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...If a judge of the supreme court removes his residence from this state, or a judge of the court of appeals from his district, or a judge of the court of common pleas from his county, he is deemed to have resigned and vacated his office. Thereupon the governor shall fill such vacancy.

... a judge thereof if the court is not in session, and take the oath required by Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution and sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code. The taking of such oath shall be shown by entry upon the journal of the supreme court.

...The secretary of state shall transmit each commission issued by the governor to a judge of the court of appeals or a judge of the court of common pleas, to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which that judge resides. The clerk shall receive the commission and forthwith transmit it to the person entitled to it. The person shall take the oath as provided in Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constituti...

...When, in the opinion of the court, the business thereof so requires, each court of common pleas, court of appeals, and, in counties having at the last or any future federal census more than seventy thousand inhabitants, the probate court, may appoint one or more constables to preserve order, attend the assignment of cases in counties where more than two judges of the court of common pleas regularly hold court at the ...

...Each constable appointed under section 2701.07 of the Revised Code shall receive the compensation fixed by the judge or judges of the court making the appointment, to be paid monthly from the county treasury upon warrant of the county auditor. In counties where only one judge holds court, the constable, when not attending the court of common pleas, shall upon order of the judge of such court of common pleas, and wit...

...In any county in which a daily law journal is printed, the judges of the courts of record, other than the court of appeals, shall jointly designate such daily law journal as the journal in which shall be published all calendars of the courts of record in such county, which calendars shall contain the numbers and titles of causes, and names of attorneys appearing in the causes, together with the motion dockets and su...

...(A) Any voluntarily retired judge, or any judge who is retired under Section 6 of Article IV, Ohio Constitution, may register with the clerk of any court of common pleas, municipal court, or county court for the purpose of receiving referrals for adjudication of civil actions or proceedings, and submissions for determination of specific issues or questions of fact or law in any civil action or proceeding, pending in ...

...Subject to rules implementing this section and section 2701.12 of the Revised Code that shall be promulgated by the supreme court, upon written and sworn complaint setting forth the cause or causes and after reasonable notice thereof and an opportunity to be heard, any judge may be retired for disability, removed for cause, or suspended, without pay, for cause by a commission composed of five judges of this state, al...

...(A) Cause for removal or suspension of a judge from office without pay under section 2701.11 of the Revised Code exists when he has, since first elected or appointed to judicial office: (1) Engaged in any misconduct involving moral turpitude, or a violation of such of the canons of judicial ethics adopted by the supreme court as would result in a substantial loss of public respect for the office; (2) Been convicted...

...No person shall be ordered by a court to submit to an abortion.

...A mistake, neglect, or omission of the clerk of a court is not a ground of error until it has been presented and acted upon in the court in which the mistake, neglect, or omission occurred.

...Rendering judgment before the action stood for trial according to Title XIX, XXI, XXIII, XXV, XXVII, or XXIX of the Revised Code and any rules applicable to a court shall be deemed a clerical error.

...When the party against whom a judgment is rendered appeals his cause, the lien of the opposite party on the real estate of the appellant that was created by the judgment, shall not be removed or vacated. The real estate shall be bound in the same manner as if the appeal had not been taken, until final determination of the cause.

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, if a person presents a document to the clerk of a court of record for filing or for docketing and indexing, the clerk may refuse to accept the document for filing or refuse to docket and index the document if the document is not required or authorized to be filed or to be docketed and indexed with the clerk or the clerk has reasonable cause to believe the d...

...Service may be made by publication in any of the following cases: (A) In an action for the recovery of real property or of an estate or interest in real property, when the defendant is not a resident of this state or his place of residence cannot be ascertained; (B) In an action for the partition of real property, when the defendant is not a resident of this state or his place of residence cannot be ascertained; (...

...(A) If service by publication is necessary in an action to foreclose a mortgage or to enforce a lien or other encumbrance or charge on real property, the party seeking service by publication shall cause the publication to be made once a week for three consecutive weeks instead of as provided by Civil Rule 4.4. (B) In any county that has adopted a permanent parcel system, the parcel may be described in the n...

...Any nonresident of this state, being the operator or owner of any motor vehicle, who accepts the privilege extended by the laws of this state to nonresident operators and owners, of operating a motor vehicle or of having the same operated, within this state, or any resident of this state, being the licensed operator or owner of any motor vehicle under the laws of this state, who subsequently becomes a nonresident or ...

...Any nonresident of this state, being the pilot, operator, legal or equitable owner, lessor, or lessee of any aircraft, who accepts the privilege of operating an aircraft, or of having the same operated within or over this state, or any resident of this state, being the pilot, operator, legal or equitable owner, lessor, or lessee of any aircraft, who subsequently becomes a nonresident or conceals his whereabouts, by o...

...When it appears by affidavit that the name and residence of a necessary party are unknown to the plaintiff, proceedings against him may be had without naming him; and the court shall make an order respecting the publication of notice, but the order shall require not less than six weeks' publication.

...When a complaint is filed, the action is pending so as to charge a third person with notice of its pendency. While pending, no interest can be acquired by third persons in the subject of the action, as against the plaintiff's title.

...When a part of real property, the subject matter of an action, is situated in a county other than the one in which the action is brought, a certified copy of the judgment in such action must be recorded in the county recorder's office of such other county before it operates therein as notice so as to charge third persons, as provided in section 2703.26 of the Revised Code. It shall operate as such notice, without rec...

...When a plaintiff is not a resident of the state and a defendant files a cross petition, service of summons on the cross petition may be made upon such nonresident plaintiff by registered mail directed to the plaintiff at the address listed by plaintiff with the clerk of courts of the county in which the action is pending and the return of the sheriff shall be in accordance with section 2703.23 of the Revised Code. T...

...A court, or judge at chambers, may summarily punish a person guilty of misbehavior in the presence of or so near the court or judge as to obstruct the administration of justice.

...A person guilty of any of the following acts may be punished as for a contempt: (A) Disobedience of, or resistance to, a lawful writ, process, order, rule, judgment, or command of a court or officer; (B) Misbehavior of an officer of the court in the performance of official duties, or in official transactions; (C) A failure to obey a subpoena duly served, or a refusal to be sworn or to answer as a witness, wh...

...In cases under section 2705.02 of the Revised Code, a charge in writing shall be filed with the clerk of the court, an entry thereof made upon the journal, and an opportunity given to the accused to be heard, by himself or counsel. This section does not prevent the court from issuing process to bring the accused into court, or from holding him in custody, pending such proceedings.