Effective: July 25, 1990
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 131 - 118th General Assembly
(A) The mayor of a municipal corporation has, within the corporate limits, all the powers conferred upon sheriffs to suppress disorder and keep the peace.
(B) The mayor of a municipal corporation shall award and issue all writs and process that are necessary to enforce the administration of justice throughout the municipal corporation. The mayor shall subscribe his name and affix his official seal to all writs, process, transcripts, and other official papers. A mayor's court magistrate, in hearing and determining prosecutions and criminal causes that are within the scope of his authority under section 1905.05 of the Revised Code, has the same powers and duties as are granted to or imposed upon a mayor under this division.
(C) The mayor of a municipal corporation shall be disqualified in any criminal case in which he was the arresting officer, assisted in the arrest, or was present at the time of arrest, and shall not hear the case.
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.