Effective: January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 57 - 125th General Assembly
(A) The mayor of a municipal corporation who conducts a mayor's court shall register annually with the supreme court as provided in this division. The mayor shall file the registration on a form prescribed by the supreme court and not later than the fifteenth day of January in any year in which the mayor conducts a mayor's court or at least fifteen days before the mayor first conducts a mayor's court in a particular year, whichever is later. The registration shall include the name of the mayor, the name of any magistrate appointed by the mayor pursuant to section 1905.05 of the Revised Code, and the dates on which the mayor and magistrate last received the training required by section 1905.031 of the Revised Code.
(B) The mayor of any municipal corporation who conducts a mayor's court shall make the following reports:
(1) A report to the supreme court of all cases filed, pending, or terminated in the mayor's court in the reporting period covered by the report, and any financial, dispositional, and other information that the supreme court prescribes by rule. The mayor shall make the report under division (B)(1) of this section on a form prescribed by the supreme court and not later than the fifteenth day of January, April, July, and October of each year. The report shall cover all cases filed, pending, or terminated in the mayor's court for the calendar quarter preceding the appropriate filing date.
(2) A report to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation of every conviction in the mayor's court for an offense that is a misdemeanor on a first offense and a felony on any subsequent offense. The mayor shall make the report under division (B)(2) of this section upon entry of the judgment of conviction for the offense.
(C) A mayor of a municipal corporation who fails to comply with the general law on registering and reporting under this section shall not conduct a mayor's court.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County
Section 1905.01 | Jurisdiction in Ordinance Cases and Traffic Violations.
Section 1905.02 | Application of County Court Provisions.
Section 1905.032 | Transfer of Cases.
Section 1905.033 | Annual Registration.
Section 1905.04 | Clerk, Deputy and Mayor's Court Magistrate Must Be Disinterested.
Section 1905.05 | Mayor's Court Magistrate.
Section 1905.08 | Duties of Police Chief or Village Marshal.
Section 1905.17 | Boundary Line Between Villages Adjoining Each Other.
Section 1905.20 | Powers of Mayors and Magistrates in Criminal Matters.
Section 1905.201 | License Suspension in Ovi Cases.
Section 1905.202 | Alternative Methods for Collecting Court Costs; Notice of Balance Due.
Section 1905.21 | Docket - Compensation - Office - Seal.
Section 1905.23 | Notice of Appeal.
Section 1905.24 | Certified Transcript of Proceedings.
Section 1905.25 | Appeal Is Trial De Novo.
Section 1905.26 | Fees of Witnesses.
Section 1905.28 | Contempts - Rules.
Section 1905.29 | Temporary Use of Municipal Corporation Prison.
Section 1905.30 | Offender May Be Confined Until Fine Paid.
Section 1905.31 | Jurisdiction Over Railroad Forming Part of Boundary Line.
Section 1905.32 | Fines and Forfeitures Recovered.
Section 1905.34 | Party Committed in Default of Payment.
Section 1905.35 | Imprisonment.
Section 1905.36 | Use of County Jail Prohibited.