shall sit | 566 |
| within the municipal corporations of Jackson and Wellston and may | 567 |
| sit in other incorporated areas in Jackson county. | 568 |
| (I) Each judge of the Columbiana county municipal court may | 569 |
| sit within the municipal corporation of Lisbon, Salem, or East | 570 |
| Palestine until the judges jointly select a central location | 571 |
| within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. When the judges | 572 |
| select a central location, the judges shall sit at that location. | 573 |
| (J) In any municipal court, other than the Hamilton county | 574 |
| municipal court and the Montgomery county municipal court, that | 575 |
| has more than one judge, the decision for one or more judges to | 576 |
| sit outside the corporate limits of the municipal corporation | 577 |
| shall be made by rule of the court as provided in division (C) of | 578 |
| sections 1901.14 and 1901.16 of the Revised Code. | 579 |
| (K) The assignment of a judge to sit in a municipal | 580 |
| corporation other than that in which the court is located does not | 581 |
| affect the jurisdiction of the mayor except as provided in section | 582 |
| 1905.01 of the Revised Code. | 583 |
| (L) The judges of the Clermont county municipal court may sit | 584 |
| in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within | 585 |
| Clermont county. | 586 |
| (M) Beginning July 1, 2010, the judges of the Montgomery | 587 |
| county municipal court shall sit in the same locations as the | 588 |
| judges of the Montgomery county county court sat before the county | 589 |
| court was abolished on that date. The legislative authority of the | 590 |
| Montgomery county municipal court may determine after that date | 591 |
| that the judges of the Montgomery county municipal court shall sit | 592 |
| in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within | 593 |
| Montgomery county. | 594 |
| (N) The judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court shall | 595 |
| sit within each of the municipal corporations of Tiffin and | 596 |
| Fostoria on a weekly basis. Cases that arise within the municipal | 597 |
| corporation of Tiffin and within Adams, Big Spring, Bloom, | 598 |
| Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed, Scioto, Seneca, | 599 |
| Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county shall be filed in | 600 |
| the office of the clerk of the court located in the municipal | 601 |
| corporation of Tiffin. Cases that arise in the municipal | 602 |
| corporation of Fostoria and within Loudon and Jackson townships in | 603 |
| Seneca county, within Washington township in Hancock county, and | 604 |
| within Perry township, except within the municipal corporation of | 605 |
| West Millgrove, in Wood county, shall be filed in the office of | 606 |
| the special deputy clerk located in the municipal corporation of | 607 |
| Fostoria. | 608 |
| Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of, | 609 |
| judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of | 610 |
| their terms shall be as follows: | 611 |
| In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be | 612 |
| elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, | 613 |
| one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time | 614 |
| judge shall be elected in 1975. | 615 |
| In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 616 |
| elected in 1953. | 617 |
| In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 618 |
| elected in 1951. | 619 |
| In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 620 |
| be elected in 1953. | 621 |
| In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge | 622 |
| shall be elected in 1967. | 623 |
| In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge | 624 |
| shall be elected in 1975. | 625 |
| In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall | 626 |
| be elected in 1957. | 627 |
| In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 628 |
| be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 629 |
| 1971. | 630 |
| In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 631 |
| elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979. | 632 |
| In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge | 633 |
| shall be elected in 1993. | 634 |
| In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 635 |
| elected in 1951. | 636 |
| In the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 637 |
| elected in 2005. | 638 |
| In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge | 639 |
| shall be elected in 1983. | 640 |
| In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge | 641 |
| shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the | 642 |
| part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed | 643 |
| prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall | 644 |
| serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court | 645 |
| until December 31, 2005. | 646 |
| In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 647 |
| elected in 1965. | 648 |
| In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 649 |
| be elected in 1951. | 650 |
| In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 651 |
| elected in 1963. | 652 |
| In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 653 |
| elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and | 654 |
| two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977. | 655 |
| In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge | 656 |
| shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge | 657 |
| elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county | 658 |
| county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the | 659 |
| full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until | 660 |
| December 31, 2009. | 661 |
| In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 662 |
| elected in 1957. | 663 |
| In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge | 664 |
| shall be elected in 2001. | 665 |
| In the Chardon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 666 |
| elected in 1963. | 667 |
| In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 668 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 669 |
