Bill Text: OH HB433 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: 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, to designate the clerk of courts of Sandusky County the clerk of the Sandusky County Municipal Court, to abolish the Trumbull County County Court, to create the Trumbull County Municipal Court, to create a full-time judgeship for the Trumbull County Municipal Court, and to provide that the judge be nominated by petition and elected in 2017 for a six-year term.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-24 - Passed 3rd Consideration Senate [HB433 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB433-Engrossed.html
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Representative Damschroder
Cosponsors:
Representatives Blair, Boose, Combs, DeVitis, Newbold Speaker Batchelder
Senators Cafaro, Kearney, Obhof
| To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07, | 1 |
| 1901.08, 1901.31, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code | 2 |
| to abolish the Sandusky County County Court, to | 3 |
| create the Sandusky County Municipal Court, to | 4 |
| provide that the judge of the Sandusky County | 5 |
| Municipal Court shall be nominated by petition, to | 6 |
| designate the clerk of courts of Sandusky County | 7 |
| the clerk of the Sandusky County Municipal Court, | 8 |
| to abolish the Trumbull County County Court, to | 9 |
| create the Trumbull County Municipal Court, to | 10 |
| create a full-time judgeship for the Trumbull | 11 |
| County Municipal Court, and to provide that the | 12 |
| judge be nominated by petition and elected in 2017 | 13 |
| for a six-year term. | 14 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07, | 15 |
| 1901.08, 1901.31, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code be amended to | 16 |
| read as follows: | 17 |
| Sec. 1901.01. (A) There is hereby established a municipal | 18 |
| court in each of the following municipal corporations: | 19 |
| Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake, | 20 |
| Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green, | 21 |
| Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Carrollton, Celina, | 22 |
| Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville, | 23 |
| Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton, | 24 |
| Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East | 25 |
| Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay, | 26 |
| Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights, | 27 |
| Georgetown, Girard, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron, | 28 |
| Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon, | 29 |
| Lima, Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta, | 30 |
| Marion, Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor, | 31 |
| Miamisburg, Middletown, Millersburg, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon, | 32 |
| Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk, | 33 |
| Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, Ottawa, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg, | 34 |
| Port Clinton, Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker | 35 |
| Heights, Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville, | 36 |
| Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana, | 37 |
| Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City | 38 |
| of Washington in Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court | 39 |
| House, Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and | 40 |
| Zanesville. | 41 |
| (B) There is hereby established a municipal court within | 42 |
| Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation | 43 |
| or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is | 44 |
| selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county | 45 |
| municipal court. The municipal court established by this division | 46 |
| is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in | 47 |
| Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division. | 48 |
| (C) There is hereby established a municipal court within | 49 |
| Columbiana county in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation | 50 |
| or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county, except the | 51 |
| municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or St. Clair | 52 |
| township, that is selected by the judges of the municipal court | 53 |
| pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of the Revised Code. | 54 |
| (D) Effective January 1, 2008, there is hereby established a | 55 |
| municipal court within Erie county in Milan or in any other | 56 |
| municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within Erie | 57 |
| county that is within the territorial jurisdiction of the Erie | 58 |
| county municipal court and is selected by the legislative | 59 |
| authority of that court. | 60 |
| (E) The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall remain in | 61 |
| existence until December 31, 2008, and shall be replaced by the | 62 |
| Stow municipal court on January 1, 2009. | 63 |
| (F) Effective January 1, 2009, there is hereby established a | 64 |
| municipal court in the municipal corporation of Stow. | 65 |
| (G) Effective July 1, 2010, there is hereby established a | 66 |
| municipal court within Montgomery county in any municipal | 67 |
| corporation or unincorporated territory within Montgomery county, | 68 |
| except the municipal corporations of Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, | 69 |
| Englewood, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, | 70 |
| Union, Vandalia, and West Carrollton and Butler, German, Harrison, | 71 |
| Miami, and Washington townships, that is selected by the | 72 |
| legislative authority of that court. | 73 |
| (H) Effective January 1, 2013, there is hereby established a | 74 |
| municipal court within Sandusky county in any municipal | 75 |
| corporation or unincorporated territory within Sandusky county, | 76 |
| except the municipal corporations of Bellevue and Fremont and | 77 |
| Ballville, Sandusky, and York townships, that is selected by the | 78 |
| legislative authority of that court. | 79 |
| (I) Effective January 1, 2013, there is hereby established a | 80 |
| municipal court within Trumbull county in any municipal | 81 |
| corporation or unincorporated territory within Trumbull county, | 82 |
| except the municipal corporations of Girard, McDonald, Newton | 83 |
| Falls, Niles, and Warren and Bloomfield, Braceville, Bristol, | 84 |
| Champion, Farmington, Howland, Hubbard, Liberty, Lordstown, | 85 |
| Mesopotamia, Newton, Southington, Vienna, Warren, and | 86 |
| Weathersfield townships, that is selected by the legislative | 87 |
| authority of that court. | 88 |
| Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by | 89 |
| section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the | 90 |
| corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or, | 91 |
| for the Clermont county municipal court, the Columbiana county | 92 |
| municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2008, the Erie county | 93 |
| municipal court, within the municipal corporation or | 94 |
| unincorporated territory in which they are established, and are | 95 |
| courts of record. Each of the courts shall be styled | 96 |
| ".................................. municipal court," inserting | 97 |
| the name of the municipal corporation, except the following | 98 |
| courts, which shall be styled as set forth below: | 99 |
| (1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall | 100 |
| be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court"; | 101 |
| (2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall | 102 |
| be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court"; | 103 |
| (3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be | 104 |
| styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court"; | 105 |
| (4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be | 106 |
| styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court"; | 107 |
| (5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be | 108 |
| styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court"; | 109 |
| (6) The municipal court established in London that shall be | 110 |
| styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court"; | 111 |
| (7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be | 112 |
| styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court"; | 113 |
| (8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be | 114 |
| styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court"; | 115 |
| (9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall | 116 |
| be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court"; | 117 |
| (10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be | 118 |
| styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court"; | 119 |
| (11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be | 120 |
| styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court"; | 121 |
| (12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be | 122 |
| styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court"; | 123 |
| (13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be | 124 |
| styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court"; | 125 |
| (14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be | 126 |
| styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court"; | 127 |
| (15) The municipal court established in Springfield that | 128 |
| shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court"; | 129 |
| (16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be | 130 |
| styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court"; | 131 |
| (17) The municipal court established within Clermont county | 132 |
| in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated | 133 |
| territory within Clermont county that is selected by the | 134 |
| legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known | 135 |
| as the "Clermont county municipal court"; | 136 |
| (18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that, | 137 |
| beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton | 138 |
| county municipal court"; | 139 |
| (19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that | 140 |
| shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court"; | 141 |
| (20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that, | 142 |
| beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the | 143 |
| "Fairfield county municipal court"; | 144 |
| (21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county | 145 |
| in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated | 146 |
| territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of | 147 |
| the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the | 148 |
| "Columbiana county municipal court"; | 149 |
| (22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that, | 150 |
| beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the | 151 |
| "Brown county municipal court"; | 152 |
| (23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that, | 153 |
| beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the | 154 |
| "Morrow county municipal court"; | 155 |
| (24) The municipal court established in Greenville that, | 156 |
| beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke | 157 |
| county municipal court"; | 158 |
| (25) The municipal court established in Millersburg that, | 159 |
| beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the | 160 |
| "Holmes county municipal court"; | 161 |
| (26) The municipal court established in Carrollton that, | 162 |
| beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the | 163 |
| "Carroll county municipal court"; | 164 |
| (27) The municipal court established within Erie county in | 165 |
| Milan or established in any other municipal corporation or | 166 |
| unincorporated territory that is within Erie county, is within the | 167 |
| territorial jurisdiction of that court, and is selected by the | 168 |
| legislative authority of that court that, beginning January 1, | 169 |
| 2008, shall be styled and known as the "Erie county municipal | 170 |
| court"; | 171 |
| (28) The municipal court established in Ottawa that, | 172 |
| beginning January 1, 2011, shall be styled and known as the | 173 |
| "Putnam county municipal court"; | 174 |
| (29) The municipal court established within Montgomery county | 175 |
| in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within | 176 |
| Montgomery county, except the municipal corporations of | 177 |
| Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Englewood, Germantown, Kettering, | 178 |
| Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Union, Vandalia, and West Carrollton | 179 |
| and Butler, German, Harrison, Miami, and Washington townships, | 180 |
| that is selected by the legislative authority of that court and | 181 |
| that, beginning July 1, 2010, shall be styled and known as the | 182 |
| "Montgomery county municipal court"; | 183 |
| (30) The municipal court established within Sandusky county | 184 |
| in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within | 185 |
| Sandusky county, except the municipal corporations of Bellevue and | 186 |
| Fremont and Ballville, Sandusky, and York townships, that is | 187 |
| selected by the legislative authority of that court and that, | 188 |
| beginning January 1, 2013, shall be styled and known as the | 189 |
| "Sandusky county municipal court"; | 190 |
| (31) The municipal court established within Trumbull county | 191 |
| in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within | 192 |
| Trumbull county, except the municipal corporations of Girard, | 193 |
| McDonald, Newton Falls, Niles, and Warren and Bloomfield, | 194 |
| Braceville, Bristol, Champion, Farmington, Howland, Hubbard, | 195 |
| Liberty, Lordstown, Mesopotamia, Newton, Southington, Vienna, | 196 |
| Warren, and Weathersfield townships that is selected by the | 197 |
| legislative authority of that court and that, beginning January 1, | 198 |
| 2013, shall be styled and known as the "Trumbull county municipal | 199 |
| court." | 200 |
| (B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A) | 201 |
| of this section, the municipal courts established by section | 202 |
| 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows: | 203 |
| The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath, | 204 |
| Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the municipal | 205 |
| corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in Summit | 206 |
