Ohio Revised Code Chapter 509 - Constables

• Section 509.01 - Designation Of Police Constables.
  (A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to division (C)...
• Section 509.02 - Bond.
  Each constable, before entering upon the discharge of official duties, shall give bond to the state in a sum of not less than five...
• Section 509.03 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-06-1959
• Section 509.04 - Parking Enforcement Unit.
  (A) The board of township trustees may establish, by resolution, a parking enforcement unit within the office of a township constable, and provide for...
• Section 509.05 - Powers And Duties Of Police Constables.
  In addition to the county sheriff, constables shall be ministerial officers of the county court in all cases in their respective townships, and in...
• Section 509.06 - Aid Of Sheriff.
  Constables, marshals, chiefs of police, and other police officers, in discharging their duties, may call the sheriff or a deputy sheriff to their aid...
• Section 509.07 - Return Of Process.
  Each constable shall, at the proper office and on the proper return day, make due return of all process directed and delivered to him....
• Section 509.08 - Time Of Receiving Writ.
  Each constable, on the receipt of any writ or other process, except subpoenas, shall note thereon the time of receiving it. He shall also...
• Section 509.09 - Return Of Not Found.
  No constable shall make a return on any process of "not found," as to any defendant, unless he has been to the usual place...
• Section 509.10 - Arrest On View Or Warrant - Keep The Peace.
  Each constable shall apprehend, on view or warrant, and bring to justice, all felons, disturbers, and violators of the criminal laws of this state,...
• Section 509.11 - Copy Of Process To Be Left With Jailer.
  When it becomes the duty of the constable to take a person to the county jail, such constable shall deliver to the sheriff or...
• Section 509.12 - Payment Of Moneys.
  A constable shall pay over to the party entitled thereto, all moneys received by such constable in his official capacity, if demand is made...
• Section 509.13 - Forfeiture.
  Constables shall be liable to a ten per cent forfeiture upon the amount of damages for which judgment may be entered against them, for...
• Section 509.14 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-27-1981
• Section 509.15 - Fees Of Constables.
  The following fees and expenses shall be taxed as costs, collected from the judgment debtor, and paid to the general fund of the appropriate...
• Section 509.16 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-06-1959

Last modified: October 10, 2016