Effective: November 6, 1959
Latest Legislation: House Bill 571 - 103rd General Assembly
Fines, penalties, and forfeitures may, in all cases, and in addition to any other mode provided, be recovered by action before any judge of a county court, or other court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the proper municipal corporation, and for its use. In any action in which a pleading is necessary, it is sufficient if the petition sets forth generally the amount claimed to be due in respect to the violation of the ordinance of the municipal corporation. Such petition shall refer to the title of such ordinance, state the date of its adoption or passage, and show, as near as is practicable, the true time of the alleged violation.
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.