Section 2746.04 | Fees and costs in court of common pleas.

• Effective: September 28, 2016
• Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 321 - 131st General Assembly

In addition to any applicable fees or costs set forth in sections 2746.01 and 2746.02 of the Revised Code or any other applicable provision of law, a court of common pleas shall tax as costs or otherwise require the payment of fees for the following services rendered or as compensation for the following persons or any other of the following fees that are applicable in a particular case:

(A) The fees provided for in section 2303.20 of the Revised Code;

(B) Additional fees to computerize the court, make available computerized legal research services, computerize the office of the clerk of the court, provide financial assistance to legal aid societies, support the office of the state public defender, fund shelters for victims of domestic violence, and special projects of the court, as provided in section 2303.201 and, for a court that has a domestic relations division, section 2301.031 of the Revised Code;

(C) Filing for a divorce decree under section 3105.10 or a decree of dissolution under section 3105.65 of the Revised Code, as provided in section 3109.14 of the Revised Code;

(D) Filing of a foreign judgment pursuant to section 2329.022 of the Revised Code, as provided in section 2329.025 of the Revised Code;

(E) Interpreters, as provided in section 2301.14 of the Revised Code;

(F) Jurors in civil actions, as provided in section 2335.28 of the Revised Code;

(G) Reporters, as provided in sections 2301.21 and 2301.24 of the Revised Code;

(H) In a case involving the operation by a nonresident of a vessel upon the waters in this state, or the operation on the waters in this state of a vessel owned by a nonresident if operated with the nonresident's consent, actual traveling expenses of the defendant, as provided in section 1547.36 of the Revised Code;

(I) In a civil case, the expenses of taking a deposition of a person who is imprisoned in a workhouse, juvenile detention facility, jail, or state correctional institution within this state, or who is in the custody of the department of youth services, as provided in section 2317.06 of the Revised Code;

(J) In proceedings relating to the examination of a judgment debtor under sections 2333.09 to 2333.27 of the Revised Code, compensation for clerks, sheriffs, referees, receivers, and witnesses, as provided in section 2333.27 of the Revised Code;

(K) In an appeal from an order of an agency issued pursuant to an adjudication under section 119.12 of the Revised Code, the expense of preparing and transcribing the record;

(L) In a case in which the court issues a protection order upon a petition alleging that the respondent engaged in domestic violence against a family or household member, the cost of supervision of the respondent's exercise of parenting time, visitation, or companionship rights, as provided in section 3113.31 of the Revised Code;

(M) Upon a petition to have a person involuntarily institutionalized, the costs of appointed counsel for the respondent at a full hearing, as provided in section 5123.76 of the Revised Code;

(N) In a case before the domestic relations division of the Hamilton county court of common pleas, the expense of serving a summons, warrant, citation, subpoena, or other writ issued to an officer other than a bailiff, constable, or staff investigator of the division, as provided in section 2301.03 of the Revised Code ;

(O) The filing fee specified in section 2743.75 of the Revised Code in a case filed with the court of claims that alleges a denial of access to public records in violation of division (B) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

Available Versions of this Section

• September 10, 2012 – House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
• September 28, 2016 – Senate Bill 321 - 131st General Assembly