| 1977. | 670 |
| In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 671 |
| be elected in 1953. | 672 |
| In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge | 673 |
| shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be | 674 |
| elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal | 675 |
| court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges | 676 |
| of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until | 677 |
| the end of their respective terms. | 678 |
| In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges | 679 |
| shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 680 |
| in 1999. | 681 |
| In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall | 682 |
| be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in | 683 |
| 1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955. | 684 |
| In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge | 685 |
| shall be elected in 1957. | 686 |
| In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge | 687 |
| shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington | 688 |
| municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge | 689 |
| of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the | 690 |
| end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. | 691 |
| In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time | 692 |
| judges shall be elected in 2001. | 693 |
| In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 694 |
| elected in 1953. | 695 |
| In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 696 |
| be elected in 1951. | 697 |
| In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge | 698 |
| shall be elected in 1977. | 699 |
| In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge | 700 |
| shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 701 |
| in 1967. Effective December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal | 702 |
| court shall cease to exist; however, the judges of the Cuyahoga | 703 |
| Falls municipal court who were elected pursuant to this section in | 704 |
| 2003 and 2007 for terms beginning on January 1, 2004, and January | 705 |
| 1, 2008, respectively, shall serve as full-time judges of the Stow | 706 |
| municipal court until December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2013, | 707 |
| respectively. | 708 |
| In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge | 709 |
| shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time | 710 |
| judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that | 711 |
| date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the | 712 |
| full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December | 713 |
| 31, 2005. | 714 |
| In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall | 715 |
| be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days | 716 |
| beginning on the first day of January next after their election, | 717 |
| and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to | 718 |
| commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January | 719 |
| next after their election. | 720 |
| In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 721 |
| elected in 1957. | 722 |
| In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 723 |
| elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007. | 724 |
| In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge | 725 |
| shall be elected in 1957. | 726 |
| In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge | 727 |
| shall be elected in 1953. | 728 |
| In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 729 |
| elected in 1973. | 730 |
| In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 731 |
| elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. | 732 |
| In the Erie county municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 733 |
| be elected in 2007. | 734 |
| In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 735 |
| elected in 1951. | 736 |
| In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 737 |
| elected in 1977. | 738 |
| In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge | 739 |
| shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 740 |
| in 2005. | 741 |
| In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 742 |
| be elected in 1989. | 743 |
| In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 744 |
| elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993. | 745 |
| | 746 |
| 747 |
| In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 748 |
| elected in 1951. | 749 |
| In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges | 750 |
| shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected | 751 |
| in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one | 752 |
| full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge | 753 |
| shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 754 |
| in 1997. | 755 |
| In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 756 |
| elected in 1975. | 757 |
| In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 758 |
| be elected in 1981. | 759 |
| In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge | 760 |
| shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 761 |
| in 1981. | 762 |
| In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 763 |
| elected in 1963. | 764 |
| In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 765 |
| elected in 1953. | 766 |
| In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges | 767 |
| shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected | 768 |
| in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two | 769 |
| full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of | 770 |
| the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first | 771 |
| day of January next after their election, except that the terms of | 772 |
| the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on | 773 |
| January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the | 774 |
| additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January | 775 |
| 4, 1984, and January 5, 1984. | 776 |
| In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge | 777 |
| shall be elected in 1989. | 778 |
