Effective: March 19, 1987
Latest Legislation: House Bill 159 - 116th General Assembly
(A) A person against whom a judgment has been rendered may stay execution on the judgment by entering into a bond to the adverse party within ten days after the rendition of the judgment with sufficient surety, who shall be a freeholder owning real property situated in the county or a corporation authorized to execute surety bonds in this state, which bond shall be approved by the clerk of the municipal court and conditioned for the payment of the amount of the judgment, interest, and costs. The bond shall be entered on the docket by the clerk of court and shall be signed by the surety.
(B) A stay of execution shall not be allowed on:
(1) Judgments against sureties or bail for the stay of execution;
(2) Judgments rendered in favor of sureties or bail who have been compelled by judgment to pay money on account of their principal;
(3) Judgments rendered against a surety on a bond or undertaking given in any action or proceeding in any court;
(4) Judgments for an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars rendered in favor of any person for wages due for manual labor by him performed;
(5) Judgments and decrees in actions of foreclosures of mortgages, mechanics' liens, and in proceedings to subject real property to the payment of judgments and marshalling of liens.
(C) In the Cleveland municipal court, if a freeholder of Cuyahoga county is a surety, the undertaking shall be a lien on the real property of the freeholder situated in Cuyahoga county from the time of signing the undertaking until the judgment and all costs in the case upon which the stay of execution has been granted are satisfied.
Structure 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 1901.023 | 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 1901.261 | 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 1901.31 | Clerk of Court.
Section 1901.311 | Branch Offices - Special Deputy Clerks.
Section 1901.312 | Group Health Care Coverage for Clerks and Deputy Clerks.
Section 1901.321 | 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 1901.38 | 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.