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Title 23, Title 23. Courts-Common Pleas

20 chapters · 607 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 23607 Ch 2329, Chapter 2329 | Execution Against Pro…101 Ch 2307, Chapter 2307 | Civil Actions85 Ch 2305, Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitat…79 Ch 2323, Chapter 2323 | Judgment44 Ch 2335, Chapter 2335 | Fees; Costs41 Ch 2301, Chapter 2301 | Organization40 Ch 2317, Chapter 2317 | Evidence37 Ch 2303, Chapter 2303 | Clerk of the Court of…30 Ch 2333, Chapter 2333 | Proceedings In Aid Of…26 Ch 2313, Chapter 2313 | Commissioners Of Jurors25 Ch 2311, Chapter 2311 | Trial-related Matters18 Ch 2315, Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure18 Ch 2331, Chapter 2331 | Execution Against The…16 Ch 2337, Chapter 2337 | Uniform Foreign-money…15

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.01 Courts of common pleas
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(A) There shall be a court of common pleas in each county held by one or more judges, each of whom has been admitted to practice as an attorney at law in this state for at least one year preceding the judge's appointment or commencement of the judge's term, resides in the county,…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.02 Number of judges for each county and date term of office begins
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The number of judges of the court of common pleas for each county, the time for the next election of the judges in the several counties, and the beginning of their terms shall be as follows: (A) In Ashland, Fayette, and Pike counties, one judge, elected in 1956, term to begin Feb…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.03 Designation domestic relations, juvenile and probate duties
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(A) In Franklin county, the judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, January 2, 1953, January 5, 1969, January 5, 1977, January 2, 1997, January 9, 2019, and January 3, 2021, and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same po…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.031 Computerizing court of paying cost of computerized legal research
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(A)(1) The domestic relations judges of a domestic relations division created by section 2301.03 of the Revised Code may determine that, for the efficient operation of their division, additional funds are required to computerize the division, to make available computerized legal …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.04 Temporary location of division in event of emergency

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(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 operation of a division of a court of common pleas within the territorial jurisdiction of the division, the administrative j…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.05 Common pleas court terms

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The term of any division of a court of common pleas is one calendar year, which may, by written order of the judges of the division, be divided into parts for purposes of Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.10 Order for accused to appear for fingerprinting

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(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 division (A)(1) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code with respect to a crime or act set forth in that division by the time of the arraignment or first …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.11 Days of open session

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Not less than two hundred forty days of open session of the court of common pleas shall be held by each judge during the year, unless all business assigned him is disposed of in less than such period.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.12 Appointments by court of common pleas

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The court of common pleas of a county may appoint:(A) A court interpreter, who shall take an oath of office, hold the position at the will and under the direction of the court, interpret the testimony of witnesses, translate any writing necessary to be translated in court, or in …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.13 Use of psychiatrists by municipal courts

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In counties in which one or more psychiatrists, psychologists, or other examiners or investigators have been appointed pursuant to section 2301.12 of the Revised Code, the judges of the court of common pleas may enter into an agreement with the judges of any municipal court locat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.14 Taxing costs

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The clerk of the court of common pleas in which the service of a court interpreter is rendered shall tax in the cost bill in such case, to be collected as other costs, the sum of three dollars for each day of service of such interpreter, which fees shall be paid into the county t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.141 Documentation of criminal convictions and guilty pleas to be retained in admissible form

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Notwithstanding section 149.38 of the Revised Code, each clerk of a court of common pleas shall retain documentation regarding each criminal conviction and plea of guilty involving a case that is or was before the court. The documentation shall be in a form that is admissible as …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.15 Duties of criminal bailiff - costs

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The criminal bailiff shall act for the sheriff in criminal cases and matters of a criminal nature in the court of common pleas and the probate court of the county. Under the direction of the sheriff, he shall be present during trials of criminal cases in those courts and during s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.16 Bailiff shall give bond

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Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the criminal bailiff shall give a bond to the sheriff in the sum of five thousand dollars, with good and sufficient sureties, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties. The judges of the court of common pleas shall fix …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.17 Additional temporary bailiff

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On the application of the sheriff, in a criminal case, if the court of common pleas is satisfied that the administration of justice requires an additional criminal bailiff to execute process, it may appoint such additional bailiff, whose powers and duties shall cease when such ca…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.18 Appointment of official and assistant reporters - term - oath

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The court of common pleas shall appoint a reporter as the official reporter of the court for a term not exceeding three years, unless removed by the court after good cause shown for neglect of duty, misconduct in office, or incompetency. The court may appoint assistant reporters …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.20 Recording of actions; preservation of records

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All civil and criminal actions in the court of common pleas shall be recorded. The reporter shall take accurate notes of or electronically record the oral testimony. The notes and electronic records shall be filed in the office of the official reporter and carefully preserved for…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.21 Fees for reporters

