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... context otherwise requires, "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 1901.011 of the Revised Code.

...ng to, are in the possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of mayors or county courts or any officer of either court and that are in any municipal corporation or township which is entirely within the territory of a municipal court shall be transferred by their custodian to the municipal court. If a part of any township that was within the jurisdiction of a county court is included within the te...

...r environmental division of a municipal court and over which the division has jurisdiction shall be assigned by the administrative judge of the municipal court to the judge of the division. Any cases pending in the municipal court at the time the division is instituted and over which the division has jurisdiction shall be reassigned to the judge of the division, if the administrative judge determines that reassignmen...

...ing division of the Cleveland municipal court shall consist of one full-time judge. The judge of the housing division shall be elected specifically as the housing division judge and shall be the judge of the Cleveland municipal court whose term began January 2, 1978, and his successors. (B) The housing division of the Toledo municipal court shall consist of one full-time judge. The judge of the housing division shal...

...hether at the time of that practice the person was admitted to the practice of law in this state or practiced in the courts of this state; (3) Engaged in the authorized practice of law as in-house counsel for a business in this state or as an attorney for a government entity in this state, regardless of whether at the time of that practice the person was admitted to the practice of law in this state or practiced in...

...icipal court judge, or if the number of persons filing the declarations of candidacy for nominations as candidates of one political party for election to the office does not exceed the number of candidates that that party is entitled to nominate as its candidates for election to the office, no primary election shall be held for the purpose of nominating candidates of that party for election to the office, and the can...

...n of, judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of their terms shall be as follows: In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975. In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953. In the Ashland...

...(A) In a municipal court having only one judge, that judge shall be designated as both the presiding judge and the administrative judge. (B) In a municipal court having two or more judges, the presiding and administrative judge shall be elected or designated as provided in the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio.

...office of judge of a municipal court is subject to forfeiture, and the judge may be removed from office, for the causes and by the procedure provided in sections 3.07 to 3.10 of the Revised Code. A vacancy in the office of judge exists upon the death, resignation, forfeiture, removal from office, or absence from official duties for a period of six consecutive months, as determined under this section, of the jud...

...ion, surgical care, major medical care, disability, dental care, eye care, medical care, hearing aids, and prescription drugs, or any combination of those benefits or services, covering a judge of a municipal court and paid on the judge's behalf by a governmental entity.

...hree-fifths share of a city treasury is subject to apportionment under section 1901.026 of the Revised Code.

...(A) A judge of a municipal court is entitled to thirty days of vacation in each calendar year. Not less than two hundred forty days of open session of the municipal court shall be held by each judge during the year, unless all business of the court is disposed of sooner. (B) If a municipal court consists of two or more judges, the presiding judge shall have the authority to designate the vacation period for e...

...in the office of a judge of a municipal court that consists of only one judge or if the judge of a municipal court of that nature is incapacitated or unavailable due to disqualification, suspension, or recusal, the chief justice of the supreme court may assign a sitting judge of another court of record or a retired judge of a court of record to temporarily serve on the court in accordance with rules adopted by the su...

... compensation of a judge of a municipal court compensated as described in division (A)(5) of section 141.04 of the Revised Code, less the per diem compensation of the assigned judge, each calculated on the basis of two hundred fifty working days per year; (3) If the assigned judge is a retired judge of a municipal or county court or a court of common pleas, the established per diem compensation for a judge of ...

...ty in which a county-operated municipal court or other municipal court is located shall pay the per diem compensation to which an acting judge appointed pursuant to division (A)(2)(a), (B)(1), or (C)(1) of section 1901.121 of the Revised Code is entitled pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 1901.122 of the Revised Code. (2) The treasurer of the county in which a county-operated municipal court or other municipal...

...gment, and appointment of a receiver of personal property, for which authority is conferred upon the courts of common pleas or a judge of the court of common pleas; (3) Hear and determine questions of exemptions upon application or action of any party to a pending cause; (4) Control and distribute all property or the proceeds of property that are levied upon or seized by any legal process issuing from the court and...

...ry and permanent injunctions, to render personal judgment irrespective of amount in favor of any party, and to render any judgments and make any findings and orders in the same manner and to the same extent that the court of common pleas can render a judgment or make a finding or order in a similar action or proceeding.

...(C) of this section do not regulate the subject regulated by the rule adopted pursuant to division (A)(2) or (3) of this section. (C) Judges of the housing or environmental division of a municipal court, other than the judge of the environmental division of the Franklin county municipal court, may adopt, publish, and revise rules for the regulation of the practice and procedure of the division, for the selection a...

...il action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly caused by any act or omission of the special constable that relates to the special constable's official responsibility to guard and protect property. (D) A special constable appointed pursuant to division (A) of this section is not liable in damages in any tort or other civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly caused ...

...ualified substitute to serve during the disability of an incumbent of any appointive office created by sections 1901.31 to 1901.33 of the Revised Code, who is temporarily absent or incapacitated from acting as such. Any temporary appointee may be dismissed or discharged by the presiding municipal judge.

...r environmental division of a municipal court that the volume of cases pending in the division does not constitute a sufficient caseload for the judge, the judge shall notify the administrative judge of the municipal court of the insufficient caseload in the division. After receipt of the notification, the administrative judge, in accordance with the Rules of Superintendence for Municipal Courts and County Courts, sh...

...When a municipal court consists of more than one judge: (A) The several municipal judges may sit separately or otherwise, as the presiding judge directs, and shall meet at least once each month, and at such other times as are determined, for consideration of the business of the court. (B) Any order made by the presiding judge under the special powers conferred upon him may be vacated, amended, or modified by th...

...ny party, or the appraised value of the personal property sought to be recovered, does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars, except that this limit does not apply to the housing division or environmental division of a municipal court. Judgment may be rendered in excess of the jurisdictional amount, when the excess consists of interest, damages for the detention of personal property, or costs accrued after the commenc...

...ing at law for the recovery of money or personal property of which the court of common pleas has jurisdiction; (3) In any action at law based on contract, to determine, preserve, and enforce all legal and equitable rights involved in the contract, to decree an accounting, reformation, or cancellation of the contract, and to hear and determine all legal and equitable remedies necessary or proper for a complete determ...

...ion (B) of this section, if a municipal court has a housing or environmental division, the division has exclusive jurisdiction within the territory of the court in any civil action to enforce any local building, housing, air pollution, sanitation, health, fire, zoning, or safety code, ordinance, or regulation applicable to premises used or intended for use as a place of human habitation, buildings, structures, or any...