Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1907 - County Court - General Provisions

• Section 1907.01 - County Court.
  There is hereby created in each county of the state, in which the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal court or municipal courts is not...
• Section 1907.011 - Ohio River Jurisdiction.
  In addition to the territorial jurisdiction conferred by section 1907.01 of the Revised Code, the county courts of Adams, Belmont, Jefferson, Meigs, and Monroe...
• Section 1907.012 - Jurisdiction Over Violations Of Township Resolutions.
  In addition to other jurisdiction granted a county court in the Revised Code, a county court has jurisdiction over violations of township resolutions adopted...
• Section 1907.02 - Jurisdiction.
  (A) (1) In addition to other jurisdiction granted a county court in the Revised Code, a county court has jurisdiction of all misdemeanor cases....
• Section 1907.021 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-22-1973
• Section 1907.03 - Jurisdiction In Civil Actions.
  (A) Under the restrictions and limitations of this chapter, county courts have exclusive original jurisdiction in civil actions for the recovery of sums not...
• Section 1907.031 - Original Jurisdiction.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in section 1907.03 of the Revised Code and in addition to the jurisdiction authorized in other sections of this...
• Section 1907.032 - Jurisdiction Where Property Not Removed At Expiration Of Campsite Use Agreement.
  In addition to the jurisdiction authorized in other sections of this chapter, a county court has original jurisdiction in actions filed under section 3729.13...
• Section 1907.04 - Temporary Location Of Court In Event Of Emergency.
  (A) In the event of a natural or man-made disaster, civil disorder, or any extraordinary circumstance that interrupts or threatens to interrupt the orderly...
• Section 1907.041, 1907.042 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1907.11, 1907.12.
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.05 - Jurisdiction Concerning Title To Real Estate.
  County courts have jurisdiction in civil actions in which the title to real estate may be drawn in question as follows: (A) In actions...
• Section 1907.051 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1907.13.
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.052 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-06-1959
• Section 1907.06 - Jurisdiction In Cases Of Replevin - Appraisals Of Property.
  (A) County courts have exclusive, original jurisdiction in all cases of replevin in which the value of the specific personal property that is sought...
• Section 1907.061 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1907.14.
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.07 - Balance Not Exceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars.
  When the balance claimed to be due on an open or unsettled account or on a bill, note, or bond, is fifteen thousand dollars...
• Section 1907.071 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1907.15.
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.08 - Action On Bond Or Undertaking.
  In civil actions founded upon a bond or undertaking, a judge of a county court has jurisdiction coextensive with his county. Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.081, 1907.082 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1907.16, 1907.17.
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.09 - Judgment Confessed For Sum Not Exceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars.
  If a debtor appears before a county court, without process and confesses that the debtor is indebted a debt owed to a creditor, on...
• Section 1907.091 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1907.19.
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.10 - Concurrent Criminal Jurisdiction Of Mayor's Court.
  Mayors retain jurisdiction in all criminal cases involving the violation of ordinances of their respective municipal corporations and in all criminal cases involving moving...
• Section 1907.101 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1907.20.
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.11 - Number Of Judges.
  (A) Each county court district shall have the following county court judges, to be elected as follows: In the Adams county county court, one...
• Section 1907.111 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-06-1959
• Section 1907.12 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-08-1991
• Section 1907.121 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1907.21.
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.13 - Qualifications Of County Court Judges.
  A county court judge, at the time of filing a nominating petition for the office or at the time of appointment to the office...
• Section 1907.131 - Presiding And Administrative Judge.
  (A) In a county court district having only one judge, that judge shall be the presiding and administrative judge for that district. (B) In...
• Section 1907.14 - Oath Of Office.
  (A) A judge of a county court shall take an oath of office as provided in section 3.23 of the Revised Code . (B)...
• Section 1907.141 - Assigned And Substitute Judges.
  (A) (1) If a vacancy occurs in the office of a judge of a county court that consists of only one judge or if...
• Section 1907.142 - Reimbursement And Compensation.
  (A) An acting judge appointed pursuant to division (A)(2)(a), (B)(1), or (C)(1) of section 1907.141 of the Revised Code shall receive reimbursement for actual...
• Section 1907.143 - Payment Of Compensation.
  (A) (1) Subject to reimbursement under division (B) of this section, the treasurer of the county in which a county court is located shall...
• Section 1907.15 - Division Of County Court District.
  (A) (1) In counties having more than one county court judge, subject to division (A)(2) of this section, the presiding judge of the county...
• Section 1907.151 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.16 - Compensation Of County Court Judges.
