Ohio Revised Code Chapter 733 - Officers

• Section 733.01 - Executive Power In Cities.
  The executive power of cities shall be vested in a mayor, president of council, auditor, treasurer, director of law, director of public service, director...
• Section 733.02 - Mayor Of City - Election - Term.
  The mayor of a city shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his...
• Section 733.03 - General Powers Of Mayor In Cities - Merger Of Certain Departments.
  The mayor shall be the chief conservator of peace within the city. He may appoint and remove the director of public service, the director...
• Section 733.04 - Appointment Of Municipal Officers In Cities.
  The director of public service, director of public safety, directors of the university, street commissioner, or any officer or member of a board, whose...
• Section 733.05 - Consultation And Advice To Directors Of Departments In Cities.
  When the mayor deems it necessary, the directors of the several departments of the city shall meet with him at the time and place...
• Section 733.06 - Mayor And Officers Of Cities Shall Attend Meetings Of Legislative Authority - Mayor's Written Recommendations.
  The mayor, the directors, and the several officers provided for in Title VII [7] of the Revised Code shall attend the meetings of the...
• Section 733.07 - Acting Mayor In Cities.
  When the mayor is absent from the city, or is unable for any cause to perform his duties, the president of the legislative authority...
• Section 733.08 - Vacancy In Office Of Mayor Of City.
  (A) In case of the death, resignation, or removal of the mayor, the vacancy in the office of mayor shall be filled, until a...
• Section 733.09 - President Of Legislative Authority Of City.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the president of the legislative authority of a city shall be elected for...
• Section 733.10 - City Auditor.
  The auditor of a city shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his...
• Section 733.11 - Books And Accounts - Merger Of Offices In Certain Cities.
  The city auditor shall keep the books of the city and exhibit accurate statements of all moneys received and expended, of all property owned...
• Section 733.12 - Auditing Accounts.
  At the end of each fiscal year, or more often if required by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the city auditor or...
• Section 733.13 - Overdrawing Appropriation - Proof Of Claims.
  The city auditor or village clerk shall not allow the amount set aside for any appropriation to be overdrawn, or the amount appropriated for...
• Section 733.14 - Detailed Statements - Receipts.
  On the first Monday of each month, detailed statements of the receipts and expenditures of the several officers and departments of the municipal corporation...
• Section 733.15 - Certificate As To Election Of Certain Officers.
  The city auditor or village clerk shall certify to the court of common pleas, the election of every officer of the municipal corporation having...
• Section 733.16 - Clerk Of Court Shall Record Certificates.
  The clerk of the court of common pleas shall record the certificates provided for in section 733.15 of the Revised Code in an appropriate...
• Section 733.17 - Forfeiture For Neglect To Make Report.
  Each city auditor or village clerk who is required to make a certificate under section 733.15 of the Revised Code, and each clerk of...
• Section 733.18 - Duty Of City Auditor As To Receiving Bids.
  When bids are required to be filed for the letting of contracts by the director of public service or the director of public safety,...
• Section 733.19 - Deputy Auditor In Cities.
  The city auditor may, when authorized by ordinance, appoint a deputy who, in the absence or disability of such auditor, shall perform his duties....
• Section 733.20 - Seal Of City Auditor.
  The legislative authority of a city shall provide a seal for the city auditor, in the center of which shall be the name of...
• Section 733.21 - Board Of Control.
  The mayor, director of public service, and the director of public safety constitute the board of control of a city. The mayor shall be...
• Section 733.22 - Approval Of Contracts.
  Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of section 713.23, and sections 125.04 and 5513.01 of the Revised Code, no contract in the department...
• Section 733.23 - Executive Power In Villages.
  The executive power of villages shall be vested in a mayor, clerk, treasurer, marshal, street commissioner, and such other officers and departments thereof as...
• Section 733.24 - Mayor Of Village - Election - Term - Qualifications - Powers - Duties.
  The mayor of a village shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his...
• Section 733.25 - Vacancy In Office Of Mayor Of Village.
  When the mayor is absent from the village, or is unable for any cause to perform his duties, the president pro tempore of the...
• Section 733.26 - Election, Term, And Qualifications Of Village Clerk.
  The village clerk shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of April next after his election. He...
• Section 733.261 - Village Clerk-treasurer.
  (A) The legislative authority of a village may, by ordinance or resolution passed by at least a majority vote, combine the duties of the...
• Section 733.262 - Village Fiscal Officer.
  (A) In lieu of having the elected office of village clerk and the office of village treasurer, or the combined elected office of village...
• Section 733.27 - Powers And Duties Of Village Clerk - Training Programs.
  (A) The village clerk shall attend all meetings of the legislative authority of the village, and keep a record of its proceedings and of...
• Section 733.28 - Books And Accounts - Merger Of Offices.
  The village clerk shall keep the books of the village, exhibit accurate statements of all moneys received and expended, of all the property owned...
