Ohio municipal courts

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court of limited jurisdiction local trial court system

Ohio municipal courts are local trial courts of limited jurisdiction that handle misdemeanors, traffic offenses, small civil disputes, and preliminary felony matters within specific municipalities in the state of Ohio.

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Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of limited jurisdiction ⓘ local trial court system ⓘ
appealsGoTo	Ohio courts of appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ
canHave	full-time judges ⓘ part-time judges ⓘ
collects	court costs ⓘ fines ⓘ
createdBy	act of the Ohio General Assembly ⓘ
createdUnder	Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1901 NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinctFrom	Ohio county courts ⓘ Ohio courts of common pleas NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio mayor’s courts ⓘ
fundedBy	local governments ⓘ
governedBy	Ohio Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio Revised Code NERFINISHED ⓘ
handles	arraignments in criminal and traffic cases ⓘ bench trials ⓘ jury trials in certain cases ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	certain landlord-tenant disputes ⓘ civil disputes within monetary limits set by statute ⓘ eviction actions within statutory limits ⓘ misdemeanor criminal cases ⓘ ordinance violations ⓘ preliminary hearings in felony cases ⓘ small claims civil cases ⓘ traffic offenses ⓘ traffic violations under municipal ordinances ⓘ traffic violations under state law ⓘ
judgesElectedBy	voters within the court’s territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
judgesTermLength	6 years ⓘ
jurisdictionIn	State of Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
limitedBy	monetary jurisdictional limits set by Ohio law ⓘ territorial jurisdiction of the municipality or district ⓘ
locatedIn	Ohio ⓘ
mayAppoint	magistrates ⓘ
mayEmploy	bailiffs ⓘ clerks of court ⓘ probation officers ⓘ
overseenBy	Supreme Court of Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ohio judicial system NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidedOverBy	municipal court judges ⓘ
serves	residents of specific municipalities or municipal districts in Ohio ⓘ
uses	Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio Traffic Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ local court rules ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ohio state courts → hasLimitedJurisdictionCourt → Ohio municipal courts ⓘ

Ohio state courts → hearsAppealsFrom → Ohio municipal courts ⓘ

subject surface form: Courts of appeals of Ohio