Ohio Code 319.23 – Discharge of indigent prisoner
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The county auditor may discharge from imprisonment any person confined in the county jail for the nonpayment of a fine or amercement due the county, except fines for contempt of court or an officer of the law, when it is made clearly to appear to him that the fine or amercement cannot be collected by such imprisonment.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 319.23
- imprisonment: means being imprisoned under a sentence imposed for an offense or serving a term of imprisonment, prison term, jail term, term of local incarceration, or other term under a sentence imposed for an offense in an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, a minimum security jail, a community-based correctional facility, or another facility described or referred to in section 2929. See Ohio Code 1.05
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59