| county. | 207 |
| The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within | 208 |
| Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark | 209 |
| county. | 210 |
| The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland | 211 |
| county. | 212 |
| The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within | 213 |
| Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county. | 214 |
| The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 215 |
| Athens county. | 216 |
| The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 217 |
| Auglaize county. | 218 |
| The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 219 |
| municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county. | 220 |
| The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within | 221 |
| Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley | 222 |
| township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and | 223 |
| within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit | 224 |
| county. | 225 |
| The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 226 |
| municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow, | 227 |
| Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange, | 228 |
| Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within | 229 |
| Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county. | 230 |
| The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within | 231 |
| Logan county. | 232 |
| The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and | 233 |
| Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in | 234 |
| Sandusky county. | 235 |
| The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 236 |
| municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook | 237 |
| Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in | 238 |
| Cuyahoga county. | 239 |
| The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 240 |
| municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar, | 241 |
| Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton | 242 |
| Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun, | 243 |
| Tontogany, Wayne, West Millgrove, and Weston, and within Bloom, | 244 |
| Center, Freedom, Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, | 245 |
| Milton, Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and | 246 |
| Weston townships in Wood county. | 247 |
| Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court | 248 |
| has jurisdiction within Brown county. | 249 |
| The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams | 250 |
| county. | 251 |
| The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within | 252 |
| Guernsey county. | 253 |
| The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within | 254 |
| Coitsville township in Mahoning county. | 255 |
| The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton, | 256 |
| Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in | 257 |
| Stark county. | 258 |
| The Carroll county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 259 |
| Carroll county. | 260 |
| The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer | 261 |
| county. | 262 |
| The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 263 |
| Champaign county. | 264 |
| The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga | 265 |
| county. | 266 |
| The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross | 267 |
| county. | 268 |
| The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within | 269 |
| Pickaway county. | 270 |
| The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 271 |
| Clark county. | 272 |
| The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 273 |
| Clermont county. | 274 |
| The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 275 |
| municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county. | 276 |
| Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court | 277 |
| has jurisdiction within Clinton county. | 278 |
| The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 279 |
| all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation | 280 |
| of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair | 281 |
| townships. | 282 |
| The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within | 283 |
| Coshocton county. | 284 |
| The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 285 |
| Crawford county. | 286 |
| Until December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court | 287 |
| has jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, | 288 |
| Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal | 289 |
| corporations of Boston Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, | 290 |
| Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, | 291 |
| and Macedonia, in Summit county. | 292 |
| Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court | 293 |
| has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal | 294 |
| corporation of Bradford. | 295 |
| The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance | 296 |
| county. | 297 |
| The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware | 298 |
| county. | 299 |
| The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within | 300 |
| Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county. | 301 |
| The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble | 302 |
| county. | 303 |
| The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 304 |
| municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville, | 305 |
| and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and | 306 |
| LaGrange townships, in Lorain county. | 307 |
| Beginning January 1, 2008, the Erie county municipal court | 308 |
| has jurisdiction within Erie county except within the townships of | 309 |
| Florence, Huron, Perkins, and Vermilion and the municipal | 310 |
| corporations of Bay View, Castalia, Huron, Sandusky, and | 311 |
| Vermilion. | 312 |
| The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 313 |
| municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and | 314 |
| Beavercreek townships in Greene county. | 315 |
| Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal | 316 |
| court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county. | 317 |
| The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 318 |
| Hancock county except within Washington township. | 319 |
| The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon | 320 |
| and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township | 321 |
| in Hancock county, and within Perry township, except within the | 322 |
| municipal corporation of West Millgrove, in Wood county. | 323 |
| The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin | 324 |
| township in Warren county. | 325 |
| The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 326 |
| Franklin county. | 327 |
| The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville | 328 |
| and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county. | 329 |
| The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia | 330 |
| county. | 331 |
| The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within | 332 |
| the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley | 333 |
| View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and | 334 |
| Brecksville in Cuyahoga county. | 335 |
| The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty, | 336 |
| Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county. | 337 |
| The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and | 338 |
| St. Clair townships in Butler county. | 339 |
| The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 340 |
| Hamilton county. | 341 |
| The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 342 |
| Hardin county. | 343 |
| The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 344 |
| Highland county except within Madison township. | 345 |
| The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 346 |
| Hocking county. | 347 |
| The Holmes county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 348 |
| Holmes county. | 349 |
| The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 350 |
| Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal | 351 |
| corporation of Sandusky. | 352 |
| The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid, | 353 |
| Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington | 354 |
| townships in Lawrence county. | 355 |
| The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 356 |
| Jackson county. | 357 |
| The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 358 |
| municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within | 359 |
| Washington township, in Montgomery county. | 360 |
| Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has | 361 |
| jurisdiction within Fairfield county. | 362 |
| The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 363 |
| the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and | 364 |
| Windsor in Lawrence county. | 365 |
| The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within | 366 |
| Turtlecreek township in Warren county. | 367 |
| The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 368 |
| Licking county. | 369 |
| The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen | 370 |
| county. | 371 |
| The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 372 |
| municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield | 373 |
| township, in Lorain county. | 374 |
| The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 375 |
| municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield, | 376 |
| Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county. | 377 |
| The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 378 |
| Madison county. | 379 |
| The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within | 380 |
| Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy, | 381 |
| Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships, | 382 |
| and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in | 383 |
| Richland county. | 384 |
| The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within | 385 |
| Washington county. | 386 |
| The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion | 387 |
| county. | 388 |
| The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union | 389 |
| county. | 390 |
| The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield | 391 |
| township in Warren county. | 392 |
| The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within | 393 |
| Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson | 394 |
| townships in Stark county. | 395 |
| The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 396 |
| municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within | 397 |
| Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of | 398 |
| Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the | 399 |
| northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county. | 400 |
| The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 401 |
| municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick, | 402 |
| Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of | 403 |
| Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette, | 404 |
| Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York | 405 |
| townships, in Medina county. | 406 |
| The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 407 |
| municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county. | 408 |
| The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 409 |
| Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of | 410 |
| Bradford that is located in Darke county. | 411 |
| The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 412 |
| municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and | 413 |
| within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county. | 414 |
| The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within | 415 |
| Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within | 416 |
| the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county. | 417 |
| Beginning July 1, 2010, the Montgomery county municipal court | 418 |
| has jurisdiction within all of Montgomery county except for the | 419 |
| municipal corporations of Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Englewood, | 420 |
| Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Union, | 421 |
| Vandalia, and West Carrollton and Butler, German, Harrison, Miami, | 422 |
| and Washington townships. | 423 |
| Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court | 424 |
| has jurisdiction within Morrow county. | 425 |
| The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox | 426 |
| county. | 427 |
| The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry | 428 |
| county. | 429 |
| The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within | 430 |
| the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks, | 431 |
| Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin, | 432 |
| Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas | 433 |
| county. | 434 |
| The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within | 435 |
| Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington, | 436 |
| Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county. | 437 |
| The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 438 |
| municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield | 439 |
| township in Trumbull county. | 440 |
| The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 441 |
| Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue | 442 |
| and except within Lyme and Sherman townships. | 443 |
| The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 444 |
| municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South | 445 |
| Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden, | 446 |
| Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and | 447 |
| Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except | 448 |
| within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county. | 449 |
| The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 450 |
| municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem | 451 |
| township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake | 452 |
| Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the | 453 |
| easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the | 454 |
| Toledo municipal court. | 455 |
| The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 456 |
| Ottawa county. | 457 |
| The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within | 458 |
| Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake | 459 |
| county. | 460 |
| The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 461 |
| municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North | 462 |
| Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in | 463 |
| Cuyahoga county. | 464 |
| The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 465 |
| municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford, | 466 |
| and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in | 467 |
| Wood county. | 468 |
| The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 469 |
| Portage county. | 470 |
| The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto | 471 |
| county. | 472 |
| The Putnam county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 473 |
| Putnam county. | 474 |
| The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 475 |
| municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park, | 476 |
| and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga | 477 |
| county. | 478 |
| The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 479 |
| municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within | 480 |
| Perkins township, in Erie county. | 481 |
| Beginning January 1, 2013, the Sandusky county municipal | 482 |
| court has jurisdiction within all of Sandusky county except within | 483 |
| the municipal corporations of Bellevue and Fremont and Ballville, | 484 |
| Sandusky, and York townships. | 485 |
| Beginning January 1, 2013, the Trumbull county municipal | 486 |
| court has jurisdiction within all of Trumbull county except within | 487 |
| the municipal corporations of Girard, McDonald, Newton Falls, | 488 |
| Niles, and Warren and Bloomfield, Braceville, Bristol, Champion, | 489 |
| Farmington, Howland, Hubbard, Liberty, Lordstown, Mesopotamia, | 490 |
| Newton, Southington, Vienna, Warren, and Weathersfield townships. | 491 |
| The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within | 492 |
| the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood, | 493 |
| Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county. | 494 |
| The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon, | 495 |
| Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within | 496 |
| all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in | 497 |
| Richland county. | 498 |
| The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby | 499 |
| county. | 500 |
| Beginning January 1, 2009, the Stow municipal court has | 501 |
| jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore | 502 |
| Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal | 503 |
| corporations of Boston Heights, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Munroe | 504 |
| Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, | 505 |
| Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and Macedonia, in Summit county. | 506 |
| The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 507 |
| municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland, | 508 |
| and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county. | 509 |
| The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 510 |
| municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania, | 511 |
| Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those | 512 |
| portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying | 513 |
| north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in | 514 |
| Lucas county. | 515 |
| The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big | 516 |
| Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed, | 517 |
| Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county. | 518 |
| The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington | 519 |
| township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in | 520 |
| Lucas county. | 521 |
| The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within | 522 |
| Wyandot county. | 523 |
| The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 524 |
| municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and | 525 |
| within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery | 526 |
| county. | 527 |
| The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert | 528 |
| county. | 529 |
| The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 530 |
| townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all | 531 |
| of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of | 532 |
| Lorain, in Lorain county. | 533 |
| The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 534 |
| municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and | 535 |
| Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon, | 536 |
| Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county. | 537 |
| The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and | 538 |
| Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except | 539 |
| within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county. | 540 |
| The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction | 541 |
| within Fayette county. | 542 |
| The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 543 |
| Wayne county. | 544 |
| The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 545 |
| municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick, | 546 |
| Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill, | 547 |
| Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake | 548 |
| county. | 549 |
| Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has | 550 |
| jurisdiction within Clinton county. | 551 |
| The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within | 552 |
| Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross, | 553 |
| Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in | 554 |
| Greene county. | 555 |
| (C) As used in this section: | 556 |
| (1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not | 557 |
| limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is | 558 |
| physically located within the territorial boundaries of that | 559 |
| township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is | 560 |
| governmentally a part of the township. | 561 |
| (2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within | 562 |
| the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any | 563 |
| townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation. | 564 |
| Sec. 1901.03. As used in this chapter: | 565 |
| (A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which | 566 |
| municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 1901.01 | 567 |
| and 1901.02 of the Revised Code. | 568 |
| (B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority | 569 |
| of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other | 570 |
| than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the | 571 |
| respective board of county commissioners of the county in which a | 572 |
| county-operated municipal court is located. | 573 |
| (C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the | 574 |
| municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a | 575 |
| county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the | 576 |
| respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the | 577 |
| county in which a county-operated municipal court is located. | 578 |
| (D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal | 579 |
| corporation in which a municipal court, other than a | 580 |
| county-operated municipal court, is located. | 581 |
| (E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal | 582 |
| corporation in which a municipal court, other than a | 583 |
| county-operated municipal court, is located. | 584 |
| (F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize | 585 |
| county, Brown county, Carroll county, Clermont county, Columbiana | 586 |
| county, Crawford county, Darke county, Erie county, Hamilton | 587 |
| county, Hocking county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Lawrence | 588 |
| county, Madison county, Miami county, Montgomery county, Morrow | 589 |
| county, Ottawa county, Portage county, Putnam county, or Wayne | 590 |
|
county municipal court and, effective January 1, | 591 |
|
includes the | 592 |
| Trumbull county municipal court. | 593 |
| (G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is | 594 |
| located" includes each municipal corporation named in section | 595 |
| 1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a | 596 |
| judge sits pursuant to any provision of section 1901.021 of the | 597 |
| Revised Code except division (M) of that section. | 598 |
| Sec. 1901.07. (A) All municipal court judges shall be | 599 |
| elected on the nonpartisan ballot for terms of six years. In a | 600 |
| municipal court in which only one judge is to be elected in any | 601 |
| one year, that judge's term commences on the first day of January | 602 |
| after the election. In a municipal court in which two or more | 603 |
| judges are to be elected in any one year, their terms commence on | 604 |
| successive days beginning the first day of January, following the | 605 |
| election, unless otherwise provided by section 1901.08 of the | 606 |
| Revised Code. | 607 |
| (B) All candidates for municipal court judge may be nominated | 608 |
| either by nominating petition or by primary election, except that | 609 |
| if the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends only to the | 610 |
| corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which the court | 611 |
| is located and that municipal corporation operates under a | 612 |
| charter, all candidates shall be nominated in the same manner | 613 |
| provided in the charter for the office of municipal court judge | 614 |
| or, if no specific provisions are made in the charter for the | 615 |
| office of municipal court judge, in the same manner as the charter | 616 |
| prescribes for the nomination and election of the legislative | 617 |
| authority of the municipal corporation. | 618 |
| If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the | 619 |
| corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 620 |
| located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond | 621 |
| the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 622 |
| located and no charter provisions apply, all candidates for party | 623 |
| nomination to the office of municipal court judge shall file a | 624 |
| declaration of candidacy and petition not later than four p.m. of | 625 |
| the ninetieth day before the day of the primary election in the | 626 |
| form prescribed by section 3513.07 of the Revised Code. The | 627 |
| petition shall conform to the requirements provided for those | 628 |
| petitions of candidacy contained in section 3513.05 of the Revised | 629 |
| Code, except that the petition shall be signed by at least fifty | 630 |
| electors of the territory of the court. If no valid declaration of | 631 |
| candidacy is filed for nomination as a candidate of a political | 632 |
| party for election to the office of municipal court judge, or if | 633 |
| the number of persons filing the declarations of candidacy for | 634 |
| nominations as candidates of one political party for election to | 635 |
| the office does not exceed the number of candidates that that | 636 |
| party is entitled to nominate as its candidates for election to | 637 |
| the office, no primary election shall be held for the purpose of | 638 |
| nominating candidates of that party for election to the office, | 639 |
| and the candidates shall be issued certificates of nomination in | 640 |
| the manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 641 |
| If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the | 642 |
| corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 643 |
| located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond | 644 |
| the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 645 |
| located and no charter provisions apply, nonpartisan candidates | 646 |
| for the office of municipal court judge shall file nominating | 647 |
| petitions not later than four p.m. of the day before the day of | 648 |
| the primary election in the form prescribed by section 3513.261 of | 649 |
| the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the requirements | 650 |
| provided for those petitions of candidacy contained in section | 651 |
| 3513.257 of the Revised Code, except that the petition shall be | 652 |
| signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the court. | 653 |
| The nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for a | 654 |
| municipal court judge shall contain a designation of the term for | 655 |
| which the candidate seeks election. At the following regular | 656 |
| municipal election, the candidacies of the judges nominated shall | 657 |
| be submitted to the electors of the territory on a nonpartisan, | 658 |
| judicial ballot in the same manner as provided for judges of the | 659 |
| court of common pleas, except that, in a municipal corporation | 660 |
| operating under a charter, all candidates for municipal court | 661 |
| judge shall be elected in conformity with the charter if | 662 |
| provisions are made in the charter for the election of municipal | 663 |
| court judges. | 664 |
| (C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, in | 665 |
| the following municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated and | 666 |
| elected as follows: | 667 |
| (1) In the Cleveland municipal court, the judges shall be | 668 |
| nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 669 |
| least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 670 |
| the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 671 |
| time prescribed by the charter of the city of Cleveland for filing | 672 |
| petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each elector shall | 673 |
| have the right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to | 674 |
| be elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the | 675 |
| electors of the territory of the court in the manner provided by | 676 |
| law for the election of judges of the court of common pleas. | 677 |
| (2) In the Toledo municipal court, the judges shall be | 678 |
| nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 679 |
| least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 680 |
| the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 681 |
| time prescribed by the charter of the city of Toledo for filing | 682 |
| nominating petitions for city council. Each elector shall have the | 683 |
| right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to be | 684 |
| elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the electors | 685 |
| of the territory of the court in the manner provided by law for | 686 |
| the election of judges of the court of common pleas. | 687 |
| (3) In the Akron municipal court, the judges shall be | 688 |
| nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 689 |
| least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 690 |
| statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 691 |
| time prescribed by the charter of the city of Akron for filing | 692 |
| nominating petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each | 693 |
| elector shall have the right to sign petitions for as many | 694 |
| candidates as are to be elected, but no more. The judges shall be | 695 |
| elected by the electors of the territory of the court in the | 696 |
| manner provided by law for the election of judges of the court of | 697 |
| common pleas. | 698 |
| (4) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the judges shall | 699 |
| be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 700 |
| least one hundred electors of the judicial district of the county | 701 |
| from which the candidate seeks election, which petitions shall be | 702 |
| signed and filed not later than four p.m. of the day before the | 703 |
| day of the primary election in the form prescribed by section | 704 |
| 3513.261 of the Revised Code. Unless otherwise provided in this | 705 |
| section, the petition shall conform to the requirements provided | 706 |
| for nominating petitions in section 3513.257 of the Revised Code. | 707 |
| The judges shall be elected by the electors of the relative | 708 |
| judicial district of the county at the regular municipal election | 709 |
| and in the manner provided by law for the election of judges of | 710 |
| the court of common pleas. | 711 |
| (5) In the Franklin county municipal court, the judges shall | 712 |
| be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 713 |
| least fifty electors of the territory of the court. The petition | 714 |
| shall be in the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner | 715 |
| and within the time prescribed by the charter of the city of | 716 |
| Columbus for filing petitions of candidates for municipal offices. | 717 |
| The judges shall be elected by the electors of the territory of | 718 |
| the court in the manner provided by law for the election of judges | 719 |
| of the court of common pleas. | 720 |
| (6) In the Auglaize, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Crawford, | 721 |
| Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Miami, Morrow, Putnam, | 722 |
| Sandusky, Trumbull, and Wayne county municipal courts, the judges | 723 |
| shall be nominated only by petition. The petitions shall be signed | 724 |
| by at least fifty electors of the territory of the court and shall | 725 |
| conform to the provisions of this section. | 726 |
| (D) In the Portage county municipal court, the judges shall | 727 |
| be nominated either by nominating petition or by primary election, | 728 |
| as provided in division (B) of this section. | 729 |
| (E) As used in this section, as to an election for either a | 730 |
| full or an unexpired term, "the territory within the jurisdiction | 731 |
| of the court" means that territory as it will be on the first day | 732 |
| of January after the election. | 733 |
| Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of, | 734 |
| judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of | 735 |
| their terms shall be as follows: | 736 |
| In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be | 737 |
| elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, | 738 |
| one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time | 739 |
| judge shall be elected in 1975. | 740 |
| In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 741 |
| elected in 1953. | 742 |
| In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 743 |
| elected in 1951. | 744 |
| In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 745 |
| be elected in 1953. | 746 |
| In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge | 747 |
| shall be elected in 1967. | 748 |
| In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge | 749 |
| shall be elected in 1975. | 750 |
| In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall | 751 |
| be elected in 1957. | 752 |
| In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 753 |
| be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 754 |
| 1971. | 755 |
| In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 756 |
| elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979. | 757 |
| In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge | 758 |
| shall be elected in 1993. | 759 |
| In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 760 |
| elected in 1951. | 761 |
| In the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 762 |
| elected in 2005. | 763 |
| In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge | 764 |
| shall be elected in 1983. | 765 |
| In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge | 766 |
| shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the | 767 |
| part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed | 768 |
| prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall | 769 |
| serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court | 770 |
| until December 31, 2005. | 771 |
| In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 772 |
| elected in 1965. | 773 |
| In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 774 |
| be elected in 1951. | 775 |
| In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 776 |
| elected in 1963. | 777 |
| In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 778 |
| elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and | 779 |
| two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977. | 780 |
| In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge | 781 |
| shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge | 782 |
| elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county | 783 |
| county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the | 784 |
| full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until | 785 |
| December 31, 2009. | 786 |
| In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 787 |
| elected in 1957. | 788 |
| In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge | 789 |
| shall be elected in 2001. | 790 |
| In the Chardon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 791 |
| elected in 1963. | 792 |
| In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 793 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 794 |
| 1977. | 795 |
| In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 796 |
| be elected in 1953. | 797 |
| In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge | 798 |
| shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be | 799 |
| elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal | 800 |
| court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges | 801 |
| of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until | 802 |
| the end of their respective terms. | 803 |
| In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges | 804 |
| shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 805 |
| in 1999. | 806 |
| In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall | 807 |
| be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in | 808 |
| 1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955. | 809 |
| In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge | 810 |
| shall be elected in 1957. | 811 |
| In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge | 812 |
| shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington | 813 |
| municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge | 814 |
| of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the | 815 |
| end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. | 816 |
| In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time | 817 |
| judges shall be elected in 2001. | 818 |
| In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 819 |
| elected in 1953. | 820 |
| In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 821 |
| be elected in 1951. | 822 |
| In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge | 823 |
| shall be elected in 1977. | 824 |
| In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge | 825 |
| shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 826 |
| in 1967. Effective December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal | 827 |
| court shall cease to exist; however, the judges of the Cuyahoga | 828 |
| Falls municipal court who were elected pursuant to this section in | 829 |
| 2003 and 2007 for terms beginning on January 1, 2004, and January | 830 |
| 1, 2008, respectively, shall serve as full-time judges of the Stow | 831 |
| municipal court until December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2013, | 832 |
| respectively. | 833 |
| In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge | 834 |
| shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time | 835 |
| judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that | 836 |
| date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the | 837 |
| full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December | 838 |
| 31, 2005. | 839 |
| In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall | 840 |
| be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days | 841 |
| beginning on the first day of January next after their election, | 842 |
| and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to | 843 |
| commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January | 844 |
| next after their election. | 845 |
| In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 846 |
| elected in 1957. | 847 |
| In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 848 |
| elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007. | 849 |
| In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge | 850 |
| shall be elected in 1957. | 851 |
| In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge | 852 |
| shall be elected in 1953. | 853 |
| In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 854 |
| elected in 1973. | 855 |
| In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 856 |
| elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. | 857 |
| In the Erie county municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 858 |
| be elected in 2007. | 859 |
| In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 860 |
| elected in 1951. | 861 |
| In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 862 |
| elected in 1977. | 863 |
| In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge | 864 |
| shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 865 |
| in 2005. | 866 |
| In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 867 |
| be elected in 1989. | 868 |
| In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 869 |
| elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993. | 870 |
| In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 871 |
| elected in 1975. | 872 |
| In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 873 |
| elected in 1951. | 874 |
| In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges | 875 |
| shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected | 876 |
| in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one | 877 |
| full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge | 878 |
| shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 879 |
| in 1997. | 880 |
| In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 881 |
| elected in 1975. | 882 |
| In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 883 |
| be elected in 1981. | 884 |
| In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge | 885 |
| shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 886 |
| in 1981. | 887 |
| In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 888 |
| elected in 1963. | 889 |
| In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 890 |
| elected in 1953. | 891 |
| In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges | 892 |
| shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected | 893 |
| in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two | 894 |
| full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of | 895 |
| the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first | 896 |
| day of January next after their election, except that the terms of | 897 |
| the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on | 898 |
| January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the | 899 |
| additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January | 900 |
| 4, 1984, and January 5, 1984. | 901 |
| In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge | 902 |
| shall be elected in 1989. | 903 |
| In the Hillsboro municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 904 |
| be elected in 2011. On and after December 30, 2008, the part-time | 905 |
| judge of the Hillsboro municipal court who was elected in 2005 | 906 |
| shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of | 907 |
| that judge's term on December 31, 2011. | 908 |
| In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge | 909 |
| shall be elected in 1977. | 910 |
| In the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge | 911 |
| shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time | 912 |
| judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that | 913 |
| date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the | 914 |
| full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until | 915 |
| December 31, 2007. | 916 |
| In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 917 |
| elected in 1967. | 918 |
| In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 919 |
| elected in 1951. | 920 |
| In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge | 921 |
| shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the | 922 |
| part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was | 923 |
| elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court | 924 |
| until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001. | 925 |
| In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 926 |
| be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 927 |
| 1975. | 928 |
| In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 929 |
| elected in 1955. | 930 |
