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Title 19, Title 19. Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County

6 chapters · 215 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 19215 Ch 1901, Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court74 Ch 1907, Chapter 1907 | County Court - Genera…73 Ch 1905, Chapter 1905 | Mayor's Court29 Ch 1923, Chapter 1923 | Forcible Entry And De…20 Ch 1925, Chapter 1925 | Small Claims Divisions18 Ch 1909, Chapter 1909 | County Court - Jurisd…1

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.33 Attachment and garnishment actions
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(A) In a civil action for the recovery of money that is before a judge of a county court, the plaintiff may have an order of attachment against the property, other than personal earnings, of the defendant upon or at any time after its commencement, only in accordance with Chapter…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.34 Returns showing only real estate
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In any case in which an order of attachment has been issued by a judge of a county court pursuant to Chapter 2715. of the Revised Code, if it appears from the return of the officer to whom the order was directed and from the examination of the garnishee, if there is a garnishee i…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.35 Nonresidence
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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 is not a resident of the county, the fact of nonresidence is a ground of attachment in the court of common pleas.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.36 Recovery of specific personal property prior to judgment
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In any civil action involving a claim for the recovery of specific personal property that is before a judge of a county court, a party may recover the possession of the specific personal property prior to the entry of judgment only as provided in Chapter 2737. of the Revised Code…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.37 Warrant for arrest of witness

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When it appears to a judge of a county court that a witness was served with a subpoena to appear and give testimony before him in any matter in which he has authority to require the witness to appear and testify, that the testimony of that witness is material, and that he refuses…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.38 Punishment of witness

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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 in attendance refuses to testify as a witness, and no valid excuse is shown, the judge may punish the person as for contempt, and, if he does so, th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.39 Costs of witness

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If a witness who is subpoenaed in an action before a judge of a county court attends and is not examined by either party, the costs of that witness shall be paid by the party ordering the subpoena, unless the adverse party, by confessing the matter or otherwise, renders the exami…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.40 Liability of witness

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Every person who is subpoenaed as a witness in the county court and who neglects to appear or refuses to testify, is liable to the party in whose behalf he was subpoenaed, for all damages that the party sustains by reason of the nonappearance or refusal to testify.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.41 Arbitration

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(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 provisions of this chapter.(B) Arbitration also may occur in accordance with sections 1907.42 to 1907.46 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.42 Arbitrators and proceedings

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In an action before a judge of a county court, at any time before trial and before judgment is rendered, the parties may have a cause submitted to the arbitration of three disinterested men, to be chosen by them. If the arbitrators are present, they shall hear and determine the c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.43 Award, judgment, and execution

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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 their award in writing, and return it to the judge of the county court. The award is valid when signed by any two of the arbitrators.…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.44 Conclusiveness of judgment

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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 county court judge who rendered the judgment within ten days from its rendition, or to the court of appeals on appeal, that the award was o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.45 County court judge may set aside award

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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 the award was obtained by fraud, corruption, or other undue means, the judge may set aside the award and his judgment on it, and proce…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.46 Appeal

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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 of the Revised Code on an award, on the ground that the award was obtained by fraud, corruption, or other undue means.If the court of appeals determine…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.47 Execution - proceedings in aid of execution

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Execution and proceedings in aid of execution in a county court shall be in accordance with Chapters 2327., 2329., 2331., and 2333. of the Revised Code and with any other provisions of the Revised Code that relate to execution and proceedings in aid of execution in the courts of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.48 Judge may issue executions for another judge

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Any county court judge may issue executions on judgments on the docket of a judge of the same district, who is unable to issue them in consequence of sickness, absence, or other cause.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.49 Revivor

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A judgment that is rendered by a judge of a county court and that is dormant, may be revived in the manner prescribed for reviving dormant judgments in the court of common pleas. If sufficient cause is not shown to the contrary, the judgment shall stand revived for the amount tha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.50 Service and return

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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 for the service of summons in actions before a judge of a county court.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.51 Cumulative remedy

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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 county courts, transcripts of which are filed in the court of common pleas and entered upon its execution docket.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.52 Service by publication

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Service by publication may be made in a civil action in a county court under the circumstances and in the manner in which service by publication may be made in the courts of common pleas.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.53 Bailiffs

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(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 prescribed by the appointing judge, and the compensation is payable in semimonthly installments from the treasury of the county or other authoriz…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.531 County court contracts for transportation of persons between jail and court

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A county court may enter into contracts with a county sheriff whose territorial jurisdiction includes the court for the transportation of persons between the county jail and the county court. Each contract shall provide for the costs of providing transportation services from the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.54 Appointment of special constables - duties

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Upon the written application of the director of administrative services or of three freeholders of the county in which a county court judge resides, the judge may appoint one or more electors of the county as special constables. In order to be eligible to serve as a special const…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.55 Appointment of special constable

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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 appointment upon the judge's docket. The appointment shall continue in force for one year, unless the judge revokes it sooner. A special cons…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.56 Prohibition against purchasing of judgment

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No judge of a county court shall purchase any judgment upon a docket in his possession.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.57 Prohibition against failure to deliver official dockets and papers

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No judge of a county court shall refuse, upon lawful demand, to deliver any docket, papers, files, or other matter to the person entitled to them.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1909.11 Jurisdiction where property not removed at expiration of campsite use agreement

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A county court judge has jurisdiction in any action brought pursuant to division (I) of section 4781.40 of the Revised Code if the residential premises that are the subject of the action are located within the territorial jurisdiction of the judge's county court district.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.01 Jurisdiction in forcible entry and detainer - definitions

