Effective: May 6, 1992
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 175 - 119th General Assembly
(A) Each clerk of a municipal court shall have liability coverage as a condition of performing the duties of his office.
(B) The legislative authority shall provide liability coverage for the clerk of the municipal court in accordance with this section. The coverage may be provided through a policy or policies of insurance, a program of self-insurance or joint self-insurance, a joint self-insurance pool, or any other independent or joint method or arrangement insuring the clerk against liability arising from the duties of his office. The coverage may be provided separately or as part of liability coverage provided to other officers or employees of a municipal corporation or county.
(C) The liability coverage provided under division (B) of this section shall be in an amount and subject to terms and conditions that are necessary to protect the clerk of the municipal court against liability arising from the duties of his office or employment and that are consistent with the method or arrangement used for the provision of the coverage.
(D) The costs, premiums, or charges of the liability coverage provided under division (B) of this section shall be borne in either of the following ways:
(1) In the same manner as the costs, premiums, or charges of health care coverage are borne for the clerk of the municipal court in section 1901.312 of the Revised Code;
(2) In accordance with the terms and conditions of any agreement entered into by the county or municipal corporations within the territory of the municipal court.
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.