Ohio Revised Code Chapter 120 - Public Defenders

• Section 120.01 - Ohio Public Defender Commission.
  There is hereby created the Ohio public defender commission to provide, supervise, and coordinate legal representation at state expense for indigent and other persons....
• Section 120.02 - Meetings - Compensation And Expenses.
  The members of the Ohio public defender commission shall meet at least quarterly, and shall meet at other times pursuant to the call of...
• Section 120.03 - Commission - Powers And Duties.
  (A) The Ohio public defender commission shall appoint the state public defender, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. (B) The Ohio...
• Section 120.04 - State Public Defender - Powers And Duties.
  (A) The state public defender shall serve at the pleasure of the Ohio public defender commission and shall be an attorney with a minimum...
• Section 120.05 - Determination Of Indigency.
  (A) The determination of indigency shall be made by the state public defender, subject to review by the court. This section does not apply...
• Section 120.06 - Duty To Provide Legal Representation To Indigent Adults And Juveniles.
  (A) (1) The state public defender, when designated by the court or requested by a county public defender or joint county public defender, may...
• Section 120.07 - Civil Case Filing Fee Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the civil case filing fee fund to receive all funds deposited in the fund pursuant to...
• Section 120.08 - Indigent Defense Support Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the indigent defense support fund, consisting of money paid into the fund pursuant to sections 4507.45,...
• Section 120.13 - County Public Defender Commission.
  (A) The county commissioners in any county may establish a county public defender commission. The commission shall have five members, three of whom shall...
• Section 120.14 - County Public Defender Commission - Powers And Duties.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the county public defender commission shall appoint the county public defender and may...
• Section 120.15 - County Public Defender - Powers And Duties.
  (A) The county public defender shall be appointed by the county public defender commission for a term not to exceed four years. He shall...
• Section 120.16 - Legal Representation To Be Provided.
  (A) (1) The county public defender shall provide legal representation to indigent adults and juveniles who are charged with the commission of an offense...
• Section 120.17 - State Public Defender Not Required To Defend In Counties Having County Public Defender.
  In any county in which the county commissioners choose to establish a county public defender's office, the Ohio public defender shall not be required...
• Section 120.18 - Reimbursement Of County.
  (A) The county public defender commission's report to the board of county commissioners shall be audited by the county auditor. The board of county...
• Section 120.23 - Joint County Public Defender Commission.
  (A) The boards of county commissioners in two or more adjoining or neighboring counties may form themselves into a joint board and proceed to...
• Section 120.24 - Joint County Public Defender Commission - Powers And Duties.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the joint county public defender commission shall appoint the joint county public defender...
• Section 120.25 - Joint County Public Defender - Powers And Duties.
  (A) The joint county public defender shall be appointed by the joint county public defender commission for a term not to exceed four years....
• Section 120.26 - Legal Representation To Be Provided.
  (A) (1) The joint county public defender shall provide legal representation to indigent adults and juveniles who are charged with the commission of an...
• Section 120.27 - State Public Defender Not Required To Defend In Counties Having Joint County Public Defender.
  In any counties in which the boards of county commissioners choose to establish a joint county public defender's office, the Ohio public defender shall...
• Section 120.28 - Reimbursement Of Joint County Board.
  (A) The joint county public defender commission's report to the joint board of county commissioners shall be audited by the fiscal officer of the...
• Section 120.33 - Alternative System Of Selected Or Appointed Counsel.
  (A) In lieu of using a county public defender or joint county public defender to represent indigent persons in the proceedings set forth in...
• Section 120.34 - Reimbursements Exceeding Appropriation - Proportionate Distribution Of Funds.
  The total amount of money paid to all counties in any fiscal year pursuant to sections 120.18, 120.28, and 120.33 of the Revised Code...
• Section 120.35 - Capital Case Reimbursement.
  The state public defender shall, pursuant to section 120.18, 120.28, 120.33, or 2941.51 of the Revised Code, reimburse fifty per cent of all costs...
• Section 120.36 - Application Fee - Assessment - Nonpayment - Disposition - Annual Report.
  (A) (1) Subject to division (A)(2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section, if a person who is a defendant in a criminal...
• Section 120.38 - Attorney-client Privilege.
  (A) All information obtained by a public defender when determining if a person is indigent, shall be held confidential within the ethical standards of...
• Section 120.39 - Conflict Of Interest.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, counsel appointed by the court, co-counsel appointed to assist the state public defender or...
• Section 120.40 - Pay Ranges.
  (A) The pay ranges established by the board of county commissioners for the county public defender and those established by the joint board of...
• Section 120.41 - Indemnifying Public Defender In Malpractice Action.
  (A) In connection with any malpractice action filed against a state, county, or joint county public defender or assistant public defender, the state, or...
• Section 120.51 - Legal Aid Society Funding Definitions.
  As used in sections 120.51 to 120.55 of the Revised Code: (A) "Legal aid society" means a nonprofit corporation that satisfies all of the...
• Section 120.52 - Legal Aid Fund.
  There is hereby established in the state treasury the legal aid fund, which shall be for the charitable public purpose of providing financial assistance...
• Section 120.521 - Legal Assistance Foundation - Fund.
  (A) The state public defender shall establish a charitable, tax exempt foundation, named the Ohio legal assistance foundation, to actively solicit and accept gifts,...
• Section 120.53 - Application For Financial Assistance.
  (A) A legal aid society that operates within the state may apply to the Ohio legal assistance foundation for financial assistance from the legal...
• Section 120.54 - Uses Of Financial Assistance.
  (A) A legal aid society that receives financial assistance from the legal aid fund under section 120.53 of the Revised Code shall use the...
• Section 120.55 - Society To Ensure Conditions.
  In providing legal assistance, each legal aid society that receives financial assistance from the legal aid fund under section 120.53 of the Revised Code...

Last modified: October 10, 2016