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...(A) County court judges, within and coextensive with their respective counties, have jurisdiction and authority to: (1) Administer an oath authorized or required by law to be administered; (2) Take acknowledgments of instruments of writing; (3) Issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses to give evidence in causes or matters pending before the judges, or for the purpose of taking depositions or per...

...th another department or agency of the county, including, but not limited to, the sheriff's department or the county department of job and family services, pursuant to which an employee of the other department or agency will serve and perform the duties of investigator for the court, upon request of the probate judge, and designating that employee as a probate court investigator during the times when the perso...

...rvices agency or a peace officer in the county in which the child resides or in which the abuse or neglect is occurring or has occurred. If the person making the report is a peace officer, the officer shall make it to the public children services agency in the county in which the child resides or in which the abuse or neglect is occurring or has occurred. In the circumstances described in section 5120.173 of the Revi...

... of the Revised Code the joint board of county commissioners organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code shall cause the value of such site and buildings to be properly appraised. This appraisal value, or in case of the purchase of a site, the purchase price and the cost of all betterments and additions thereto, shall be paid by the counties comprising the district, in proportion to the taxable property of ea...

...(A) In any county in which a county department of probation has been established under division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code and complies with standards and conditions prescribed by the adult parole authority created by section 5149.02 of the Revised Code, an agreement may be entered into between the court of common pleas and the authority under which the county department of probation may receive suppl...

... the venue is changed, the clerk of the county to which such action has been sent, upon its termination in the courts of his county, shall make a full itemized bill of all costs and expenses of such action which have been paid out of the county treasury of the county to which it was changed, and certify such bill of costs and expenses to the county auditor of the county from which such action was sent. The auditor of...

...(A) When a municipal court, county court, or court of common pleas issues an order of garnishment of personal earnings following a judgment creditor's filing of an affidavit in accordance with section 2716.03 of the Revised Code and the judgment creditor's compliance with section 2716.04 of the Revised Code, the order shall operate in the manner described in this section, be served upon the garnishee in accordance wi...

... the performance of any activity that a county land reutilization corporation is authorized to perform under Chapter 1724. or 5722. of the Revised Code; (r) Flood control measures; (s) The design, construction, reconstruction, renovation, operation, care, repair, and maintenance of a township cemetery; (t) The issuance of revenue obligations under section 140.06 of the Revised Code; (u) The design, construction, ...

...The county recorder of the county in which the property of a surety on a recognizance is located, shall keep and file in the official records all notices of lien and notices of discharge that are filed with the county recorder pursuant to section 2937.26 of the Revised Code. When a lien has been released or discharged for a period of one year, the county recorder may destroy all notices of such lien. The county...

...An alternative form of county government shall include either an elective county executive as provided for by section 302.15 of the Revised Code or an appointive county executive as provided by section 302.16 of the Revised Code, and all those provisions of sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, which have not been specifically designated as applicable only to the elective county executive pl...

...In a county adopting the appointive executive plan, the county executive shall be an elector of the county and appointed by the board of county commissioners. No persons elected to membership on the board of county commissioners shall thereafter be eligible for appointment as county executive until the conclusion of one year after the expiration of the term for which he was elected. The county executive shall be ap...

...(A) The board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution designating all or part of the unincorporated area of a county as a restricted area, prohibiting the construction of any or all of the following: (1) An economically significant wind farm; (2) A large wind farm; (3) A large solar facility. (B) A resolution described in division (A) of this section may designate one or more restricted areas and shall...

...The board of county commissioners may sue and be sued, and plead and be impleaded, in any court. It may bring, maintain, and defend suits involving an injury to any public, state, or county road, bridge, ditch, drain, or watercourse in the county with respect to which the county has the primary responsibility to keep in proper repair, and for the prevention of injury to them. The board shall demand and receive, ...

...The county administrator, under the direction of the board of county commissioners, shall do the following: (A) Assist in the administration, enforcement, and execution of the policies and resolutions of the board; (B) Supervise and direct the activities of the affairs of the divisions of county government under the control or jurisdiction of the board; (C) Attend all meetings of the board at which the administrat...

... (1) "Political subdivision" means a county, a municipal corporation, or a township. (2) "Governing body" means a board of county commissioners of a county, a legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or a board of trustees of a township. (B) For any regional transit authority that levies a property tax and that includes in its membership political subdivisions that are located in a county having a p...

...tax proposed to be levied by a board of county commissioners or by the board of trustees of a regional transit authority pursuant to sections 5739.023 and 5741.022 of the Revised Code shall not become effective until it is submitted to the electors residing within the county or within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit authority and approved by a majority of the electors voting on it. Such question sh...

...The board of county commissioners, in addition to its other powers, shall have the authority to acquire, construct, own, lease, and operate subways for transportation systems not owned by the county, and may issue revenue bonds therefor under section 133.08 of the Revised Code or general obligation bonds to be paid in part or in whole by general tax revenues, if fifty-five per cent of those voting upon the propositio...

...The board of county commissioners of a county where the county lines are to be run, shall give notice to the board of each county affected, declaring its intention of running the lines of such county. The board receiving the notice shall order the county engineer to run such lines with the engineers of the adjoining counties, at the time and in the manner fixed upon by the boards of such counties.

... repayments to the port authority, host county, host municipal corporation, or corporation of any amounts advanced for the foregoing purposes. (4) "Debt service charges" means, for any period or payable at any time, the principal of and interest and any premium due on bonds for that period or payable at that time whether due at maturity or upon mandatory redemption, together with any required deposits to reserves f...

...(A) The county engineer shall keep the engineer's office in the county seat, or at another location as provided in division (B) of this section, in such rooms as are provided by the board of county commissioners, and which shall be furnished with all necessary cases and other suitable articles at the expense of the county. Such office shall also be furnished with all tools, instruments, books, blanks, and stationery ...

...The county engineer shall be responsible for the inspection of all public improvements made under authority of the board of county commissioners. The engineer shall keep in suitable books a complete record of all estimates and summaries of bids received and contracts for the various improvements, together with the record of all estimates made for payments on that work. The engineer shall make all surveys required by ...

... tenth day of August of each year, the county auditor shall attend at the auditor's office to make settlement with the county treasurer and ascertain the amount of real property taxes and assessments and public utility property taxes with which such treasurer is to stand charged. At each August settlement the auditor shall take from the duplicate previously put into the hands of the...

...The question of a repeal of a county permissive tax adopted as an emergency measure pursuant to division (B) of section 322.02 of the Revised Code may be initiated by filing with the board of elections of the county not less than ninety days before the general election in any year a petition requesting that an election be held on such question. Such petition shall be signed by qualified electors residing in the count...

...section 319.28 of the Revised Code, the county auditor shall deliver a list of the tax rates, tax reduction factors, and effective tax rates assessed and applied against each of the two classes of property of the county to the county treasurer, who shall immediately cause a schedule of such tax rates and effective rates to be published using at least one of the following methods: (1) In the print or digital edition...

...urposes of determining such amount, the county treasurer may estimate the amount of taxes, assessments, interest, penalties, charges, and costs that will be payable at the time the deed of the property is transferred to the purchaser or transferee. The court of common pleas, a municipal court with jurisdiction, or the county board of revision with jurisdiction pursuant to section 323.66 of the Revised Code shall o...