Effective: January 13, 2012
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly
A special master commissioner of the probate court may administer all oaths required in the discharge of the commissioner's duties, may summon and enforce the attendance of witnesses, may compel the production of books and papers, and may grant adjournments the same as the court, and, when the court directs, the commissioner shall require the witnesses severally to subscribe the witnesses' testimony.
All process and orders issued by the commissioner shall be directed to the sheriff, shall be served, and return of the process and orders shall be made as if issued by the probate judge.
The court shall allow the commissioner those fees that are allowed to other officers for similar services, and the court shall tax those fees with the costs.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile
Chapter 2101 | Probate Court - Jurisdiction; Procedure
Section 2101.01 | Probate Division - Location - Equipment - Employees.
Section 2101.02 | Judge of Probate Division - Election - Term.
Section 2101.021 | One Additional Probate Judge for Cuyahoga County.
Section 2101.022 | Jurisdiction of Marion County Probate Judge - Clerk of Probate Division.
Section 2101.023 | Adding Judge to Erie County Court of Common Pleas.
Section 2101.024 | Family Court Division of the Logan County Court of Common Pleas.
Section 2101.025 | Jurisdiction of Champaign County Probate Judge.
Section 2101.026 | Franklin County Probate Court Mental Health Fund.
Section 2101.027 | Hardin County Court of Common Pleas Judgeships.
Section 2101.03 | Bond of Probate Judge.
Section 2101.04 | Rules of Practice Submitted to Supreme Court.
Section 2101.05 | Oaths and Depositions.
Section 2101.06 | Master Commissioners - Appointment and Bond - Duties.
Section 2101.07 | Master Commissioners - Powers - Fees.
Section 2101.08 | Appointment of Court Reporters.
Section 2101.10 | Liability of Sheriffs, Coroners, and Constables for Failure to Pay Over Moneys.
Section 2101.11 | Court Records - Investigators - Bond.
Section 2101.12 | Records to Be Kept - Indexes.
Section 2101.121 | Record-Keeping Methods.
Section 2101.13 | Probate Judge Shall Make Entries Omitted by His Predecessor.
Section 2101.14 | Care and Preservation of Papers - Time Stamp.
Section 2101.141 | Record Disposal.
Section 2101.15 | Probate Judge to File Itemized Account of Fees With County Auditor.
Section 2101.161 | Deposit of Prepaid and Unearned Costs.
Section 2101.162 | Computerizing Court of Paying Cost of Computerized Legal Research.
Section 2101.163 | Dispute Resolution Procedures in Probate Court.
Section 2101.164 | Fees Waived for Combat Zone Military Casualties.
Section 2101.165 | Cancellation of Uncollectible Debts.
Section 2101.17 | Fees From County Treasury.
Section 2101.18 | Fees for Other Services.
Section 2101.19 | Limitation of Charges by Probate Judge - Probate Court Conduct of Business Fund.
Section 2101.20 | Reduction of Fees.
Section 2101.21 | Fiduciary - Payment of Costs in Advance.
Section 2101.24 | Jurisdiction of Probate Court.
Section 2101.25 | Optional Jurisdiction of Probate Judge.
Section 2101.27 | Probate Judge Has Authority to Solemnize Marriage Within County.
Section 2101.30 | Jury - Drawing.
Section 2101.31 | Determination of Questions of Fact.
Section 2101.33 | Vacation and Modification of Judgments.
Section 2101.34 | Judgments by Confession.
Section 2101.37 | Judge of Court of Common Pleas to Act as Probate Judge - Compensation.
Section 2101.38 | Administration When the Probate Judge Is Interested.
Section 2101.39 | Affidavit of Disqualification.
Section 2101.40 | Dealing in Assets of Estate.
Section 2101.41 | Prohibition.
Section 2101.42 | Cases Appealable From Probate Court.
Section 2101.44 | Conduct of Election - Form of Ballot - Returns and Canvass.
Section 2101.45 | Probate Division Established - Appeals.