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...The clerk of the court of common pleas shall enter upon the appearance docket at the time of the commencement of an action or proceeding, the names of the parties in full, with names of counsel, and forthwith index the case direct and reverse in the name of each plaintiff and defendant. In like manner and at the time it occurs, he shall also index the name of each person who becomes a party to such action or proceedi...

...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 ...

... the journal to do 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...

...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.

...The clerk of the court of common pleas shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties enjoined upon the clerk by statute and by the common law; and in the performance of official duties the clerk shall be under the direction of the court. The clerk shall not restrict, prohibit, or otherwise modify the rights of parties to seek service on party defendants allowed by the Rules of Civil Procedure, either sin...

...The clerk of the court of common pleas shall make no charge for certificates made for pensioners of the United States government, or any oath administered in pension and bounty cases, or on pension vouchers, applications, or affidavits.

...rendition of judgment, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall make out and file with the papers in the cause, an itemized bill of his costs therein, including the judgment. He shall not issue an execution in any cause for the costs of himself or of any other officer, or receive any costs for himself or any other officer, unless an itemized statement has been rendered.

...(A) A clerk of the court of common pleas may, or upon the request of the board of county commissioners by the first day of June shall, submit a request for an appropriation to the board of county commissioners detailing the costs required to administer his responsibilities under Chapter 4505. of the Revised Code. If such a request is submitted, the request shall include an itemized schedule of personnel and supply co...

... prescribed by law for the clerk of the court of common pleas shall, so far as they are applicable, apply to the clerks of other courts of record.

...in any document, that is submitted to a court or filed with a clerk of court in a court action or proceeding, including any exhibit, pleading, motion, order, or judgment, or any documentation prepared by the court or clerk in the action or proceeding, including journals, dockets, and indices. "Case document" does not include any of the following: (a) Any document or information in any document that is exempt from...

...ection 2305.03 of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas has original jurisdiction in all civil cases in which the sum or matter in dispute exceeds the exclusive original jurisdiction of county courts and appellate jurisdiction from the decisions of boards of county commissioners. The court of common pleas shall not have jurisdiction, in any tort action to which the amounts apply, to award punitive or exem...

...articipate in or bring an action in any court of common pleas. (C)(1) No person, on behalf of or representing nature or an ecosystem, shall bring an action in any court of common pleas. (2) No person shall bring an action in any court of common pleas against a person who is acting on behalf of or representing nature or an ecosystem. (3) No person, on behalf of or representing nature or an ecosystem, shall inter...

...The court of common pleas in the county where the underlying criminal action was initiated has exclusive, original jurisdiction to hear and determine an action or proceeding that is commenced by an individual who satisfies divisions (A)(1) to (5) of section 2743.48 of the Revised Code and that seeks a determination by the court that an error in procedure of the type described in division (A)(5) of that section occur...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and unless a different limitation is prescribed by statute, a civil action may be commenced only within the period prescribed in sections 2305.04 to 2305.22 of the Revised Code. If interposed by proper plea by a party to an action mentioned in any of those sections, lapse of time shall be a bar to the action. (B) No tort action, as defined in section 2305.236 o...

...An action to recover the title to or possession of real property shall be brought within twenty-one years after the cause of action accrued, but if a person entitled to bring the action is, at the time the cause of action accrues, within the age of minority or of unsound mind, the person, after the expiration of twenty-one years from the time the cause of action accrues, may bring the action within ten years after th...

...With respect to a lease or license by which a right is granted to operate or to sink or drill wells on land in this state for natural gas or petroleum and that is recorded in accordance with section 5301.09 of the Revised Code, an action alleging breach of any express or implied provision of the lease or license concerning the calculation or payment of royalties shall be brought within the time period that is specifi...

...If a street or alley, or any part thereof, laid out and shown on the recorded plat of a municipal corporation, has not been opened to the public use and occupancy of the citizens thereof, or other persons, and has been enclosed with a fence by the owners of the inlots, lots, or outlots lying on, adjacent to, or along such street or alley, or part thereof, and has remained in the open, uninterrupted use, adverse posse...

...Except as provided in sections 126.301, 1302.98, 1303.16, 1345.10, and 2305.04 of the Revised Code, an action upon a specialty or an agreement, contract, or promise in writing shall be brought within six years after the cause of action accrued.

...(A) Except as provided in sections 126.301 and 1302.98 of the Revised Code, an action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied, shall be brought within four years after the cause of action accrued. (B) An action upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture or penalty shall be brought within six years after the cause of action accrued. (C) Except as provided in sections 1303.16, 1345.10, a...

...If payment has been made upon any demand founded on a contract, or a written acknowledgment thereof, or a promise to pay it has been made and signed by the party to be charged, an action may be brought thereon within the time limited by sections 2305.06 and 2305.07 of the Revised Code, after such payment, acknowledgment, or promise.

...In any civil case pending in the court of common pleas of any county in which the parties are entitled to a trial by jury, if it appears that the board of county commissioners of the county in which the action is pending is a party to the action, the court, upon the application of either party, shall certify that fact to the clerk of the court of common pleas in any adjoining county, together with the time fixe...

... judges of the general division of the court of common pleas shall appoint two persons, neither of whom shall be an attorney at law nor more than one of whom shall be of the same political party, and either or both of whom may be court employees, to be commissioners of jurors for the county. The appointments shall be made in writing, by the judge or a majority of all the judges in those counties where there is ...