| In the Hillsboro municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 779 |
| be elected in 2011. On and after December 30, 2008, the part-time | 780 |
| judge of the Hillsboro municipal court who was elected in 2005 | 781 |
| shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of | 782 |
| that judge's term on December 31, 2011. | 783 |
| In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge | 784 |
| shall be elected in 1977. | 785 |
| In the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge | 786 |
| shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time | 787 |
| judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that | 788 |
| date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the | 789 |
| full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until | 790 |
| December 31, 2007. | 791 |
| In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 792 |
| elected in 1967. | 793 |
| In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 794 |
| elected in 1951. | 795 |
| In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge | 796 |
| shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the | 797 |
| part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was | 798 |
| elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court | 799 |
| until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001. | 800 |
| In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 801 |
| be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 802 |
| 1975. | 803 |
| In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 804 |
| elected in 1955. | 805 |
| In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 806 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 807 |
| 1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the | 808 |
| Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall | 809 |
| serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the | 810 |
| end of those judges' terms. | 811 |
| In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge | 812 |
| shall be elected in 1981. | 813 |
| In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 814 |
| elected in 1955. | 815 |
| In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge | 816 |
| shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 817 |
| in 1971. | 818 |
| In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 819 |
| elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967. | 820 |
| In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 821 |
| elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. | 822 |
| In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 823 |
| be elected in 1957. | 824 |
| In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge | 825 |
| shall be elected in 1981. | 826 |
| In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 827 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 828 |
| 1969. | 829 |
| In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 830 |
| elected in 1957. | 831 |
| In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 832 |
| elected in 1951. | 833 |
| In the Marysville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 834 |
| be elected in 2011. On and after January 18, 2007, the part-time | 835 |
| judge of the Marysville municipal court who was elected in 2005 | 836 |
| shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of | 837 |
| that judge's term on December 31, 2011. | 838 |
| In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 839 |
| elected in 1965. | 840 |
| In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 841 |
| be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 842 |
| 1971. | 843 |
| In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 844 |
| elected in 1963. | 845 |
| In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 846 |
| elected in 1957. | 847 |
| In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 848 |
| elected in 1971. | 849 |
| In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge | 850 |
| shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 851 |
| in 1979. | 852 |
| In the Miamisburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 853 |
| be elected in 1951. | 854 |
| In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 855 |
| be elected in 1953. | 856 |
| In the Montgomery county municipal court: | 857 |
| One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a part-time judgeship | 858 |
| for a term to begin on January 1, 2012. If any one of the other | 859 |
| judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July | 860 |
| 1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship on that | 861 |
| date. If only one other judgeship of the court becomes vacant and | 862 |
| is abolished as of December 31, 2021, this judgeship shall be | 863 |
| abolished as of that date. Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time | 864 |
| judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed before | 865 |
| that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2005, shall serve as | 866 |
| a part-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal court until | 867 |
| December 31, 2011. | 868 |
| One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a full-time judgeship | 869 |
| for a term to begin on January 2, 2012, and this judgeship shall | 870 |
| be abolished on January 1, 2016. Beginning July 1, 2010, the | 871 |
| part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed | 872 |
| before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2005, shall | 873 |
| serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal | 874 |
| court until January 1, 2012. | 875 |
| One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a full-time judgeship | 876 |
| for a term to begin on January 2, 2014. Beginning July 1, 2010, | 877 |
| the part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that | 878 |
| existed before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2007, | 879 |
| shall serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county | 880 |
| municipal court until January 1, 2014. | 881 |
| One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a judgeship for a term | 882 |
