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...Whoever violates section 2301.33 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days.

...There shall be elected quadrennially in each county, a clerk of the court of common pleas, who shall assume office on the first Monday of January next after his election and who shall hold said office for a period of four years.

...ies, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall give a bond signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or, at the clerk's option, by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond over and above all encumbrances to the state in a sum not less than ten thousand nor more than forty thousand dollars, to be fixed by the board of county commi...

...(A) The clerk of the court of common pleas in each county also shall be clerk of the court of appeals of the county and, subject to division (B) of this section and while acting as the clerk of the court of appeals of the county and assuming the duties of that office, shall collect the same fees that the clerk otherwise collects and perform the same general duties that the clerk otherwise performs. In addition to the...

...The clerk of the court of common pleas may appoint one or more deputies. Such appointment or appointments shall be endorsed by the clerk and entered on the journal of the court.

...nish the clerk of the court of common pleas all things necessary for the prompt discharge of the clerk's duties.

...The clerk of the court of common pleas may administer oaths and take and certify affidavits, depositions, and acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, and other instruments in writing.

...The clerk of the court of common pleas shall indorse on each pleading or paper in a cause filed in the clerk's office the time of filing, enter all orders, decrees, judgments, and proceedings of the courts of which such individual is the clerk, make a complete record when ordered on the journal to do so, and pay over to the proper parties all moneys coming into the clerk's hands as clerk. The clerk may refuse to acce...

... in that format shall be considered the official version of the record.

...The clerk of the court of common pleas shall file together and carefully preserve in his office all papers delivered to him for that purpose in every action or proceeding.

...The clerk of the court of common pleas shall indorse upon every paper filed with him the date of the filing thereof, and upon every order for a provisional remedy and upon every undertaking given thereunder, the date of its return to his office.

... by the clerk of the court of common pleas, or directly by an order or local rule of a court, or by a county board of revision with jurisdiction pursuant to section 323.66 of the Revised Code; but before they are issued a praecipe shall be filed with the clerk demanding the same.

...sed in this section: (1) "Case file" means the compendium of original documents filed in a civil or criminal action or proceeding in the court of common pleas, including the pleadings, motions, orders, and judgments of the court on a case by case basis. (2) "General docket" means the appearance docket, trial docket, journal, execution docket, and case files in relation to those dockets and journal. (B) The cler...

..., which entry shall be evidence of such service.

...The clerk of the court of common pleas shall maintain all materials as referenced in the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio appertaining to the court and record its proceedings.

...Orders made out of court shall be recorded in a manner consistent with the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio.

...The clerk of the court of common pleas shall not issue a writ in a civil action to another county until the party requiring the issuing thereof has deposited with him sufficient funds to pay the officer to whom it is directed for executing it, and the clerk shall indorse thereon the words, "Funds deposited to pay for the execution of this writ." On the return thereof, the clerk shall pay to such officer the fees for ...

... so, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall make a complete record within six months after final judgment or order of the proper court. On his failing to make such record within such time, the clerk may be removed by the court of common pleas.

...Each clerk of the court of common pleas shall make an alphabetical index of the names of all plaintiffs and defendants to pending suits and living judgments, showing therein in separate columns the names, court, and number of the suit or execution. When there is more than one suit or judgment for or against the same party, it shall be sufficient to index the name but once and make entries opposite thereto, of the cou...

...ed Code. Whenever the court of common pleas of a county directs, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall make a re-index, in the manner provided in such section, of all pending suits and living judgments, then on the dockets of either the court of common pleas or the court of appeals, in which re-index all new suits and judgments shall be indexed at the time provided in this section.

...ode, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall charge the fees and perform the other duties specified in those sections. In all other cases, the clerk shall charge the following fees and no more: (A) Twenty-five dollars for each cause of action which shall include the following: (1) Docketing in all dockets; (2) Filing necessary documents, noting the filing of the documents, except subpoena, on the dockets; (3...

...e available computerized legal research services, or to do both. Upon making a determination that additional funds are required for either or both of those purposes, the court shall authorize and direct the clerk of the court of common pleas to charge one additional fee, not to exceed six dollars, on the filing of each cause of action or appeal under divisions (A), (Q), and (U) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code....

...When it is necessary in an appeal, or other civil action to procure a transcript of a judgment or proceeding, or exemplification of a record, as evidence in such action or for any other purpose, the expense of procuring such transcript or exemplification shall be taxed in the bill of costs and recovered as in other cases.

...The clerk of the court of common pleas shall receive from the sheriff, or other officer of the court, all costs taxed upon any writ or order issued from the court, such as appraisers' fees, printers' fees, or any other fees necessarily incurred in the execution of such writ or order, and on demand pay them to the persons entitled thereto. The sheriff, or other officer of the court, shall tax such costs and collect an...

...If at any time the court finds that an amount owing to the court is due and uncollectible, in whole or in part, the court may direct the clerk of the court to cancel all or part of the claim. The clerk shall then effect the cancellation.