Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court
Section 1901.22 | Civil Actions.

Effective: March 19, 1987
Latest Legislation: House Bill 159 - 116th General Assembly
Civil actions and proceedings in the municipal court shall be commenced pursuant to the Civil Rules by filing a complaint upon which summons or writ shall be issued by the clerk of the municipal court. A form of summons or writ shall be prescribed by rule of court. The procedure in a civil case in the municipal court shall be in accordance with the following provisions:
(A) The return day shall be fixed by rule of court, and the summons or writ shall, unless accompanied by an order to arrest, be served at least three days before the time of appearance.
(B) In attachment and garnishment proceedings, a true copy of the affidavit shall be served with the summons and order of attachment or garnishment.
(C) In any action in a municipal court for the recovery of personal property, the appraised value of which exceeds the jurisdictional amount as defined in section 1901.17 of the Revised Code, the judge, upon the return of the appraisement prior to judgment, shall certify the proceedings in the case to the court of common pleas.
(D) Whenever any property is seized or sought to be recovered in any action in a municipal court, the property shall be at once appraised. The value of such property may be ascertained by the oath of two disinterested freeholders who are residents of the territory of the court.
(E) In any action in a municipal court in which the amount claimed by any defendant in any statement of counterclaim exceeds the jurisdictional amount, the judge shall certify the proceedings in the case to the court of common pleas, except in the Cleveland municipal court.
(F) When the amount due either party exceeds the sum for which a municipal court is authorized to enter judgment, such party may in writing remit the excess and judgment shall be entered for the residue. Any party defendant may, at his option, withhold setting up any statement of counterclaim and make the counterclaim the subject of a separate action.
(G) Upon certification of any proceedings to the court of common pleas, the clerk of the municipal court shall forthwith transmit the original papers and pleadings, together with a certified transcript of the journal entries in the case, to the clerk of the court of common pleas to be filed. The bailiff shall turn over the property in his possession to the sheriff of the county to be held by him as in like cases originating in the court of common pleas. The case shall then proceed as if it had been commenced originally in the court of common pleas.

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Ohio Revised Code

Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County

Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court

Section 1901.01 | Organization of Municipal Courts.

Section 1901.011 | Housing Divisions - Environmental Division.

Section 1901.02 | Jurisdiction of Municipal Courts.

Section 1901.021 | Court Sitting Outside Corporate Limits of Municipal Corporation.

Section 1901.022 | Jurisdiction to Appoint Trustees to Receive and Distribute Earnings in Executions Against Property.

Section 1901.023 | Extension of Jurisdiction for Municipal Courts on South Shore of Lake Erie.

Section 1901.024 | Costs, Fees, Receipts of County Municipal Courts.

Section 1901.025 | Jurisdiction of Housing and Environmental Divisions.

Section 1901.026 | Current Operating Costs Apportioned.

Section 1901.027 | Ohio River Jurisdiction.

Section 1901.028 | Temporary Location of Court in Event of Emergency.

Section 1901.03 | Municipal Court Definitions.

Section 1901.031 | Terms Include Housing or Environmental Division of Municipal Court.

Section 1901.04 | Transfer of Pending Actions.

Section 1901.041 | Assignment and Referral of Cases to Special Divisions of Court.

Section 1901.051 | Housing and Environmental Division Judges Election.

Section 1901.06 | Qualifications and Election of Judge.

Section 1901.07 | Term of Office of Judge - Nomination, Election.

Section 1901.08 | Election of Judges.

Section 1901.09 | Presiding and Administrative Judge.

Section 1901.10 | Oath of Office Required - Vacancy.

Section 1901.11 | Compensation.

Section 1901.111 | Group Health Care Coverage for Municipal Court Judges.

Section 1901.12 | Vacation Period of Judge.

Section 1901.121 | Appointment of Assigned and Substitute Judges.

Section 1901.122 | Reimbursements and Compensation; Limitations.

Section 1901.123 | Payment of per Diem Compensation.

Section 1901.13 | Powers of the Court.

Section 1901.131 | Jurisdiction of Housing or Environmental Division.

Section 1901.14 | Additional Powers of Judges; Fees; Rules; Annual Report.

Section 1901.141 | Special Constables.

Section 1901.15 | Powers of the Presiding Municipal Judge.

Section 1901.151 | Notice of Insufficient Caseload.

Section 1901.16 | Powers When More Than One Judge.

Section 1901.17 | Monetary Jurisdiction.

Section 1901.18 | Subject Matter Jurisdiction.

Section 1901.181 | Exclusive and Concurrent Jurisdiction of Housing or Environmental Divisions.

Section 1901.182 | Jurisdiction Over Violations of Township Resolutions.

Section 1901.183 | Environmental Division Additional Jurisdiction.

Section 1901.184 | Jurisdiction Where Property Not Removed at Expiration of Campsite Use Agreement.

Section 1901.185 | Jurisdiction to Foreclose Lien on Blighted Parcel.

Section 1901.186 | Concurrent Jurisdiction of Tiffin-Fostoria and Seneca County Courts.

Section 1901.19 | Jurisdictional Powers.

Section 1901.20 | Criminal and Traffic Jurisdiction.

Section 1901.21 | Criminal and Civil Procedure - Bond.

Section 1901.22 | Civil Actions.

Section 1901.23 | Issuance of Writs and Process.

Section 1901.24 | Demand for Jury Trial - Number of Jurors - Verdict.

Section 1901.25 | Selection and Impaneling of Jury.

Section 1901.26 | Costs.

Section 1901.261 | Computerizing Court of Paying Cost of Computerized Legal Research.

Section 1901.262 | Rules for Procedures for Resolution of Disputes.

Section 1901.263 | Cancellation of Uncollectible Debts.

Section 1901.27 | When Action Is Pending.

Section 1901.28 | Bond for Appeal.

Section 1901.29 | No Term of Court.

Section 1901.30 | Appeals.

Section 1901.31 | Clerk of Court.

Section 1901.311 | Branch Offices - Special Deputy Clerks.

Section 1901.312 | Group Health Care Coverage for Clerks and Deputy Clerks.

Section 1901.32 | Bailiffs.

Section 1901.321 | Municipal Court Contracts for Transportation Persons Between Jail and Court.

Section 1901.33 | Court Employees.

Section 1901.331 | Housing or Environmental Division Officers and Employees.

Section 1901.34 | Criminal Prosecutions - Compensation of Prosecuting Officers.

Section 1901.35 | Transcript of Records.

Section 1901.36 | Accommodations and Needs of the Court.

Section 1901.37 | Bonds.

Section 1901.38 | Liability Coverage for Municipal Court Judges and Employees.

Section 1901.381 | Liability Coverage for Municipal Court Clerk.

Section 1901.41 | Case Files Retention and Destruction.

Section 1901.43 | Order for Accused to Appear for Fingerprinting.

Section 1901.44 | Alternative Methods for Collecting Court Costs; Notice of Balance Due.