| to begin on January 1, 2014. If no other judgeship of the court | 883 |
| becomes vacant and is abolished by January 1, 2014, this judgeship | 884 |
| shall be a part-time judgeship. When one or more of the other | 885 |
| judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July | 886 |
| 1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship. | 887 |
| Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time judge of the Montgomery | 888 |
| county county court that existed before that date whose term | 889 |
| commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as this judge of the | 890 |
| Montgomery county municipal court until December 31, 2013. | 891 |
| If any one of the judgeships of the court becomes vacant | 892 |
| before December 31, 2021, that judgeship is abolished on the date | 893 |
| that it becomes vacant, and the other judges of the court shall be | 894 |
| or serve as full-time judges. The abolishment of judgeships for | 895 |
| the Montgomery county municipal court shall cease when the court | 896 |
| has two full-time judgeships. | 897 |
| In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge | 898 |
| shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time | 899 |
| judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that | 900 |
| date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county | 901 |
| municipal court until December 31, 2005. | 902 |
| In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge | 903 |
| shall be elected in 1951. | 904 |
| In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 905 |
| elected in 2005. | 906 |
| In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge | 907 |
| shall be elected in 1975. | 908 |
| In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge | 909 |
| shall be elected in 1963. | 910 |
| In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 911 |
| elected in 1951. | 912 |
| In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 913 |
| elected in 1975. | 914 |
| In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 915 |
| elected in 1953. | 916 |
| In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 917 |
| elected in 1989. | 918 |
| In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 919 |
| elected in 1963. | 920 |
| In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge | 921 |
| shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port | 922 |
| Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the | 923 |
| judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, | 924 |
| until the end of that judge's term. | 925 |
| In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 926 |
| be elected in 1951. | 927 |
| In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 928 |
| elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and | 929 |
| one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. | 930 |
| In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 931 |
| be elected in 1977. | 932 |
| In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges | 933 |
| shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 934 |
| in 1971. | 935 |
| In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge | 936 |
| shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton | 937 |
| municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of | 938 |
| the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the | 939 |
| end of that judge's term. | 940 |
| In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 941 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 942 |
| 1985. | 943 |
| In the Putnam county municipal court, one full-time judge | 944 |
| shall be elected in 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, the part-time | 945 |
| judge of the Putnam county county court that existed prior to that | 946 |
| date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the | 947 |
| full-time judge of the Putnam county municipal court until | 948 |
| December 31, 2011. | 949 |
| In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 950 |
| be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 951 |
| 1971. | 952 |
| In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 953 |
| elected in 1953. | 954 |
| In the Sandusky county municipal court, one full-time judge | 955 |
| shall be elected in 2013. Beginning on January 1, 2013, the two | 956 |
| part-time judges of the Sandusky county county court that existed | 957 |
| prior to that date shall serve as part-time judges of the Sandusky | 958 |
| county municipal court until December 31, 2013. If either | 959 |
| judgeship becomes vacant before January 1, 2014, that judgeship is | 960 |
| abolished on the date it becomes vacant, and the person who holds | 961 |
| the other judgeship shall serve as the full-time judge of the | 962 |
| Sandusky county municipal court until December 31, 2013. | 963 |
| In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge | 964 |
| shall be elected in 1957. | 965 |
| In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 966 |
| elected in 1957. | 967 |
| In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 968 |
| elected in 1995. | 969 |
| In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge | 970 |
| shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993, | 971 |
| whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until | 972 |
| December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on | 973 |
| January 1, 2000. | 974 |
| In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges | 975 |
| shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 976 |
| in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield | 977 |
| municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of | 978 |
| the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the | 979 |
| end of their respective terms. | 980 |
| In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge | 981 |
| shall be elected in 1953. | 982 |
| In the Stow municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 983 |
| elected in 2009, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013. | 984 |
| Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls | 985 |
| municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term | 986 |
