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The first spaces for the court was in rented rooms, and the first county building was a log jail ordered built in 1804; it is not known whether the building housed records. The first courthouse was built 1807-08 in Franklinton, its awarded builder was Lucas Sullivant, also first clerk of the court and founder of Franklinton, then the county seat.
The lowest level is the courts of common pleas, the intermediate-level courts are the district courts of appeals, and the highest-ranking court is the Ohio Supreme Court. Ohio municipal and county courts hear cases involving traffic violations, non-traffic misdemeanors, evictions and small civil claims (in which the amount in controversy does ...
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (in case citations, S.D. Ohio) is one of two United States district courts in Ohio and includes forty-eight of the state's eighty-eight counties—everything from the Columbus area southward. Appeals from the court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth ...
In 2016, 1.8 million absentee ballots were cast in Ohio. Cuyahoga County Board of Elections data shows 341,917 vote-by-mail ballots were requested this year and 90 percent (306,932) have already ...
Municipal courts in Ohio are far more limited in scope than the Common Pleas courts. Ohio's municipal and county courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and courts of record. The first municipal court was created in 1910, and county courts were created in 1957 as a replacement for justice courts. In 2014, there were 129 municipal courts and ...
The Ohio Supreme Court is considering other public records cases that could have sweeping implications for open government. Two cases involve how to interpret Marsy's Law, a voter-approved ...
Mayor's courts are state courts in Ohio created by some municipalities. Mayor's courts hear traffic cases, violations of city ordinances and other misdemeanors. The presiding officer is a magistrate (not a judge) appointed by the mayor, or even being the mayor, and paid by the city or village. Mayor's courts are not considered trial courts or ...
Jul. 2—COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently announced the launch of a new program aimed at helping local courts more efficiently process increasing numbers of court cases. The Office of ...