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Section 325.11 | Salary of prosecuting attorney.

 

(A) Each prosecuting attorney shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All prosecuting attorneys shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedules and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code:

CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE

FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2018 FOR

PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE

ClassPopulation RangeCompensation
11 - 55,000$67,413
255,001 - 95,00074,969
395,001 - 200,00081,363
4200,001 - 400,00090,662
5400,001 - 1,000,00096,471
61,000,001 or more100,040

CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE

FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2018 FOR

PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE

ClassPopulation RangeCompensation
11 - 55,000$120,549
255,001 - 95,000133,941
395,001 - 200,000133,941
4200,001 - 400,000133,941
5400,001 - 1,000,000137,194
61,000,001 or more140,447

CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE

FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2019 FOR

PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE

ClassPopulation RangeCompensation
11 - 55,000$70,784
255,001 - 95,00078,717
395,001 - 200,00085,431
4200,001 - 400,00095,195
5400,001 - 1,000,000101,294
61,000,001 or more105,042

CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE

FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2019 FOR

PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE

ClassPopulation RangeCompensation
11 - 55,000$126,577
255,001 - 95,000140,638
395,001 - 200,000140,638
4200,001 - 400,000140,638
5400,001 - 1,000,000144,053
61,000,001 or more147,469

(B) A prosecuting attorney shall not engage in the private practice of law unless before taking office the prosecuting attorney notifies the board of county commissioners of the intention to engage in the private practice of law.

A prosecuting attorney may elect to engage or not to engage in the private practice of law before the commencement of each new term of office, and a prosecuting attorney who engages in the private practice of law who intends not to engage in the private practice of law during the prosecuting attorney's next term of office shall so notify the board of county commissioners. A prosecuting attorney who elects not to engage in the private practice of law may, for a period of six months after taking office, engage in the private practice of law for the purpose of concluding the affairs of private practice of law without any diminution of salary as provided for in division (A) of this section and in section 325.18 of the Revised Code.

(C) As used in this section, "salary" does not include any portion of the cost, premium, or charge for health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical benefits, or any combination of those benefits, covering the prosecuting attorney and paid on that person's behalf by a governmental entity.

Last updated August 30, 2022 at 8:23 AM

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