| In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 931 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 932 |
| 1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the | 933 |
| Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall | 934 |
| serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the | 935 |
| end of those judges' terms. | 936 |
| In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge | 937 |
| shall be elected in 1981. | 938 |
| In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 939 |
| elected in 1955. | 940 |
| In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge | 941 |
| shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 942 |
| in 1971. | 943 |
| In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 944 |
| elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967. | 945 |
| In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 946 |
| elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. | 947 |
| In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 948 |
| be elected in 1957. | 949 |
| In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge | 950 |
| shall be elected in 1981. | 951 |
| In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 952 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 953 |
| 1969. | 954 |
| In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 955 |
| elected in 1957. | 956 |
| In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 957 |
| elected in 1951. | 958 |
| In the Marysville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 959 |
| be elected in 2011. On and after January 18, 2007, the part-time | 960 |
| judge of the Marysville municipal court who was elected in 2005 | 961 |
| shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of | 962 |
| that judge's term on December 31, 2011. | 963 |
| In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 964 |
| elected in 1965. | 965 |
| In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 966 |
| be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 967 |
| 1971. | 968 |
| In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 969 |
| elected in 1963. | 970 |
| In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 971 |
| elected in 1957. | 972 |
| In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 973 |
| elected in 1971. | 974 |
| In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge | 975 |
| shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 976 |
| in 1979. | 977 |
| In the Miamisburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 978 |
| be elected in 1951. | 979 |
| In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 980 |
| be elected in 1953. | 981 |
| In the Montgomery county municipal court: | 982 |
| One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a part-time judgeship | 983 |
| for a term to begin on January 1, 2012. If any one of the other | 984 |
| judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July | 985 |
| 1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship on that | 986 |
| date. If only one other judgeship of the court becomes vacant and | 987 |
| is abolished as of December 31, 2021, this judgeship shall be | 988 |
| abolished as of that date. Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time | 989 |
| judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed before | 990 |
| that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2005, shall serve as | 991 |
| a part-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal court until | 992 |
| December 31, 2011. | 993 |
| One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a full-time judgeship | 994 |
| for a term to begin on January 2, 2012, and this judgeship shall | 995 |
| be abolished on January 1, 2016. Beginning July 1, 2010, the | 996 |
| part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed | 997 |
| before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2005, shall | 998 |
| serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal | 999 |
| court until January 1, 2012. | 1000 |
| One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a full-time judgeship | 1001 |
| for a term to begin on January 2, 2014. Beginning July 1, 2010, | 1002 |
| the part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that | 1003 |
| existed before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2007, | 1004 |
| shall serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county | 1005 |
| municipal court until January 1, 2014. | 1006 |
| One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a judgeship for a term | 1007 |
| to begin on January 1, 2014. If no other judgeship of the court | 1008 |
| becomes vacant and is abolished by January 1, 2014, this judgeship | 1009 |
| shall be a part-time judgeship. When one or more of the other | 1010 |
| judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July | 1011 |
| 1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship. | 1012 |
| Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time judge of the Montgomery | 1013 |
| county county court that existed before that date whose term | 1014 |
| commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as this judge of the | 1015 |
| Montgomery county municipal court until December 31, 2013. | 1016 |
| If any one of the judgeships of the court becomes vacant | 1017 |
| before December 31, 2021, that judgeship is abolished on the date | 1018 |
| that it becomes vacant, and the other judges of the court shall be | 1019 |
| or serve as full-time judges. The abolishment of judgeships for | 1020 |
| the Montgomery county municipal court shall cease when the court | 1021 |
| has two full-time judgeships. | 1022 |
| In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1023 |
| shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time | 1024 |
| judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that | 1025 |
| date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county | 1026 |
| municipal court until December 31, 2005. | 1027 |
| In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge | 1028 |
| shall be elected in 1951. | 1029 |
| In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1030 |
| elected in 2005. | 1031 |
| In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge | 1032 |
| shall be elected in 1975. | 1033 |
| In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge | 1034 |
| shall be elected in 1963. | 1035 |
| In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1036 |
| elected in 1951. | 1037 |
| In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1038 |
| elected in 1975. | 1039 |
| In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 1040 |
| elected in 1953. | 1041 |
| In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1042 |
| elected in 1989. | 1043 |
| In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1044 |
| elected in 1963. | 1045 |
| In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1046 |
| shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port | 1047 |
| Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the | 1048 |
| judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, | 1049 |
| until the end of that judge's term. | 1050 |
| In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1051 |
| be elected in 1951. | 1052 |
| In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1053 |
| elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and | 1054 |
| one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. | 1055 |
| In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1056 |
| be elected in 1977. | 1057 |
| In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges | 1058 |
| shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 1059 |
| in 1971. | 1060 |
| In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge | 1061 |
| shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton | 1062 |
| municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of | 1063 |
| the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the | 1064 |
| end of that judge's term. | 1065 |
| In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1066 |
| be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 1067 |
| 1985. | 1068 |
| In the Putnam county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1069 |
| shall be elected in 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, the part-time | 1070 |
| judge of the Putnam county county court that existed prior to that | 1071 |
| date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the | 1072 |
| full-time judge of the Putnam county municipal court until | 1073 |
| December 31, 2011. | 1074 |
| In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1075 |
| be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 1076 |
| 1971. | 1077 |
| In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1078 |
| elected in 1953. | 1079 |
| In the Sandusky county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1080 |
| shall be elected in 2013. Beginning on January 1, 2013, the two | 1081 |
| part-time judges of the Sandusky county county court that existed | 1082 |
| prior to that date shall serve as part-time judges of the Sandusky | 1083 |
| county municipal court until December 31, 2013. If either | 1084 |
| judgeship becomes vacant before January 1, 2014, that judgeship is | 1085 |
| abolished on the date it becomes vacant, and the person who holds | 1086 |
| the other judgeship shall serve as the full-time judge of the | 1087 |
| Sandusky county municipal court until December 31, 2013. | 1088 |
| In the Trumbull county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1089 |
| shall be elected in 2017. Beginning on January 1, 2013, the | 1090 |
| part-time judge of the Trumbull county county court that existed | 1091 |
| prior to that date who was elected in 2010 shall serve as the | 1092 |
| full-time judge of the Trumbull county municipal court until | 1093 |
| December 31, 2017. | 1094 |
| In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge | 1095 |
| shall be elected in 1957. | 1096 |
| In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 1097 |
| elected in 1957. | 1098 |
| In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1099 |
| elected in 1995. | 1100 |
| In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge | 1101 |
| shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993, | 1102 |
| whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until | 1103 |
| December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on | 1104 |
| January 1, 2000. | 1105 |
| In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges | 1106 |
| shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 1107 |
| in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield | 1108 |
| municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of | 1109 |
| the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the | 1110 |
| end of their respective terms. | 1111 |
| In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge | 1112 |
| shall be elected in 1953. | 1113 |
| In the Stow municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1114 |
| elected in 2009, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013. | 1115 |
| Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls | 1116 |
| municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term | 1117 |
| commenced on January 1, 2008, shall serve as a full-time judge of | 1118 |
| the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2013. Beginning | 1119 |
| January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court | 1120 |
| that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1, | 1121 |
| 2004, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court | 1122 |
| until December 31, 2009. | 1123 |
| In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall | 1124 |
| be elected in 1963. | 1125 |
| In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1126 |
| elected in 1963. | 1127 |
| In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1128 |
| elected in 1953. | 1129 |
| In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be | 1130 |
| elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975, | 1131 |
| and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. | 1132 |
| In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge | 1133 |
| shall be elected in 2011. The part-time judge elected in 2005, | 1134 |
| whose term commenced on January 1, 2006, shall serve as a | 1135 |
| full-time judge on and after January 1, 2008, until the expiration | 1136 |
| of that judge's term on December 31, 2011, and the office of that | 1137 |
| judge is abolished on January 1, 2012. | 1138 |
| In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1139 |
| elected in 1959. | 1140 |
| In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1141 |
| elected in 1957. | 1142 |
| In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall | 1143 |
| be elected in 1965. | 1144 |
| In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1145 |
| be elected in 1981. | 1146 |
| In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1147 |
| elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. | 1148 |
| In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time | 1149 |
| judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in | 1150 |
| 1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until | 1151 |
| December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on | 1152 |
| January 1, 2000. | 1153 |
| In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1154 |
| shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 1155 |
| in 1979. | 1156 |
| In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1157 |
| be elected in 1951. | 1158 |
| In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1159 |
| be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington | 1160 |
| municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the | 1161 |
| Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of | 1162 |
| that judge's term on December 31, 1997. | 1163 |
| In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1164 |
| elected in 1977. | 1165 |
| In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1166 |
| be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be elected in | 1167 |
| 1953. | 1168 |
| In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1169 |
| be elected in 1953. | 1170 |
| Sec. 1901.31. The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal | 1171 |
| court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have | 1172 |
| powers and duties as follows: | 1173 |
| (A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed or | 1174 |
| elected as follows: | 1175 |
