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Unfortunately, most of the county records relating to this period of history were lost. The county seat was removed to Urbana in 1807. Even though the land was set aside for a courthouse on a public square, the courthouse was built elsewhere. This structure was a simple log house which was converted into a private home after the court relocated.
They are the only trial courts created by the Ohio Constitution (in Article IV, Section 1). The duties of the courts are outlined in Article IV, Section 4. Each of Ohio's 88 counties has a court of common pleas. The Ohio General Assembly (the state legislature) has the power to divide courts of common pleas into divisions, and has done so ...
Champaign County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,714. [2] Its county seat and largest city is Urbana. [3] The county takes its name from the French word for "open level country". [4] Champaign County became the 18th of 88 Ohio counties on March 1, 1805.
Dec. 26—A Xenia Municipal Court judge will be seated on the Ohio Second District Court of Appeals — which serves Clark and Champaign counties — in January. Gov. Mike DeWine last week ...
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 ...
Urbana is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County, Ohio, United States, [4] about 34 miles (55 km) northeast of Dayton and 41 miles (66 km) west of Columbus. The population was 11,115 at the 2020 census .
In 2014, there were 129 municipal courts and 35 county courts. [2] They are created by the General Assembly as provided in R.C. 1901 and 1907, and are limited by subject-matter jurisdiction. Municipal courts may cover part or all of a county; any areas not covered by a municipal court are covered by the county court. [1]
Megan E. Shanahan (born 1972 or 1973) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court since 2025. She served as a judge of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas from 2015 to 2024.