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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.
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 ...
Supreme Court of Ohio [1] Ohio District Courts of Appeal (12 districts) [2] Ohio Court of Claims [3] Ohio Courts of Common Pleas [4] Ohio Municipal Courts [4] Ohio County Courts [4] Ohio Mayor's Courts; Federal courts located in this state. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (headquartered in Cincinnati, having jurisdiction ...
"Portage County is unique because we are one of 12 counties in Ohio where the clerk of courts is also the clerk of the municipal courts," said Fankhauser. ... Summit County Common Pleas Court and ...
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 ...
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The Ohio Supreme Court has denied Buckeye Lake Mayor Jeryne Peterson’s request to cancel the recall election. The election will be on Tuesday.
Municipal courts and county courts – these courts primarily handle minor matters, such as traffic adjudication and other misdemeanor and small claims. Judges in Ohio are generally elected, except for the Court of Claims, for which judges sit by assignment of the chief justice.