Ohio Code 1901.024 – Costs, fees, receipts of county municipal courts
(A) The board of county commissioners of Hamilton county shall pay all of the costs of operation of the Hamilton county municipal court. Subject to sections 307.515, 4511.19, 4511.193, and 5503.04 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court, the county shall receive all of the costs, fees, and other moneys, except fines collected for violations of municipal ordinances and for violations of township resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code, that are received by the Hamilton county municipal court and shall receive fifty per cent of all of the fines for violations of municipal ordinances and for violations of township resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code that are received by the court.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1901.024
- County-operated municipal court: means the Auglaize county, Brown county, Carroll county, Clermont county, Columbiana county, Crawford county, Darke county, Erie county, Hamilton county, Hocking county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, Madison county, Miami county, Montgomery county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, Portage county, Putnam county, or Wayne county municipal court and, effective January 1, 2018, also includes the Perry county municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2020, also includes the Paulding county municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2024, also includes the Fulton county municipal court. See Ohio Code 1901.03
- municipal court: includes the housing or environmental division of the municipal court, and "judge" includes the judge of the housing or environmental division of the municipal court, as created by section 1901. See Ohio Code 1901.031
(B) The board of county commissioners of Lawrence county shall pay all of the costs of operation of the Lawrence county municipal court. Subject to sections 307.515, 4511.19, 4511.193, and 5503.04 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court, the county shall receive all of the costs, fees, and other moneys, except fines collected for violations of municipal ordinances and for violations of township resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code, that are received by the Lawrence county municipal court and shall receive fifty per cent of all of the fines for violations of municipal ordinances and for violations of township resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504 of the Revised Code that are received by the court.
(C) The board of county commissioners of Ottawa county shall pay all of the costs of operation of the Ottawa county municipal court. Subject to sections 307.515, 4511.19, 4511.193, and 5503.04 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court, the county shall receive all of the costs, fees, and other moneys, except fines collected for violations of municipal ordinances and for violations of township resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code, that are received by the Ottawa county municipal court and shall receive fifty per cent of all of the fines for violations of municipal ordinances and for violations of township resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504 of the Revised Code that are received by the court.
(D) The board of county commissioners of a county in which a county-operated municipal court is located shall pay all of the costs of operation of the municipal court. The county in which a county-operated municipal court that is not subject to division (A), (B), or (C) of this section is located shall receive all of the costs, fees, and other moneys, except fines collected for violations of municipal ordinances and for violations of township resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504 of the Revised Code and except as provided in sections 307.515 and 5503.04 of the Revised Code and in any other section of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court, that are received by the court.