  (A) Beginning July 1, 1997, judges of a county court shall receive as compensation thirty-five thousand five hundred dollars each year in addition to...
• Section 1907.161 - Group Health Care Coverage For County Court Judges.
  (A) As used in this section, "health care coverage" means sickness and accident insurance or other coverage of hospitalization, surgical care, major medical care,...
• Section 1907.17 - Commissioners May Provide Additional Compensation.
  In addition to the compensation provided in section 1907.16 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may provide for payment of a...
• Section 1907.171 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.18 - County Court Judges - Jurisdiction And Authority.
  (A) County court judges, within and coextensive with their respective counties, have jurisdiction and authority to: (1) Administer an oath authorized or required by...
• Section 1907.181 - Order For Accused To Appear For Fingerprinting.
  (A) If a sheriff or chief of police has not taken, or caused to be taken, a person's or child's fingerprints in accordance with...
• Section 1907.19 - Office Space And Materials For Court.
  The board of county commissioners shall provide for each county court judge in the county suitable court and office space and all materials necessary...
• Section 1907.191 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.20 - Powers And Duties Of County Court Clerk.
  (A) The clerk of courts shall be the clerk of the county court, except that the board of county commissioners, with the concurrence of...
• Section 1907.201 - Appointment Of Employees.
  (A) The judge or judges of a county court may appoint an interpreter, one or more mental health professionals, one or more probation officers,...
• Section 1907.202 - Posting Notice Of Federal Short Term Interest Rate.
  Upon receiving the notification of the interest rate per annum from the county auditor pursuant to section 319.19 of the Revised Code, the clerk...
• Section 1907.21 - Alphabetical Index To Docket.
  Each clerk of a county court shall keep an alphabetical index to his docket, in which he shall enter the names of the parties...
• Section 1907.211 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1907.55.
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.22 - Depositing Official Dockets With Successor Clerk.
  Upon the expiration of his term of office, the clerk of a county court shall deposit with his successor such clerk's official dockets, the...
• Section 1907.221 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-06-1959
• Section 1907.23 - Receipt For Official Dockets Of County Court.
  A clerk of a county court who receives by succession dockets, files, papers, and materials as provided in section 1907.22 of the Revised Code...
• Section 1907.231 - Documentation Of Criminal Convictions And Guilty Pleas To Be Retained In Admissible Form.
  Notwithstanding section 149.38 of the Revised Code, each clerk of a county court shall retain documentation regarding each criminal conviction and plea of guilty...
• Section 1907.24 - Schedule Of Fees And Costs.
  (A) Subject to division (C) of this section, a county court shall fix and tax fees and costs as follows: (1) The county court...
• Section 1907.25 - Alternative Methods For Collecting Court Costs; Notice Of Balance Due.
  (A) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, if at the time of sentencing or at any time after sentencing a county...
• Section 1907.251 - Cancellation Of Uncollectible Debts.
  If at any time the court finds that an amount owing to the court is due and uncollectible, in whole or in part, the...
• Section 1907.26 - Transmitting Fees And Costs.
  Judges of a county court shall not retain any of the costs or fees specified in the schedules adopted pursuant to section 1907.24 of...
• Section 1907.261 - Computerizing Court Of Paying Cost Of Computerized Legal Research.
  (A) (1) A county court may determine that for the efficient operation of the court additional funds are required to computerize the court, to...
• Section 1907.262 - Rules For Procedures For Resolution Of Disputes.
  (A) A county court may establish by rule procedures for the resolution of disputes between parties. Any procedures so adopted shall include, but are...
• Section 1907.27 - Determination Of Witness Fees.
  Witness fees in relation to civil and criminal actions and proceedings shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 2335 of the Revised Code. Effective...
• Section 1907.271 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.28 - Jury Selection.
  A county court may provide, by rule, how jurors shall be chosen, and may provide that jurors to be used in the court may...
• Section 1907.281, 1907.282 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.29 - Jury Trial Procedure.
  (A) A jury trial shall be demanded in the manner prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure or the Rules of Criminal Procedure. The...
• Section 1907.291 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.30 - Appeals.
  Appeals from the final judgments of a county court may be taken to the court of appeals for the county in which the judgment...
• Section 1907.301 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.31 - Application Of Rules Of Procedure.
  (A) The Rules of Civil Procedure, the Rules of Criminal Procedure, and the Rules of Evidence apply in civil and criminal actions and proceedings...
• Section 1907.311 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.32 - Arresting Civil Defendant.