| commenced on January 1, 2008, shall serve as a full-time judge of | 987 |
| the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2013. Beginning | 988 |
| January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court | 989 |
| that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1, | 990 |
| 2004, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court | 991 |
| until December 31, 2009. | 992 |
| In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall | 993 |
| be elected in 1963. | 994 |
| In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 995 |
| elected in 1963. | 996 |
| In the Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge | 997 |
|
shall be elected in | 998 |
| In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be | 999 |
| elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975, | 1000 |
| and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. | 1001 |
| In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge | 1002 |
| shall be elected in 2011. The part-time judge elected in 2005, | 1003 |
| whose term commenced on January 1, 2006, shall serve as a | 1004 |
| full-time judge on and after January 1, 2008, until the expiration | 1005 |
| of that judge's term on December 31, 2011, and the office of that | 1006 |
| judge is abolished on January 1, 2012. | 1007 |
| In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1008 |
| elected in 1959. | 1009 |
| In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1010 |
| elected in 1957. | 1011 |
| In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall | 1012 |
| be elected in 1965. | 1013 |
| In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1014 |
| be elected in 1981. | 1015 |
| In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1016 |
| elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. | 1017 |
| In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time | 1018 |
| judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in | 1019 |
| 1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until | 1020 |
| December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on | 1021 |
| January 1, 2000. | 1022 |
| In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1023 |
| shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 1024 |
| in 1979. | 1025 |
| In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1026 |
| be elected in 1951. | 1027 |
| In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1028 |
| be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington | 1029 |
| municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the | 1030 |
| Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of | 1031 |
| that judge's term on December 31, 1997. | 1032 |
| In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1033 |
| elected in 1977. | 1034 |
| In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1035 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 1036 |
| 2013. | 1037 |
| In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1038 |
| be elected in 1953. | 1039 |
| Sec. 1901.311. (A) A municipal court may establish one or | 1040 |
| more branch offices and may appoint a special deputy clerk to | 1041 |
| administer each branch office. Each special deputy clerk shall | 1042 |
|
take an oath of office before entering upon the duties of | 1043 |
| office, and, when so qualified, may perform any one or more of the | 1044 |
| duties appertaining to the office of clerk, as the court | 1045 |
| prescribes. Special deputy clerks appointed by the court pursuant | 1046 |
| to this section shall receive such compensation payable in either | 1047 |
| biweekly installments or semimonthly installments, as determined | 1048 |
| by the payroll administrator, out of the city treasury as the | 1049 |
| court may prescribe, except that the compensation of any special | 1050 |
| deputy clerk of a county-operated municipal court shall be payable | 1051 |
| out of the treasury of the county in which the court is located. | 1052 |
| The court may require any of the special deputy clerks to give | 1053 |
| bond of not less than three thousand dollars, conditioned for the | 1054 |
|
faithful performance of | 1055 |
| (B) The Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court shall establish a | 1056 |
| branch office in Fostoria and shall appoint a special deputy clerk | 1057 |
| to administer the branch office on a full-time basis. The special | 1058 |
| deputy clerk shall take the oath of office, perform the duties | 1059 |
| appertaining to the office of the clerk of court as the court | 1060 |
| prescribes, and receive compensation as provided in division (A) | 1061 |
| of this section. | 1062 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, | 1063 |
| 1901.021, 1901.08, and 1901.311 of the Revised Code are hereby | 1064 |
| repealed. | 1065 |
| Section 3. (A) Effective January 1, 2014, the Fostoria | 1066 |
| Municipal Court is abolished. | 1067 |
| (B) All causes, judgments, executions, and other proceedings | 1068 |
| pending in the Fostoria Municipal Court at the close of business | 1069 |
| on December 31, 2013, shall be transferred to and proceed in the | 1070 |
| Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court on January 1, 2014, as if | 1071 |
| originally instituted in the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court. | 1072 |
| Parties to those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings | 1073 |
| may make any amendments to their pleadings that are required to | 1074 |
| conform to the rules of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court. The | 1075 |
| Clerk of the Fostoria Municipal Court or other custodian shall | 1076 |
| transfer to the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court all pleadings, | 1077 |
| orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, books, exhibits, | 1078 |
| files, moneys, property, and persons that belong to, are in the | 1079 |
| possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction of the Fostoria | 1080 |
| Municipal Court, or any officer of that court, at the close of | 1081 |
| business on December 31, 2013, and that pertain to those causes, | 1082 |
| judgments, executions, and proceedings. | 1083 |
