Ohio Code § 1901.18

§ 1901.18.

(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division or section 1901.181 of the Revised Code , subject to the monetary jurisdiction of municipal courts as set forth in section 1901.17 of the Revised Code , a municipal court has original jurisdiction within its territory in all of the following

actions or proceedings and to perform all of the following functions: (1) In any civil action, of whatever nature or remedy, of which judges of county courts

have jurisdiction; (2) In any action or proceeding at law for the recovery of money or personal property

of which the court of common pleas has jurisdiction; (3) In any action at law based on contract, to determine, preserve, and enforce all legal

and equitable rights involved in the contract, to decree an accounting, reformation,

or cancellation of the contract, and to hear and determine all legal and equitable

remedies necessary or proper for a complete determination of the rights of the parties

to the contract; (4) In any action or proceeding for the sale of personal property under chattel mortgage,

lien, encumbrance, or other charge, for the foreclosure and marshalling of liens on

personal property of that nature, and for the rendering of personal judgment in the

action or proceeding; (5) In any action or proceeding to enforce the collection of its own judgments or the

judgments rendered by any court within the territory to which the municipal court

has succeeded, and to subject the interest of a judgment debtor in personal property

to satisfy judgments enforceable by the municipal court; (6) In any action or proceeding in the nature of interpleader; (7) In any action of replevin; (8) In any action of forcible entry and detainer; (9) In any action concerning the issuance and enforcement of temporary protection orders

pursuant to section 2919.26 of the Revised Code or protection orders pursuant to section 2903.213 of the Revised Code or the enforcement of protection orders issued by courts of another state, as defined

in section 2919.27 of the Revised Code ; (10) If the municipal court has a housing or environmental division, in any action over

which the division is given jurisdiction by section 1901.181 of the Revised Code , provided that, except as specified in division (B) of that section, no judge of

the court other than the judge of the division shall hear or determine any action

over which the division has jurisdiction; (11) In any action brought pursuant to division (I) of section 4781.40 of the Revised Code , if the residential premises that are the subject of the action are located within

the territorial jurisdiction of the court; (12) In any civil action as described in division (B)(1) of section 3767.41 of the Revised Code that relates to a public nuisance, and, to the extent any provision of this chapter

conflicts or is inconsistent with a provision of that section, the provision of that

section shall control in the civil action; (13) In a proceeding brought pursuant to section 955.23 of the Revised Code by the owner of a dog that has been designated as a nuisance dog, dangerous dog,

or vicious dog; (14) In every civil action concerning a violation of a state traffic law or a municipal

traffic ordinance. (B) The Cleveland municipal court also shall have jurisdiction within its territory in

all of the following actions or proceedings and to perform all of the following functions: (1) In all actions and proceedings for the sale of real property under lien of a judgment

of the municipal court or a lien for machinery, material, or fuel furnished or labor

performed, irrespective of amount, and, in those actions and proceedings, the court

may proceed to foreclose and marshal all liens and all vested or contingent rights,

to appoint a receiver, and to render personal judgment irrespective of amount in favor

of any party. (2) In all actions for the foreclosure of a mortgage on real property given to secure

the payment of money or the enforcement of a specific lien for money or other encumbrance

or charge on real property, when the amount claimed by the plaintiff does not exceed

fifteen thousand dollars and the real property is situated within the territory, and,

in those actions, the court may proceed to foreclose all liens and all vested and

contingent rights and may proceed to render judgments and make findings and orders

between the parties in the same manner and to the same extent as in similar actions

in the court of common pleas. (3) In all actions for the recovery of real property situated within the territory to

the same extent as courts of common pleas have jurisdiction; (4) In all actions for injunction to prevent or terminate violations of the ordinances

and regulations of the city of Cleveland enacted or promulgated under the police power

of the city of Cleveland, pursuant to Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution , over which the court of common pleas has or may have jurisdiction, and, in those

actions, the court may proceed to render judgments and make findings and orders in

the same manner and to the same extent as in similar actions in the court of common

pleas. (C) As used in this section, “violation of a state traffic law or a municipal traffic

ordinance” has the same meaning as in section 1901.20 of the Revised Code .