• Section 733.29 - Seal Of Village Clerk.
  The legislative authority of a village shall provide a seal for the village clerk, in the center of which shall be the name of...
• Section 733.30 - General Duties Of The Mayor Of A Municipal Corporation.
  The major shall perform all the duties prescribed by the bylaws and ordinances of the municipal corporation. He shall see that all ordinances, bylaws,...
• Section 733.31 - Filling Vacancies In Appointive Or Elective Offices.
  (A) Unless otherwise provided by law, vacancies arising in appointive and elective offices of villages shall be filled by appointment by the mayor for...
• Section 733.32 - Communications To Legislative Authority Of Finances And General Conditions.
  The mayor shall communicate to the legislative authority from time to time a statement of the finances of the municipal corporation, and such other...
• Section 733.33 - Protest Against Excess Of Expenditures.
  If, in the opinion of the mayor, an expenditure, authorized by the legislative authority, exceeds the revenues of the municipal corporation for the current...
• Section 733.34 - Supervision Of Conduct Of Officers.
  The mayor shall supervise the conduct of all the officers of the municipal corporation, inquire into and examine the grounds of all reasonable complaints...
• Section 733.35 - Mayor Shall File Charges Against Delinquent Officers.
  The mayor of a municipal corporation shall have general supervision over each department and the officers provided for in Title VII [7] of the...
• Section 733.36 - Hearing Of Charges - Action Of Legislative Authority.
  Charges filed with the legislative authority under section 733.35 of the Revised Code, shall be heard at the next regular meeting thereof, unless the...
• Section 733.37 - Suspension Of Accused Pending Hearing.
  Pending any proceedings under sections 733.35 and 733.36 of the Revised Code, an accused person may be suspended by a majority vote of all...
• Section 733.38 - Power Of Legislative Authority As To Process.
  For the purpose of investigating charges filed pursuant to section 733.35 of the Revised Code against the head of any department or officer, the...
• Section 733.39 - Oaths - Compulsory Testimony - Costs.
  In all cases in which the attendance of witnesses may be compelled for an investigation under section 733.38 of the Revised Code, any member...
• Section 733.40 - Disposition Of Fines And Other Moneys.
  Except as otherwise provided in section 4511.193 of the Revised Code, all fines, forfeitures, and costs in ordinance cases and all fees that are...
• Section 733.41 - Annual Report To Legislative Authority.
  At the first regular meeting in January of each year, and at such other times as the mayor deems expedient, he shall report to...
• Section 733.42 - Treasurer.
  The treasurer of a municipal corporation shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after...
• Section 733.43 - Accounts Of Treasurer.
  The treasurer of a municipal corporation shall keep an accurate account of: (A) All moneys received by him, showing the amount thereof, the time...
• Section 733.44 - Powers And Duties Of Treasurer.
  The treasurer of a municipal corporation shall demand and receive, from the county treasurer, taxes levied and assessments made and certified to the county...
• Section 733.45 - Quarterly Accounting - Annual Report.
  The treasurer of a municipal corporation shall settle and account with the legislative authority, quarterly, and at any other time which it by resolution...
• Section 733.46 - Receipt And Disbursement Of Funds.
  The treasurer of a municipal corporation shall receive and disburse all funds of the municipal corporation and such other funds as arise in or...
• Section 733.47 - Duty Of Delivering Money And Property.
  The treasurer of a municipal corporation, at the expiration of his term of office, or on his resignation or removal, shall deliver to his...
• Section 733.48 - Legal Counsel For Villages - Petition To Appoint Legal Counsel.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, when it considers it necessary, the legislative authority of a village may provide legal...
• Section 733.49 - City Director Of Law - Term Of Office.
  The city director of law shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his...
• Section 733.50 - Qualifications Of City Director Of Law.
  No person shall be eligible to the office of city director of law who is not an attorney at law, admitted to practice in...
• Section 733.51 - Powers And Duties Of City Director Of Law.
  The city director of law shall prepare all contracts, bonds, and other instruments in writing in which the city is concerned, and shall serve...
• Section 733.52 - Prosecuting Attorney Of Mayor's Court.
  The city director of law as prosecuting attorney of the mayor's court shall prosecute all cases brought before the court, and perform the same...
• Section 733.53 - Duties As To Suits.
  The city director of law, when required to do so by resolution of the legislative authority of the city, shall prosecute or defend on...
• Section 733.54 - City Director Of Law Shall Give Opinions.
  When an officer of a city entertains doubts concerning the law in any matter before him in his official capacity, and desires the opinion...
• Section 733.55 - Payment Of Moneys.
  The city director of law shall pay to the city treasurer all moneys which come into his hands belonging to the city or by...
• Section 733.56 - Application For Injunction.
  The village solicitor or city director of law shall apply, in the name of the municipal corporation, to a court of competent jurisdiction for...
• Section 733.57 - Specific Performance.