  A defendant in a civil action in a county court may be arrested under the circumstances and in the manner specified in Chapter 2713....
• Section 1907.321 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.33 - Attachment And Garnishment Actions.
  (A) In a civil action for the recovery of money that is before a judge of a county court, the plaintiff may have an...
• Section 1907.331 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.34 - Returns Showing Only Real Estate.
  In any case in which an order of attachment has been issued by a judge of a county court pursuant to Chapter 2715. of...
• Section 1907.341 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.35 - Nonresidence.
  In actions, under section 1907.34 of the Revised Code, for a sum, of which county court judges have exclusive original jurisdiction, if the defendant...
• Section 1907.351 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.36 - Recovery Of Specific Personal Property Prior To Judgment.
  In any civil action involving a claim for the recovery of specific personal property that is before a judge of a county court, a...
• Section 1907.361 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.37 - Warrant For Arrest Of Witness.
  When it appears to a judge of a county court that a witness was served with a subpoena to appear and give testimony before...
• Section 1907.371 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.38 - Punishment Of Witness.
  When a witness arrested under section 1907.37 of the Revised Code is brought before the judge of the county court, or when a person...
• Section 1907.381 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.39 - Costs Of Witness.
  If a witness who is subpoenaed in an action before a judge of a county court attends and is not examined by either party,...
• Section 1907.391 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1907.56.
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.40 - Liability Of Witness.
  Every person who is subpoenaed as a witness in the county court and who neglects to appear or refuses to testify, is liable to...
• Section 1907.401 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.41 - Arbitration.
  (A) The provisions of sections 2711.01 to 2711.15 of the Revised Code relating to arbitration shall apply to county courts, subject to the jurisdiction...
• Section 1907.411 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1907.57.
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.42 - Arbitrators And Proceedings.
  In an action before a judge of a county court, at any time before trial and before judgment is rendered, the parties may have...
• Section 1907.43 - Award, Judgment, And Execution.
  When the arbitrators mentioned in section 1907.42 of the Revised Code convene and are qualified, they shall hear and determine the cause, make out...
• Section 1907.44 - Conclusiveness Of Judgment.
  Every judgment rendered on an award under section 1907.43 of the Revised Code, concludes the rights of the parties, unless it appears to the...
• Section 1907.45 - County Court Judge May Set Aside Award.
  When, within the period mentioned in section 1907.44 of the Revised Code, satisfactory proof is adduced before the judge of the county court that...
• Section 1907.46 - Appeal.
  An appeal shall be allowed to the court of appeals from the judgment of a judge of a county court rendered under section 1907.43...
• Section 1907.47 - Execution - Proceedings In Aid Of Execution.
  Execution and proceedings in aid of execution in a county court shall be in accordance with Chapters 2327., 2329., 2331., and 2333. of the...
• Section 1907.48 - Judge May Issue Executions For Another Judge.
  Any county court judge may issue executions on judgments on the docket of a judge of the same district, who is unable to issue...
• Section 1907.49 - Revivor.
  A judgment that is rendered by a judge of a county court and that is dormant, may be revived in the manner prescribed for...
• Section 1907.50 - Service And Return.
  An order to revive issued pursuant to section 1907.49 of the Revised Code shall be served and returned in the time and manner required...
• Section 1907.51 - Cumulative Remedy.
  Sections 1907.49 and 1907.50 of the Revised Code do not prevent the revivor, in the manner prescribed by law, of judgments of judges of...
• Section 1907.511 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1907.53.
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.52 - Service By Publication.
  Service by publication may be made in a civil action in a county court under the circumstances and in the manner in which service...
• Section 1907.53 - Bailiffs.
  (A) (1) Each judge of a county court may appoint a bailiff on a full-time or part-time basis. The bailiff shall receive compensation as...
• Section 1907.54 - Appointment Of Special Constables - Duties.
  Upon the written application of the director of administrative services or of three freeholders of the county in which a county court judge resides,...
• Section 1907.55 - Appointment Of Special Constable.
  The judge of a county court appointing a special constable pursuant to section 1907.54 of the Revised Code, shall make a memorandum of the...
• Section 1907.56 - Prohibition Against Purchasing Of Judgment.
  No judge of a county court shall purchase any judgment upon a docket in his possession. Effective Date: 03-17-1987
• Section 1907.57 - Prohibition Against Failure To Deliver Official Dockets And Papers.
  No judge of a county court shall refuse, upon lawful demand, to deliver any docket, papers, files, or other matter to the person entitled...
• Section 1907.99 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1958
• Section 1907.991 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987

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