| (C) All employees of the Fostoria Municipal court shall be | 1084 |
| transferred to and shall become employees of the Tiffin-Fostoria | 1085 |
| Municipal Court on January 1, 2014. | 1086 |
| (D) Effective January 1, 2014, the full-time judgeship in the | 1087 |
| Fostoria Municipal court is abolished. | 1088 |
| Section 4. (A) Effective January 1, 2014, the Tiffin | 1089 |
| Municipal Court is abolished. | 1090 |
| (B) All causes, judgments, executions, and other proceedings | 1091 |
| pending in the Tiffin Municipal Court at the close of business on | 1092 |
| December 31, 2013, shall be transferred to and proceed in the | 1093 |
| Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court on January 1, 2014, as if | 1094 |
| originally instituted in the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court. | 1095 |
| Parties to those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings | 1096 |
| may make any amendments to their pleadings that are required to | 1097 |
| conform to the rules of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court. The | 1098 |
| Clerk of the Tiffin Municipal Court or other custodian shall | 1099 |
| transfer to the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court all pleadings, | 1100 |
| orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, books, exhibits, | 1101 |
| files, moneys, property, and persons that belong to, are in the | 1102 |
| possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction of the Tiffin | 1103 |
| Municipal Court, or any officer of that court, at the close of | 1104 |
| business on December 31, 2013, and that pertain to those causes, | 1105 |
| judgments, executions, and proceedings. | 1106 |
| (C) All employees of the Tiffin Municipal Court shall be | 1107 |
| transferred to and shall become employees of the Tiffin-Fostoria | 1108 |
| Municipal Court on January 1, 2014. | 1109 |
| (D) Effective January 1, 2014, the full-time judgeship in the | 1110 |
| Tiffin Municipal Court is abolished. | 1111 |
| Section 5. (A) The nomination of the new municipal court | 1112 |
| judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court created by this act | 1113 |
| and who is to be elected in 2013 shall be by nominating petition | 1114 |
| signed by at least fifty electors, shall be filed with the board | 1115 |
| of elections, and shall otherwise conform to the provisions of | 1116 |
| section 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The nominating petition | 1117 |
| shall designate the term of the office to which the candidate | 1118 |
| seeks election as provided in section 3513.28 of the Revised Code. | 1119 |
| (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the | 1120 |
| nominating petition shall be filed not later than four p.m. of the | 1121 |
| ninetieth day prior to the general election in November, 2013. | 1122 |
| Notwithstanding section 3513.04 of the Revised Code, no person is | 1123 |
| prohibited from seeking election as a new judge created by this | 1124 |
| act because the person sought, by declaration of candidacy, a | 1125 |
| party nomination for an office or position at the May, 2013 | 1126 |
| primary election. | 1127 |
| (C) The petitions for the office of municipal judge of the | 1128 |
| Fostoria Municipal Court to be elected in 2013, term to begin | 1129 |
| January 1, 2014, and the petitions for the office of municipal | 1130 |
| judge of the Tiffin Municipal Court to be elected in 2013, term to | 1131 |
| begin January 1, 2014, that contain signatures that were affixed | 1132 |
| prior to the effective date of this act shall be accepted for the | 1133 |
| office of municipal judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court | 1134 |
| to be elected in 2013, term to begin January 1, 2014, if those | 1135 |
| petitions meet the other requirements of Title XXXV of the Revised | 1136 |
| Code. | 1137 |
| (D) Upon the effective date of this act, any nominating | 1138 |
| petitions that have been filed for the election of municipal court | 1139 |
| judge of the Fostoria Municipal Court to be elected in 2013 and | 1140 |
| any nominating petitions that have been filed for the election of | 1141 |
| municipal court judge of the Tiffin Municipal Court to be elected | 1142 |
| in 2013 shall be considered nominating petitions for the election | 1143 |
| of the municipal court judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal | 1144 |
| Court to be elected to a six-year term in 2013. This section does | 1145 |
| not prevent any other qualified persons from seeking, in 2013, the | 1146 |
| office of judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court. | 1147 |
| (E) If a person filed a declaration of candidacy and petition | 1148 |
| for the office of municipal judge of the Fostoria Municipal Court | 1149 |
| or a declaration of candidacy and petition for the office of | 1150 |
| municipal judge of the Tiffin Municipal Court and paid the fees | 1151 |
| required under section 3513.10 of the Revised Code, or filed a | 1152 |
| nominating petition for the office of municipal judge of the | 1153 |
| Fostoria Municipal Court or a nominating petition for the office | 1154 |
| of municipal judge of the Tiffin Municipal Court and paid the fees | 1155 |
| required under section 3513.261 of the Revised Code, that person | 1156 |
| is not required to pay the fee for filing a nominating petition | 1157 |
| for the office of municipal judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal | 1158 |
| Court. | 1159 |
| Section 6. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency | 1160 |
| measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public | 1161 |
| peace, health, and safety. The reason for this necessity is that | 1162 |
| the judge for municipal court that is created by this act is | 1163 |
| necessary for the efficient administration of justice in the | 1164 |
| jurisdictions covered by the court and that the candidates for the | 1165 |
| judicial position cannot file the candidates' nominating petitions | 1166 |
| before the deadline created by this act unless this act | 1167 |
| immediately becomes effective. Therefore, this act shall go into | 1168 |
| immediate effect. | 1169 |