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...When it is proper for the jurors to have a view of the place at which a material fact occurred, the trial court may order them to be conducted in a body, under the charge of the sheriff or other officer, to such place, which shall be shown to them by a person designated by the court. While the jurors are absent on such view no person other than such officer and such person so appointed, shall speak to them on any sub...

...(A) As used in sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code: (1) "Prosecutor" means a prosecuting attorney or a city director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer of a municipal corporation who has authority to prosecute a criminal case that is before the court or the criminal case in which a defendant in a criminal case has been found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of ...

...(A)(1) As used in this section, "detention facility" has the same meaning as in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code. (2) If it is necessary in a criminal proceeding before the court to procure the testimony of a person who is imprisoned in a detention facility or state correctional institution within this state, or who is in the custody of the department of youth services, the court may require that the person's tes...

...When a witness mentioned in section 2945.47 of the Revised Code is in attendance upon a court he may be placed in the jail of the county. The expenses of the officer in transporting him to and from such court, including compensation for the guard or attendant of such prisoner not exceeding the per diem salary of such guard for the time he is away from said institution, shall be allowed by the court and taxed and pai...

...When a deposition is to be taken in this state, and a commission is granted under section 2945.50 of the Revised Code while the defendant is confined in jail, the sheriff or deputy or other person having custody of the defendant shall be ordered by the court to take the defendant to the place of the taking of the deposition, and have him before the officer at the time of taking such deposition. Such sheriff or deputy...

...The examination of witnesses by deposition in criminal cases shall be taken and certified, and the return thereof to the court made as for taking depositions under sections 2319.05 to 2319.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The commissioners appointed under section 2945.50 of the Revised Code to take depositions shall receive such compensation as the court directs, to be paid out of the county treasury and taxed as ...

...(A)(1) The trial court may hear testimony in mitigation of a sentence at the term of conviction or plea or at the next term. The prosecuting attorney may offer testimony on behalf of the state to give the court a true understanding of the case. The court shall determine whether sentence should immediately be imposed. The court on its own motion may direct the department of probation of the county in which the defen...

...(A)(1)(a) The court in which any person is convicted of or pleads guilty to any offense shall impose one of the following sums as costs in the case in addition to any other court costs that the court is required by law to impose upon the offender: (i) Thirty dollars if the offense is a felony; (ii) Twenty dollars if the offense is a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense that is not a moving violation; (ii...

...(A)(1)(a) A person in any of the following categories may file a petition in the court that imposed sentence, stating the grounds for relief relied upon, and asking the court to vacate or set aside the judgment or sentence or to grant other appropriate relief: (i) Any person who has been convicted of a criminal offense or adjudicated a delinquent child and who claims that there was such a denial or infringement of ...

... of the overhead expenses of, or income taxes paid by, the entity providing the goods or services. The alleged offender or delinquent child has the burden to prove that any costs are lawfully incurred. (12) "Property" means "property" as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code and any benefit, privilege, claim, position, interest in an enterprise, or right derived, directly or indirectly, from the offense. (...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, property ordered forfeited as contraband, proceeds, or an instrumentality pursuant to this chapter shall be disposed of, used, or sold pursuant to section 2981.12 of the Revised Code. If the property is to be sold under that section, the prosecutor shall cause notice of the proposed sale to be given in accordance with law. (B) If the contraband or instrumentality fo...

...(A) A deputy, when duly qualified, may perform any duties of his principal. A deputy or clerk, appointed in pursuance of law, holds the appointment only during the pleasure of the officer appointing him. The principal may take from his deputy or clerk a bond, with sureties, conditioned as set forth in this section. The principal is answerable for the neglect or misconduct in office of his deputy or clerk . (B) Notwi...

...An elected officer of a county, township, or municipal corporation that has levied an excise lodging tax under section 5739.08 or 5739.09 of the Revised Code, or a designee appointed by such elected officer, may simultaneously serve in the elected or appointed position and as a member or officer of the board of trustees of a convention and visitors' bureau organized under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. The simult...

...When a new county is created and organized, the money remaining in the county treasuries of the counties from which the new county is taken, after deducting all just debts and demands due or owing at the time of setting off the new county, except debts contracted for public buildings in the old county, shall be divided according the land and other taxable property within the new county, and within the counties from w...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Credit card" includes gasoline and telephone credit cards but excludes any procurement card authorized under section 301.29 of the Revised Code. (2) "Officer" includes an individual who also is an appointing authority. (B) A board of county commissioners, in consultation with the county auditor, shall adopt a policy by resolution regarding the use of county credit cards by t...

..."County expenses" includes fees, costs, taxes, assessments, fines, penalties, payments, or any other expense a person owes or otherwise pays to a county office under the authority of a county official, other than dog registration and kennel fees required to be paid under Chapter 955. of the Revised Code. "County expenses" includes payment to a county office of money confiscated during the commitment of an individual ...

...In addition to other powers and duties provided in sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the county executive shall: (A) Prepare and recommend to the board of county commissioners the annual tax budget and county appropriation resolution; (B) Keep the board advised of the financial condition and future needs of the county; (C) Prepare and submit to the board such measures as he deems necessary...

...If established under this chapter, the department of finance shall: (A) Maintain a complete system of accounts of the financial transactions of the county and of the department and shall determine the form of the financial records and accounts to be kept by a county department, office, or agency. The accounting system shall be so designed as to avoid the keeping of duplicate records of tax and other financial transa...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code do not confer any power on any board of county commissioners or board of zoning appeals in respect to the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, change, alteration, maintenance, removal, use, or enlargement of any buildings or structures of any public utility or railroad, whether pub...

...Following the public hearing required by section 303.32 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may approve a county renewal project for the county renewal area if it finds that a feasible method exists for the location of families who will be displaced from the county renewal area in decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations within their means and without undue hardship to such families; the ...

...usive, of the Revised Code, and to levy taxes and assessments for such purposes; to zone or rezone any part of the county other than areas within the corporate limits of cities and other incorporated municipalities or make exceptions from building regulations of the county; (I) To close, vacate, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places; and to plan or replan any part of a county area outside ...

...In making a special assessment by percentage of the tax value or by the front foot on lots or lands not subdivided into lots, on county-owned, or other, lots or lands within a county renewal area or areas, when such lots or lands are not assessed for taxation, the board of county commissioners shall fix, for the purpose of such assessment the value of such lots as they stand and of such land at what the board conside...

...In addition to all other powers of boards of county commissioners provided by any other laws, any board, in order to provide funds for or in connection with its planning or county renewal project functions, under sections 303.26 to 303.56 of the Revised Code, or for the exercise of any of the powers granted by those sections, may: (A) Use its general tax revenues; (B) Issue and sell its bonds, and its notes in anti...

...In addition to all other powers of boards of county commissioners provided by any other laws, any board may issue bonds from time to time to finance its undertaking and carrying out of any county renewal project of such county, including, without limiting the generality thereof, the payment of principal and interest upon any advances for surveys and plans for or in connection with any such county renewal project, and...

...The procedure for submitting to a referendum a resolution adopted by a board of county commissioners under division (H) of section 307.695 of the Revised Code that is not submitted to the electors of the county for their approval or disapproval; any resolution adopted by a board of county commissioners pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 307.697, section 322.02, or 322.06, sections 940.32 and 940.35, division (B)(...