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In every case recorded as provided in section 2301.20 of the Revised Code, there shall be taxed for each day's service of the official or assistant reporters a fee of twenty-five dollars, to be collected as other costs in the case. The fees so collected shall be paid quarterly by…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.22 Reporters - compensation

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Each reporter shall receive the compensation that the court of common pleas making the appointment fixes. That compensation shall be in place of all per diem compensation in those courts. In case the appointment is for a term of less than one year, the court may allow a per diem …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.23 Furnishing of transcripts or electronic reporting of testimony as requested

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When notes have been taken or an electronic recording has been made in a case as provided in section 2301.20 of the Revised Code, if the court or either party to the suit requests written transcripts of any portion of the proceeding, the reporter reporting the case shall make ful…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.24 Compensation for making transcripts and copies

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The compensation of reporters for making written transcripts as provided in section 2301.23 of the Revised Code shall be fixed by the court of common pleas of the county in which the trial is held. If more than one transcript of the same testimony or proceeding is ordered, the re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.25 Costs of transcripts

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When ordered by the prosecuting attorney or the defendant in a criminal case or when ordered by a judge of the court of common pleas in either civil or criminal cases, the costs of transcripts shall be taxed as costs in the case, collected as other costs, whether the transcripts …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.26 Reporters as referees

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Reporters appointed under section 2301.18 of the Revised Code may be appointed referees to take and report evidence in causes pending in any of the courts of this state. In the taking of evidence as referees, the reporters may administer oaths to witnesses. They shall be furnishe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.27 Probation and supervisory services

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(A)(1)(a) The court of common pleas may establish a county department of probation. The establishment of the department shall be entered upon the journal of the court, and the clerk of the court of common pleas shall certify a copy of the journal entry establishing the department…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.271 Minimum standards for the training of adult probation officers

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(A) The adult parole authority of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall develop minimum standards for the training of adult probation officers as provided by section 2301.27 of the Revised Code. The adult parole authority shall consult and collaborate with the sup…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.28 Legal control or supervision person placed on probation

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The court of common pleas of a county in which a county department of probation has been established under division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code, in addition to employing the department in investigation and in the administration of its own orders imposing community …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.29 Rules of adult parole authority to govern - local court rules

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In all cases in which the county department of probation provided for in division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code acquires legal custody of or supervision over a person who is granted a conditional pardon or a parole from a state correctional institution, the court of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.30 County department of probation - duties

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The court of common pleas of a county in which a county department of probation is established under division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code shall require the department, in the rules through which the supervision of the department is exercised or otherwise, to do all…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.31 Arrest of parolees without warrant

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(A) If a person on parole is in the custody of a county department of probation provided for in division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code, any probation officer of that department may arrest the person without a warrant for any violation of any condition of parole, as d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.32 Supplemental investigation or supervisory services from adult parole authority

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(A) In any county in which a county department of probation has been established under division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code and complies with standards and conditions prescribed by the adult parole authority created by section 5149.02 of the Revised Code, an agreem…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.33 Common pleas judge not to act as attorney in county court

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No judge of a court of common pleas shall act as attorney, counsel, or advocate for another in a county court.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.51 Community-based correctional proposals

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(A)(1) Any county that has a population of two hundred thousand or more is eligible to formulate a community-based correctional proposal pursuant to this section that, upon implementation, would provide a community-based correctional facility and program for the use of that count…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.52 Minimum provisions for community-based correctional proposals

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Each proposal for a community-based correctional facility and program or a district community-based correctional facility and program shall provide for or contain at least the following:(A) The designation of a physical facility that will be used for the confinement of persons se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.55 Judicial corrections board - powers and duties

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(A)(1) Upon the advice of the judicial advisory board, the facility governing board of a community-based correctional facility and program or district community-based correctional facility and program shall appoint a director who, or enter into a contract with a nonprofit or priv…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.551 CBCF or DCBCF verification of identity

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(A) Within a reasonable time prior to a prisoner who is serving a sentence within a community-based correctional facility and program or a district community-based correctional facility and program successfully completing the programming at that facility, the facility shall attem…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.56 Application for state financial assistance

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(A) A facility governing board that proposes or establishes one or more community-based correctional facilities and programs or district community-based correctional facilities and programs may apply to the division of parole and community services of the department of rehabilita…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.57 Health insurance claims of inmates - medical tests

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(A) For each person who is confined in a community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility as provided in sections 2301.51 to 2301.58 of the Revised Code, the facility may make a determination as to whether the person is covered under a healt…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.571 Inmate responsibility for medical expenses

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(A) A person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense and who is confined in a community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility is financially responsible for the payment of any medical expense or service requested by and pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.58 Resident program fund - commissary

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(A) Upon approval of the facility governing board, the director of the community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility may establish a resident program fund. The director shall deposit in the fund all revenues received by the facility from …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2301.99 Penalty

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Whoever violates section 2301.33 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days.