| (1)(a) Except in the Akron, Barberton, Toledo, Hamilton | 1176 |
| county, Miami county, Montgomery county, Portage county, and Wayne | 1177 |
| county municipal courts and through December 31, 2008, the | 1178 |
| Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, if the population of the territory | 1179 |
| equals or exceeds one hundred thousand at the regular municipal | 1180 |
| election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of the | 1181 |
| present clerk, the clerk shall be nominated and elected by the | 1182 |
| qualified electors of the territory in the manner that is provided | 1183 |
| for the nomination and election of judges in section 1901.07 of | 1184 |
| the Revised Code. | 1185 |
| The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six | 1186 |
| years, which term shall commence on the first day of January | 1187 |
| following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's | 1188 |
| successor is elected and qualified. | 1189 |
| (b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of | 1190 |
| courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal | 1191 |
| court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the | 1192 |
| compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in | 1193 |
| semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners | 1194 |
| prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as the | 1195 |
| clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the | 1196 |
| duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth | 1197 |
| the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common | 1198 |
| pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the | 1199 |
| county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of | 1200 |
| the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county | 1201 |
| treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the | 1202 |
| annual compensation that is received for the performance of the | 1203 |
| duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided in | 1204 |
| sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. | 1205 |
| (c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts, | 1206 |
| the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county shall be | 1207 |
| the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and Wayne county | 1208 |
| municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each | 1209 |
| branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the | 1210 |
| Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges of the municipal | 1211 |
| court determine are necessary, all of whom shall receive the | 1212 |
| compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks | 1213 |
| of courts of Portage county and Wayne county, acting as the clerks | 1214 |
| of the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts and | 1215 |
| assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation | 1216 |
| payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at | 1217 |
| one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of | 1218 |
| common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of | 1219 |
| the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 | 1220 |
| of the Revised Code. | 1221 |
| (d) In the Montgomery county and Miami county municipal | 1222 |
| courts, the clerks of courts of Montgomery county and Miami county | 1223 |
| shall be the clerks, respectively, of the Montgomery county and | 1224 |
| Miami county municipal courts. The clerks of courts of Montgomery | 1225 |
| county and Miami county, acting as the clerks of the Montgomery | 1226 |
| county and Miami county municipal courts and assuming the duties | 1227 |
| of these offices, shall receive compensation at one-fourth the | 1228 |
| rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas | 1229 |
| as determined in accordance with the population of the county and | 1230 |
| the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised | 1231 |
| Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county treasury in | 1232 |
| semimonthly installments and is in addition to the annual | 1233 |
| compensation that is received for the performance of the duties of | 1234 |
| the clerks of courts of Montgomery county and Miami county, as | 1235 |
| provided in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. | 1236 |
| (e) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(e) of | 1237 |
| this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for | 1238 |
| election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by | 1239 |
| primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day | 1240 |
| specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the nomination | 1241 |
| of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of | 1242 |
| section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations | 1243 |
| of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the | 1244 |
| nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of | 1245 |
| clerk of the Akron municipal court shall be signed by at least | 1246 |
| fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court. | 1247 |
| The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and | 1248 |
| petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not | 1249 |
| later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the | 1250 |
| primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or | 1251 |
| 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and | 1252 |
| petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the | 1253 |
| applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the | 1254 |
| Revised Code. | 1255 |
| If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by | 1256 |
| any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 1257 |
| party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron municipal | 1258 |
| court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of | 1259 |
| nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office. | 1260 |
| If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and | 1261 |
| petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 1262 |
| party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be | 1263 |
| held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for | 1264 |
| election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a | 1265 |
| certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section | 1266 |
| 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 1267 |
| Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating | 1268 |
| petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk | 1269 |
| of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the | 1270 |
| term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following | 1271 |
| regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be | 1272 |
| submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court | 1273 |
| in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised | 1274 |
| Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so | 1275 |
| elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term | 1276 |
| shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's | 1277 |
| election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and | 1278 |
| qualified. | 1279 |
| (f) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(f) of | 1280 |
| this section, in the Barberton municipal court, candidates for | 1281 |
| election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by | 1282 |
| primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day | 1283 |
| specified in the charter of the city of Barberton for the | 1284 |
| nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary | 1285 |
| provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the | 1286 |
| declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and | 1287 |
| the nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office | 1288 |
| of clerk of the Barberton municipal court shall be signed by at | 1289 |
| least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court. | 1290 |
| The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and | 1291 |
| petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not | 1292 |
| later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the | 1293 |
| primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or | 1294 |
| 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and | 1295 |
| petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the | 1296 |
| applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the | 1297 |
| Revised Code. | 1298 |
| If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by | 1299 |
| any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 1300 |
| party for election to the office of clerk of the Barberton | 1301 |
| municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the | 1302 |
| purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to | 1303 |
| that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of | 1304 |
| candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a | 1305 |
| particular political party for election to that office, a primary | 1306 |
| election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a | 1307 |
| candidate of that party for election to that office, and the | 1308 |
| candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the | 1309 |
| manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 1310 |
| Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating | 1311 |
| petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk | 1312 |
| of the Barberton municipal court shall contain a designation of | 1313 |
| the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following | 1314 |
| regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be | 1315 |
| submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court | 1316 |
| in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised | 1317 |
| Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so | 1318 |
| elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term | 1319 |
| shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's | 1320 |
| election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and | 1321 |
| qualified. | 1322 |
| (g)(i) Through December 31, 2008, except as otherwise | 1323 |
| provided in division (A)(1)(g)(i) of this section, in the Cuyahoga | 1324 |
| Falls municipal court, candidates for election to the office of | 1325 |
| clerk of the court shall be nominated by primary election. The | 1326 |
| primary election shall be held on the day specified in the charter | 1327 |
| of the city of Cuyahoga Falls for the nomination of municipal | 1328 |
| officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section | 1329 |
| 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations of | 1330 |
| candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the nominating | 1331 |
| petitions of independent candidates for the office of clerk of the | 1332 |
| Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall be signed by at least fifty | 1333 |
| qualified electors of the territory of the court. | 1334 |
| The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and | 1335 |
| petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not | 1336 |
| later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the | 1337 |
| primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or | 1338 |
| 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and | 1339 |
| petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the | 1340 |
| applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the | 1341 |
| Revised Code. | 1342 |
| If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by | 1343 |
| any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 1344 |
| party for election to the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls | 1345 |
| municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the | 1346 |
| purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to | 1347 |
| that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of | 1348 |
| candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a | 1349 |
| particular political party for election to that office, a primary | 1350 |
| election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a | 1351 |
| candidate of that party for election to that office, and the | 1352 |
| candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the | 1353 |
| manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 1354 |
| Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating | 1355 |
| petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk | 1356 |
| of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall contain a designation | 1357 |
| of the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the | 1358 |
| following regular municipal election, all candidates for the | 1359 |
| office shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the | 1360 |
| territory of the court in the manner that is provided in section | 1361 |
| 1901.07 of the Revised Code for the election of the judges of the | 1362 |
| court. The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six | 1363 |
| years, which term shall commence on the first day of January | 1364 |
| following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's | 1365 |
| successor is elected and qualified. | 1366 |
| (ii) Division (A)(1)(g)(i) of this section shall have no | 1367 |
| effect after December 31, 2008. | 1368 |
| (h) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(h) of | 1369 |
| this section, in the Toledo municipal court, candidates for | 1370 |
| election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by | 1371 |
| primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day | 1372 |
| specified in the charter of the city of Toledo for the nomination | 1373 |
| of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of | 1374 |
| section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations | 1375 |
| of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the | 1376 |
| nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of | 1377 |
| clerk of the Toledo municipal court shall be signed by at least | 1378 |
| fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court. | 1379 |
| The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and | 1380 |
| petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not | 1381 |
| later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the | 1382 |
| primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or | 1383 |
| 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and | 1384 |
| petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the | 1385 |
| applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the | 1386 |
| Revised Code. | 1387 |
| If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by | 1388 |
| any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 1389 |
| party for election to the office of clerk of the Toledo municipal | 1390 |
| court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of | 1391 |
| nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office. | 1392 |
| If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and | 1393 |
| petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 1394 |
| party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be | 1395 |
| held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for | 1396 |
| election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a | 1397 |
| certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section | 1398 |
| 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 1399 |
| Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating | 1400 |
| petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk | 1401 |
| of the Toledo municipal court shall contain a designation of the | 1402 |
| term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following | 1403 |
| regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be | 1404 |
| submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court | 1405 |
| in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised | 1406 |
| Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so | 1407 |
| elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term | 1408 |
| shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's | 1409 |
| election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and | 1410 |
| qualified. | 1411 |
| (2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, Brown | 1412 |
| county, Columbiana county, Holmes county, Putnam county, Sandusky | 1413 |
| county, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown municipal courts, in a | 1414 |
| municipal court for which the population of the territory is less | 1415 |
| than one hundred thousand, the clerk shall be appointed by the | 1416 |
| court, and the clerk shall hold office until the clerk's successor | 1417 |
| is appointed and qualified. | 1418 |
| (b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown | 1419 |
| municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office | 1420 |
| as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section. | 1421 |
| (c) In the Auglaize county, Brown county, Holmes county, | 1422 |
| Putnam county, and Sandusky county municipal courts, the clerks of | 1423 |
|
courts of Auglaize county, Brown county, Holmes county, | 1424 |
| county, and Sandusky county shall be the clerks, respectively, of | 1425 |
|
the Auglaize county, Brown county, Holmes county, | 1426 |
| county, and Sandusky county municipal courts and may appoint a | 1427 |
| chief deputy clerk for each branch office that is established | 1428 |
| pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised Code, and assistant | 1429 |
| clerks as the judge of the court determines are necessary, all of | 1430 |
| whom shall receive the compensation that the legislative authority | 1431 |
| prescribes. The clerks of courts of Auglaize county, Brown county, | 1432 |
|
Holmes county, | 1433 |
| the clerks of the Auglaize county, Brown county, Holmes county, | 1434 |
| 1435 | |
| assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation | 1436 |
| payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at | 1437 |
| one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of | 1438 |
| common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of | 1439 |
| the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 | 1440 |
| of the Revised Code. | 1441 |
| (d) In the Columbiana county municipal court, the clerk of | 1442 |
| courts of Columbiana county shall be the clerk of the municipal | 1443 |
| court, may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office | 1444 |
| that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised | 1445 |
| Code, and may appoint any assistant clerks that the judges of the | 1446 |
| court determine are necessary. All of the chief deputy clerks and | 1447 |
| assistant clerks shall receive the compensation that the | 1448 |
| legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of | 1449 |
| Columbiana county, acting as the clerk of the Columbiana county | 1450 |
| municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall | 1451 |
| receive in either biweekly installments or semimonthly | 1452 |
| installments, as determined by the payroll administrator, | 1453 |
| compensation payable from the county treasury at one-fourth the | 1454 |
| rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas | 1455 |
| as determined in accordance with the population of the county and | 1456 |
| the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised | 1457 |
| Code. | 1458 |
| (3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to illness, | 1459 |
| vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a temporary | 1460 |
| clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have the same | 1461 |
| authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk. | 1462 |
| (B) Except in the Hamilton county, Montgomery county, Miami | 1463 |
| county, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, if a | 1464 |
| vacancy occurs in the office of the clerk of the Alliance, Lorain, | 1465 |
| Massillon, or Youngstown municipal court or occurs in the office | 1466 |
| of the clerk of a municipal court for which the population of the | 1467 |
| territory equals or exceeds one hundred thousand because the clerk | 1468 |
| ceases to hold the office before the end of the clerk's term or | 1469 |
| because a clerk-elect fails to take office, the vacancy shall be | 1470 |
| filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by a person | 1471 |
| chosen by the residents of the territory of the court who are | 1472 |
| members of the county central committee of the political party by | 1473 |
| which the last occupant of that office or the clerk-elect was | 1474 |
| nominated. Not less than five nor more than fifteen days after a | 1475 |
| vacancy occurs, those members of that county central committee | 1476 |
| shall meet to make an appointment to fill the vacancy. At least | 1477 |
| four days before the date of the meeting, the chairperson or a | 1478 |
| secretary of the county central committee shall notify each such | 1479 |
| member of that county central committee by first class mail of the | 1480 |
| date, time, and place of the meeting and its purpose. A majority | 1481 |
| of all such members of that county central committee constitutes a | 1482 |
| quorum, and a majority of the quorum is required to make the | 1483 |
| appointment. If the office so vacated was occupied or was to be | 1484 |
| occupied by a person not nominated at a primary election, or if | 1485 |
| the appointment was not made by the committee members in | 1486 |
| accordance with this division, the court shall make an appointment | 1487 |
| to fill the vacancy. A successor shall be elected to fill the | 1488 |
| office for the unexpired term at the first municipal election that | 1489 |
| is held more than one hundred thirty-five days after the vacancy | 1490 |
| occurred. | 1491 |
| (C)(1) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county, | 1492 |
| the Brown county, the Columbiana county, the Holmes county, the | 1493 |
| Putnam county, the Sandusky county, and the Lorain municipal | 1494 |
| courts, for which the population of the territory is less than one | 1495 |
| hundred thousand, the clerk of the municipal court shall receive | 1496 |
| the annual compensation that the presiding judge of the court | 1497 |
| prescribes, if the revenue of the court for the preceding calendar | 1498 |
| year, as certified by the auditor or chief fiscal officer of the | 1499 |
| municipal corporation in which the court is located or, in the | 1500 |
| case of a county-operated municipal court, the county auditor, is | 1501 |
| equal to or greater than the expenditures, including any debt | 1502 |
| charges, for the operation of the court payable under this chapter | 1503 |
| from the city treasury or, in the case of a county-operated | 1504 |
| municipal court, the county treasury for that calendar year, as | 1505 |
| also certified by the auditor or chief fiscal officer. If the | 1506 |
| revenue of a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county, the | 1507 |
| Brown county, the Columbiana county, the Putnam county, the | 1508 |
| Sandusky county, and the Lorain municipal courts, for which the | 1509 |
| population of the territory is less than one hundred thousand for | 1510 |
| the preceding calendar year as so certified is not equal to or | 1511 |
| greater than those expenditures for the operation of the court for | 1512 |
| that calendar year as so certified, the clerk of a municipal court | 1513 |
| shall receive the annual compensation that the legislative | 1514 |
| authority prescribes. As used in this division, "revenue" means | 1515 |
| the total of all costs and fees that are collected and paid to the | 1516 |
| city treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county | 1517 |
| treasury by the clerk of the municipal court under division (F) of | 1518 |
| this section and all interest received and paid to the city | 1519 |
| treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county | 1520 |
| treasury in relation to the costs and fees under division (G) of | 1521 |
| this section. | 1522 |
| (2) In a municipal court, other than the Hamilton county, | 1523 |
| Montgomery county, Miami county, Portage county, and Wayne county | 1524 |
| municipal courts, for which the population of the territory is one | 1525 |
| hundred thousand or more, and in the Lorain municipal court, the | 1526 |
| clerk of the municipal court shall receive annual compensation in | 1527 |
| a sum equal to eighty-five per cent of the salary of a judge of | 1528 |
| the court. | 1529 |
| (3) The compensation of a clerk described in division (C)(1) | 1530 |
| or (2) of this section and of the clerk of the Columbiana county | 1531 |
| municipal court is payable in either semimonthly installments or | 1532 |
| biweekly installments, as determined by the payroll administrator, | 1533 |
| from the same sources and in the same manner as provided in | 1534 |
| section 1901.11 of the Revised Code, except that the compensation | 1535 |
| of the clerk of the Carroll county municipal court is payable in | 1536 |
| biweekly installments. | 1537 |
| (D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office, | 1538 |
| the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than | 1539 |
| six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court, | 1540 |
| conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties. | 1541 |
| (E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the | 1542 |
| following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue executions | 1543 |
| upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a judgment for | 1544 |
| unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of the court to all | 1545 |
| writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing out of the court; | 1546 |
| and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, and undertakings | 1547 |
| fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The clerk may refuse to | 1548 |
| accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a | 1549 |
| person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under | 1550 |
| section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain | 1551 |
| leave to proceed under that section. The clerk shall do all of the | 1552 |
| following: file and safely keep all journals, records, books, and | 1553 |
| papers belonging or appertaining to the court; record the | 1554 |
| proceedings of the court; perform all other duties that the judges | 1555 |
| of the court may prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts | 1556 |
| and disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection | 1557 |
| at all times. | 1558 |
| The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a | 1559 |
| docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all | 1560 |
| of which shall be the public records of the court. In the docket, | 1561 |
| the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of an | 1562 |
| action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the | 1563 |
| counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates, | 1564 |
| the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of | 1565 |
| summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings. | 1566 |
| The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders, | 1567 |
| judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the | 1568 |
| relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may order | 1569 |
| an extended record of any of the above to be made and entered, | 1570 |
| under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the request of | 1571 |
| any party to the case, the expense of which record may be taxed as | 1572 |
| costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the party | 1573 |
| demanding the record, upon order of the court. | 1574 |
| (F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect, | 1575 |
| and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other | 1576 |
| moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The | 1577 |
| clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or officers, | 1578 |
| and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other | 1579 |
| moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 307.515 and | 1580 |
| 4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the | 1581 |
| Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of | 1582 |
| any moneys received by a municipal court and except for the | 1583 |
| Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal | 1584 |
| courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received for violation of | 1585 |
| municipal ordinances into the treasury of the municipal | 1586 |
| corporation the ordinance of which was violated and shall pay all | 1587 |
| fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted | 1588 |
| pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or Chapter 504. of the | 1589 |