...hall receive compensation fixed by the court of common pleas payable out of the county treasury. They may appoint and remove, with the consent of the court, expressed in writing, as many deputy commissioners as are necessary to carry out Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code. The deputy commissioners shall receive compensation fixed by the court of common pleas payable out of the county treasury. Such compensation...

...ice, and file it with the clerk of the court of common pleas: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will honestly and faithfully discharge the duties of a commissioner of jurors (or deputy commissioner of jurors) without fear or favor; and that I will report to the court the names of any and all persons who, in any manner, seek by request, hint, or suggestion to influence me in the selection of jurors; and ...

...ssioners of jurors on the order of the court of common pleas and shall make provision for supplying all equipment, stationery, postage, advertisement expenses, computer software, and other supplies as are necessary for the proper and convenient conduct of the commissioners in discharging the duties imposed by Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code.

...The court of common pleas shall establish the date on which the jury year shall begin. The court may divide each jury year into parts.

... this section, on a date ordered by the court of common pleas, the board of elections for each county shall compile and file with the commissioners of jurors of the county a certified, current list containing the names, addresses, and dates of birth of all the electors of the county shown on the registration lists for the most recent general election. The board of elections shall remove from the list of all electors ...

...ury year, or for any special term of a court of record, at which issues of facts are triable by jury, shall be fixed by a general order of the court for which such jurors are drawn. The order shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court for which the jurors are to be drawn. If the number has not been fixed at the time of the drawing, the commissioners of jurors shall fix a number they determine neces...

...ve written notice upon the clerk of the court of common pleas and at least one judge of the court of common pleas of the county. (B) All drawings of jurors shall be public on a day designated by the commissioners of jurors. A commissioner or a designated deputy commissioner, a judge of the court of common pleas or the judge's designated representative, and the clerk of the court of common pleas or the clerk'...

... file in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas a duplicate of the list.

...mmissioners of jurors, or clerk of the court of common pleas shall summon each juror to attend in person or electronically the jury year, part of a jury year, or specified date within a part of the jury year for which the juror was drawn by serving upon the juror at least six days before the commencement of the jury year, part of a jury year, or specified date within a part of the jury year a summons addressed ...

... array is set aside, upon order of the court the sheriff or commissioners of jurors shall immediately summon as many persons having the qualifications of a juror as, in the opinion of the court, are necessary. The summoned jurors shall appear forthwith or at such times as the court fixes. (B) No person known to be in or about the courthouse shall be summoned without the consent of both parties.

...e on petit juries when summoned by the courts of this state unless the citizen is excused as provided in Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code.

...No officer or other person charged with a duty in compiling the jury source list or the annual jury list or summoning jurors shall exclude or fail to summon a citizen as a grand or petit juror on account of race or color, provided such citizen possesses all other qualifications required by law for jurors.

...ection 2313.15 of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas or the commissioners of jurors shall not excuse a person who is liable to serve as a juror and who is drawn and notified, unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the judge or commissioners by either the juror or another person acquainted with the facts that one or more of the following applies: (1) The interests of the public will be materially injure...

...y electronic mail, and the judge of the court of common pleas of a county, the commissioners of jurors, or the appropriate court employee shall grant, a postponement of the juror's initial appearance for jury duty if both of the following apply: (1) The juror has not previously been granted a postponement. (2) The juror and the appropriate court employee appointed by the court agree to a specified date on whi...

...The whole array may be set aside by the court when the jury, grand or petit, was not selected, drawn, or summoned as required by Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code or if any group protected by section 2313.13 of the Revised Code is systematically excluded from the jury selection process. No indictment shall be quashed or verdict set aside for any irregularity in the selection of jurors if the jurors possessed th...

...y to another action then pending in any court in which an attorney in the cause then on trial is an attorney, either for or against any such party to another such action; (9) That the person discloses by the person's answers that the person cannot be a fair and impartial juror or will not follow the law as given to the person by the court. (C) Each challenge listed in division (B) of this section shall be cons...

...on put to the prospective juror by the court or commissioners of jurors. (B) If a prospective juror is required to answer written questions during the voir dire process, the questionnaire shall contain a prominent legend advising the prospective juror that the juror has the right to request and have an in-camera hearing on the record with counsel for the parties present regarding any legitimate privacy intere...

...(A) No employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, or take any disciplinary action that could lead to the discharge of any permanent employee who is summoned to serve as a juror pursuant to Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code if the employee gives reasonable notice to the employer of the summons prior to the commencement of the employee's service as a juror and if the employee is absent from employment becau...

...No person whose name is drawn and who is notified to attend a jury year, part of a jury year, or specified date within a part of a jury year as a juror or who has had the person's jury service postponed shall fail to attend at the time specified in the notice or from day to day.

...lendar weeks shall be discharged by the court, except that the person shall not be so discharged until the close of a trial in which the person may be serving when the person's jury term expires. (B) A person who is discharged as prescribed in this section is thereafter prohibited from jury service in any court of the state until the second jury year after the day of the person's last service, except that in ...

... certified to be due by a judge of the court in which the jury service is performed.

...The court of common pleas of a county by general order filed with the clerk of the court shall determine the retention period for all documents and electronic media filed with the commissioners of jurors in compliance with applicable rules of superintendence for the courts of Ohio.

...ode relating to jurors in the inferior courts in any county of the state.