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(A) As provided in this chapter, any judge of a county or municipal court or a court of common pleas, within the judge's proper area of jurisdiction, may inquire about persons who make unlawful and forcible entry into lands or tenements and detain them, and about persons who make…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.02 Persons subject to forcible entry and detainer action

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(A) Proceedings under this chapter may be had as follows: (1) Against tenants or manufactured home park residents holding over their terms; (2) Against tenants or manufactured home park residents in possession under an oral tenancy, who are in default in the payment of rent as pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.03 Judgment not a bar

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Judgments under this chapter are not a bar to a later action brought by either party.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.04 Notice - service

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, a party desiring to commence an action under this chapter shall notify the adverse party to leave the premises, for the possession of which the action is about to be brought, three or more days before beginning the ac…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.05 Complaint filed and recorded - no minor tenants listed as defendants

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(A) The summons shall not issue in an action under this chapter until the plaintiff files a complaint in writing with the court. The complaint shall particularly describe the premises so entered upon and detained, and set forth either an unlawful and forcible entry and detention,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.051 Judgment of restitution based on drug offenses taking place at leased premises

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(A) Notwithstanding the time-for-service of a summons provision of division (A) of section 1923.06 of the Revised Code, if the complaint described in section 1923.05 of the Revised Code that is filed by a landlord in an action under this chapter states that the landlord seeks a j…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.06 Summons - service of process

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(A) Any summons in an action, including a claim for possession, pursuant to this chapter shall be issued, be in the form specified, and be served and returned as provided in this section. Such service shall be at least seven days before the day set for trial. (B) Every summons is…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.061 Defenses - counterclaims

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(A) Any defense in an action under this chapter may be asserted at trial. (B) In an action for possession of residential premises based upon nonpayment of the rent or in an action for rent when the tenant or manufactured home park resident is in possession, the tenant or resident…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.062 Stay or adjustment of obligation for tenant on active duty

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(A) In an action under this chapter for possession of residential premises of a tenant or manufactured home park resident who is deployed on active duty or of any member of the tenant's or resident's immediate family, if the tenant or resident entered into the rental agreement on…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.07 Proceedings if defendant fails to appear

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If the defendant does not appear in action under this chapter and the summons was properly served, the court shall try the cause as though the defendant were present.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.08 Continuance and bond

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No continuance in an action under this chapter shall be granted for a period longer than eight days, unless the plaintiff applies for the continuance and the defendant consents to it, or unless the defendant applies for the continuance and gives a bond to the plaintiff, with good…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.081 Joinder of claims

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A trial in an action for forcible entry and detainer for residential premises, other than an action against a deceased resident of a manufactured home park, or for a storage space at a self-service storage facility, as defined in division (A) of section 5322.01 of the Revised Cod…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.09 Suit tried by county court judge

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(A) If an action under this chapter is not continued, the place of trial is not changed, and neither party demands a jury on the return day of the summons, a judge of the court shall try the cause. After hearing the evidence, if the judge concludes that the complaint is not true,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.10 Trial by jury

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If a jury is demanded by either party in an action under this chapter, until the impaneling of the jury, the proceedings shall be in all respects as in other cases. The jury shall be sworn to try and determine whether the complaint, naming the plaintiff, about to be presented to …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.101 Deposit of jury fee

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In actions under this chapter before a county court, a party demanding a jury shall first deposit money with the court sufficient to pay the jury fee.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.11 Entry and judgment

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(A) The court shall enter the verdict rendered by a jury under section 1923.10 of the Revised Code upon the docket, and render judgment in the action as if the facts, authorizing the finding of the verdict, had been found by the court itself.(B) If a judgment is entered under thi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.12 Eviction of resident or resident's estate from manufactured home park; notice to remove home or vehicle

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(A) If a resident or a resident's estate has been evicted from a manufactured home park pursuant to a judgment entered under section 1923.09 or 1923.11 of the Revised Code and if the resident or estate has abandoned or otherwise left unoccupied the resident's manufactured home, m…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.13 Writ of execution

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(A) When a judgment of restitution is entered by a court in an action under this chapter, unless the plaintiff or the plaintiff's agent or attorney proceeds under division (B) of this section, at the request of the plaintiff or the plaintiff's agent or attorney, that court shall …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.14 Writ of execution enforced

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, within ten days after receiving a writ of execution described in division (A) or (B) of section 1923.13 of the Revised Code, the sheriff, police officer, constable, or bailiff shall execute it by restoring the plaintiff to the pos…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1923.15 Inspection of residential premises - order to correct conditions

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During any proceeding involving residential premises under this chapter, the court may order an appropriate governmental agency to inspect the residential premises. If the agency determines and the court finds conditions which constitute a violation of section 4781.38 or 5321.04 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1925.01 Small claims division established

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(A) Each municipal and county court shall establish a small claims division.(B) Proceedings in the small claims division of a municipal court or a county court may be conducted by a magistrate appointed by the court. The magistrate shall be a person admitted to the practice of la…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1925.02 Jurisdiction

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(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, a small claims division established under section 1925.01 of the Revised Code has jurisdiction in civil actions for the recovery of taxes and money only, for amounts not exceeding six thousand dollars, exclusive of int…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1925.03 Voluntary conciliation procedures

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The court may establish, by rule, voluntary conciliation procedures for the small claims division, except that it shall establish, by rule, voluntary conciliation procedures for the recovery of taxes in the small claims division.