| Revised Code into the treasury of the township the resolution of | 1590 |
| which was violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of | 1591 |
| the Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and | 1592 |
| Ottawa county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent | 1593 |
| of the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and | 1594 |
| fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township | 1595 |
| resolutions adopted pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or | 1596 |
| Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of the county. | 1597 |
| Subject to sections 307.515, 4511.19, and 5503.04 of the Revised | 1598 |
| Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that requires a | 1599 |
| specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received by a | 1600 |
| municipal court, the clerk shall pay all fines collected for the | 1601 |
| violation of state laws into the county treasury. Except in a | 1602 |
| county-operated municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and | 1603 |
| fees the disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in | 1604 |
| the Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a | 1605 |
| county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the | 1606 |
| disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the Revised | 1607 |
| Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as security for | 1608 |
| costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The clerk shall | 1609 |
| keep a separate account of all receipts and disbursements in civil | 1610 |
| and criminal cases, which shall be a permanent public record of | 1611 |
| the office. On the expiration of the term of the clerk, the clerk | 1612 |
| shall deliver the records to the clerk's successor. The clerk | 1613 |
| shall have other powers and duties as are prescribed by rule or | 1614 |
| order of the court. | 1615 |
| (G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted on | 1616 |
| the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be | 1617 |
| deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and | 1618 |
| loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised | 1619 |
| Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon | 1620 |
| the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, in | 1621 |
| a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid into | 1622 |
| the treasury of the county in which the court is located. | 1623 |
| On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall | 1624 |
| make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that were | 1625 |
| finally determined more than one year past in which there remains | 1626 |
| unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of | 1627 |
| a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the | 1628 |
| case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties who | 1629 |
| are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys of record. All | 1630 |
| the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of each | 1631 |
| year shall be paid by the clerk to the city treasurer, except | 1632 |
| that, in a county-operated municipal court, the moneys shall be | 1633 |
| paid to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located. | 1634 |
| The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys at any time to the | 1635 |
| person who has the right to the moneys upon proper certification | 1636 |
| of the clerk. | 1637 |
| (H) Deputy clerks of a municipal court other than the Carroll | 1638 |
| county municipal court may be appointed by the clerk and shall | 1639 |
| receive the compensation, payable in either biweekly installments | 1640 |
| or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll | 1641 |
| administrator, out of the city treasury, that the clerk may | 1642 |
| prescribe, except that the compensation of any deputy clerk of a | 1643 |
| county-operated municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury | 1644 |
| of the county in which the court is located. The judge of the | 1645 |
| Carroll county municipal court may appoint deputy clerks for the | 1646 |
| court, and the deputy clerks shall receive the compensation, | 1647 |
| payable in biweekly installments out of the county treasury, that | 1648 |
| the judge may prescribe. Each deputy clerk shall take an oath of | 1649 |
| office before entering upon the duties of the deputy clerk's | 1650 |
| office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties appertaining | 1651 |
| to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require any of the | 1652 |
| deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three thousand | 1653 |
| dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy | 1654 |
| clerk's duties. | 1655 |
| (I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the population | 1656 |
| of the territory of a municipal court falls below one hundred | 1657 |
| thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the population of the | 1658 |
| territory prior to the most recent regular federal census exceeded | 1659 |
| one hundred thousand, the legislative authority of the municipal | 1660 |
| corporation may declare, by resolution, that the territory shall | 1661 |
| be considered to have a population of at least one hundred | 1662 |
| thousand. | 1663 |
| (J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at all | 1664 |
| sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in the | 1665 |
| courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors and | 1666 |
| receive verdicts. | 1667 |
| Sec. 1907.11. (A) Each county court district shall have the | 1668 |
| following county court judges, to be elected as follows: | 1669 |
| In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1670 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1671 |
| In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge | 1672 |
| shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected | 1673 |
| in 1982. | 1674 |
| In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1675 |
| be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two | 1676 |
| part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on | 1677 |
| January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. | 1678 |
| In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1679 |
| be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two | 1680 |
| part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on | 1681 |
| January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. | 1682 |
| Until December 31, 2007, in the Erie county county court, one | 1683 |
| part-time judge shall be elected in 1982. Effective January 1, | 1684 |
| 2008, the Erie county county court shall cease to exist. | 1685 |
| In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1686 |
| be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in | 1687 |
| 1982. | 1688 |
| In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge | 1689 |
| shall be elected in 1982. | 1690 |
| In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge | 1691 |
| shall be elected in 1982. | 1692 |
| In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge | 1693 |
| shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and | 1694 |
| two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence | 1695 |
| on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. | 1696 |
| In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge | 1697 |
| shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and | 1698 |
| three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence | 1699 |
| on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1995, | 1700 |
| respectively. | 1701 |
| In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1702 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1703 |
| In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1704 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1705 |
| In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1706 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1707 |
| In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge | 1708 |
| shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected | 1709 |
| in 1982. | 1710 |
| In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1711 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1712 |
| In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge | 1713 |
| shall be elected in 1982. | 1714 |
| In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1715 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1716 |
| In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall be | 1717 |
| elected in 1982. | 1718 |
| | 1719 |
| court, two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to | 1720 |
| commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. | 1721 |
| The judges elected in 2006 shall serve until December 31, 2012. | 1722 |
| The Sandusky county county court shall cease to exist on January | 1723 |
| 1, 2013. | 1724 |
| | 1725 |
| court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1992, and one | 1726 |
| part-time judge shall be elected in 1994. The judges elected in | 1727 |
| 2006 and 2010 shall serve until December 31, 2012. The Trumbull | 1728 |
| county county court shall cease to exist on January 1, 2013. | 1729 |
| In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge | 1730 |
| shall be elected in 1982. | 1731 |
| In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1732 |
| be elected in 1982. | 1733 |
| In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1734 |
| be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in | 1735 |
| 1982. | 1736 |
| (B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next regular | 1737 |
| election for a county court judge as provided in section 1907.13 | 1738 |
| of the Revised Code. | 1739 |
| (2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from, | 1740 |
| forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled | 1741 |
| in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as | 1742 |
| provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code. | 1743 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, | 1744 |
| 1901.07, 1901.08, 1901.31, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code are | 1745 |
| hereby repealed. | 1746 |
| Section 3. (A) Effective January 1, 2013, the Sandusky | 1747 |
| County County Court is abolished. | 1748 |
| (B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in | 1749 |
| the Sandusky County County Court at the close of business on | 1750 |
| December 31, 2012, shall be transferred to and proceed in the | 1751 |
| Sandusky County Municipal Court on January 1, 2013, as if | 1752 |
| originally instituted in the Sandusky County Municipal Court. | 1753 |
| Parties to those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings | 1754 |
| may make any amendments to their pleadings that are required to | 1755 |
| conform them to the rules of the Sandusky County Municipal Court. | 1756 |
| The Clerk of the Sandusky County County Court or other custodian | 1757 |
| shall transfer to the Sandusky County Municipal Court all | 1758 |
| pleadings, orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, | 1759 |
| books, exhibits, files, moneys, property, and persons that belong | 1760 |
| to, are in the possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction | 1761 |
| of the Sandusky County County Court, or any officer of that court, | 1762 |
| at the close of business on December 31, 2012, and that pertain to | 1763 |
| those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings. | 1764 |
| Section 4. (A) Effective January 1, 2013, the Trumbull County | 1765 |
| County Court is abolished. | 1766 |
| (B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in | 1767 |
| the Trumbull County County Court at the close of business on | 1768 |
| December 31, 2012, shall be transferred to and proceed in the | 1769 |
| Trumbull County Municipal Court on January 1, 2013, as if | 1770 |
| originally instituted in the Trumbull County Municipal Court. | 1771 |
| Parties to those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings | 1772 |
| may make any amendments to their pleadings that are required to | 1773 |
| conform them to the rules of the Trumbull County Municipal Court. | 1774 |
| The Clerk of the Trumbull County County Court or other custodian | 1775 |
| shall transfer to the Trumbull County Municipal Court all | 1776 |
| pleadings, orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, | 1777 |
| books, exhibits, files, moneys, property, and persons that belong | 1778 |
| to, are in the possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction | 1779 |
| of the Trumbull County County Court, or any officer of that court, | 1780 |
| at the close of business on December 31, 2012, and that pertain to | 1781 |
| those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings. | 1782 |
| (C) All employees of the Trumbull County County Court shall | 1783 |
| be transferred to and shall become employees of the Trumbull | 1784 |
| County Municipal Court on January 1, 2013. | 1785 |
| (D) Effective January 1, 2013, the part-time judgeship in the | 1786 |
| Trumbull County County Court is abolished. | 1787 |
| Section 5. Sections 1901.01, 1901.03, 1901.08, and 1907.11 of | 1788 |
| the Revised Code are presented in this act as composites of the | 1789 |
| sections as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 238 and Sub. H.B. 338 of | 1790 |
| the 128th General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the | 1791 |
| principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised | 1792 |
| Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of | 1793 |
| simultaneous operation, finds that the composites are the | 1794 |
| resulting versions of the sections in effect prior to the | 1795 |
| effective date of the sections as presented in this act. | 1796 |
| Section 6. Sections 1901.01, 1901.03, 1901.08, and 1907.11 | 1797 |
| of the Revised Code are presented in this act as composites of the | 1798 |
| sections as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 238 and Sub. H.B. 338 of | 1799 |
| the 128th General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the | 1800 |
| principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised | 1801 |
| Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of | 1802 |
| simultaneous operation, finds that the composites are the | 1803 |
| resulting versions of the sections in effect prior to the | 1804 |
| effective date of the sections as presented in this act. | 1805 |