  When an obligation or contract made on behalf of a municipal corporation, granting a right or easement or creating a public duty, is being...
• Section 733.58 - Writ Of Mandamus.
  In case an officer or board of a municipal corporation fails to perform any duty expressly enjoined by law or ordinance, the village solicitor...
• Section 733.581 - Taxpayer Named As Party Defendant.
  If the village solicitor or city director of law, upon the written request of any taxpayer of the municipal corporation, makes any application provided...
• Section 733.59 - Taxpayer's Suit.
  If the village solicitor or city director of law fails, upon the written request of any taxpayer of the municipal corporation, to make any...
• Section 733.60 - Limitation Of Action.
  No action to enjoin the performance of a contract entered into or the payment of any bonds issued by a municipal corporation shall be...
• Section 733.61 - Duty Of Court.
  If the court hearing a case under section 733.59 of the Revised Code is satisfied that the taxpayer had good cause to believe that...
• Section 733.62 - Annual Report.
  The city director of law shall make a report to the legislative authority of the city, at its first regular meeting in January, of...
• Section 733.621 - Appointment Of Assistants Or Employees.
  As used in this section, "chief legal officer" means a city director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer of a municipal...
• Section 733.63 - Sealer Of Weights And Measures.
  The mayor of a municipal corporation may appoint a sealer of weights and measures, who shall hold office coextensive with the term of office...
• Section 733.64 - Qualification And Compensation Of Sealer.
  The sealer of weights and measures of a municipal corporation shall be a competent person for the position, and shall receive a salary fixed...
• Section 733.65 - Oath And Bond Of Sealer - Appointment Of Inspectors.
  The sealer of weights and measures, before entering upon his duties, shall take the oath of office required by section 733.68 of the Revised...
• Section 733.66 - Comparison With State Standards.
  The sealer of weights and measures of a municipal corporation shall, at such times as may be required by regulation of the director of...
• Section 733.67 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-26-1974
• Section 733.671 - Seeking Injunction Against Violation Of Weights And Measures Laws.
  The municipal sealer may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision...
• Section 733.68 - Qualifications Of Municipal Officers - Oaths.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section or in another section of the Revised Code, each officer of a municipal...
• Section 733.69 - Bond Of Municipal Officers.
  Each officer of a municipal corporation required by law or ordinance to give bond shall do so before entering upon the duties of the...
• Section 733.70 - Approval Of Bonds.
  The official bonds of all officers of a municipal corporation shall be prepared by its village solicitor or city director of law. Except as...
• Section 733.71 - Certain Facts Shall Not Invalidate Bond.
  In each bond mentioned in section 733.70 of the Revised Code, the condition that the person elected or appointed shall faithfully perform the duties...
• Section 733.72 - Charges Against Municipal Officers Filed With Probate Judge - Proceedings.
  When a complaint under oath is filed with the probate judge of the county in which a municipal corporation or the larger part thereof...
• Section 733.73 - Appearance Of Counsel - Jury.
  On the day fixed by the probate judge for the return of the citation issued pursuant to section 733.72 of the Revised Code, the...
• Section 733.74 - Challenge Of Jurors.
  On the day fixed for trial under section 733.73 of the Revised Code, if a jury is impaneled, either party, in addition to the...
• Section 733.75 - Proceedings On The Trial.
  On the day designated under section 733.73 of the Revised Code for the trial, the trial shall take place, unless continued on affidavit for...
• Section 733.76 - Removal Of Officer If Found Guilty.
  If, on the trial, the charges in the complaint mentioned in section 733.72 of the Revised Code are sustained by the verdict of the...
• Section 733.77 - Payment Of Costs.
  The cost and expenses of the trial shall be charged against the party filing the complaint under section 733.72 of the Revised Code, the...
• Section 733.78 - Violations By Fiscal Officers.
  (A) As used in this section, "fiscal officer" means a village fiscal officer, a village clerk-treasurer, a village clerk, a city auditor, a city...
• Section 733.79 - Municipal Officers May Attend Conference Or Convention - Expenses.
  Any elected or appointed municipal officer, deputy, assistant, or an employee of any municipal corporation may attend, at the expense of the municipal corporation,...
• Section 733.80 - Duties Of Fire Engineer, Engineer, Superintendent Of Markets - Compensation.
  In each municipal corporation having a fire engineer, engineer, or superintendent of markets, each such officer shall perform the duties prescribed by Title VII...
• Section 733.81 - Education Programs And For Fiscal Officers.
  (A) As used in this section, "fiscal officer" means the city auditor, city treasurer, village fiscal officer, village clerk-treasurer, village clerk, and, in the...
• Section 733.85 - Municipal Income Tax Administration In Noncharter Municipalities.
  (A) As used in this section, "municipal corporation" means any municipal corporation, including a municipal corporation organized under Chapter 705. of the Revised Code,...
• Section 733.99 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974

Last modified: October 10, 2016