Ohio Code § 1905.01

§ 1905.01.

(A) In Georgetown in Brown county, in Mount Gilead in Morrow county, in any municipal

corporation located entirely on an island in Lake Erie, and in all other municipal

corporations having a population of more than two hundred, other than Batavia in Clermont

county, not being the site of a municipal court nor a place where a judge of the Auglaize

county, Crawford county, Jackson county, Miami county, Montgomery county, Portage

county, or Wayne county municipal court sits as required pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code or by designation of the judges pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code , the mayor of the municipal corporation has jurisdiction, except as provided in divisions

(B), (C), and (E) of this section and subject to the limitation contained in section

1905.03 and the limitation contained in section 1905.031 of the Revised Code , to hear and determine any prosecution for the violation of an ordinance of the municipal

corporation, to hear and determine any case involving a violation of a vehicle parking

or standing ordinance of the municipal corporation unless the violation is required

to be handled by a parking violations bureau or joint parking violations bureau pursuant

to Chapter 4521. of the Revised Code, and to hear and determine all criminal causes

involving any moving traffic violation occurring on a state highway located within

the boundaries of the municipal corporation, subject to the limitations of sections 2937.08 and 2938.04 of the Revised Code . (B)(1) In Georgetown in Brown county, in Mount Gilead in Morrow county, in any municipal

corporation located entirely on an island in Lake Erie, and in all other municipal

corporations having a population of more than two hundred, other than Batavia in Clermont

county, not being the site of a municipal court nor a place where a judge of a court

listed in division (A) of this section sits as required pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code or by designation of the judges pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code , the mayor of the municipal corporation has jurisdiction, subject to the limitation

contained in section 1905.03 of the Revised Code , to hear and determine prosecutions involving a violation of an ordinance of the

municipal corporation relating to operating a vehicle while under the influence of

alcohol, a drug of abuse, or a combination of them or relating to operating a vehicle

with a prohibited concentration of alcohol, a controlled substance, or a metabolite

of a controlled substance in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine,

and to hear and determine criminal causes involving a violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code that occur on a state highway located within the boundaries of the municipal corporation,

subject to the limitations of sections 2937.08 and 2938.04 of the Revised Code , only if the person charged with the violation, within ten years of the date of the

violation charged, has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: (a) A violation of an ordinance of any municipal corporation relating to operating a

vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or a combination of

them or relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol,

a controlled substance, or a metabolite of a controlled substance in the whole blood,

blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine; (b) A violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code ; (c) A violation of any ordinance of any municipal corporation or of any section of the

Revised Code that regulates the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys

upon the highways or streets, to which all of the following apply: (i) The person, in the case in which the conviction was obtained or the plea of guilty

was entered, had been charged with a violation of an ordinance of a type described

in division (B)(1)(a) of this section, or with a violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code ; (ii) The charge of the violation described in division (B)(1)(c)(i) of this section was

dismissed or reduced; (iii) The violation of which the person was convicted or to which the person pleaded guilty

arose out of the same facts and circumstances and the same act as did the charge that

was dismissed or reduced. (d) A violation of a statute of the United States or of any other state or a municipal

ordinance of a municipal corporation located in any other state that is substantially

similar to section 4511.19 of the Revised Code . (2) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have jurisdiction to hear and determine

any prosecution or criminal cause involving a violation described in division (B)(1)(a)

or (b) of this section, regardless of where the violation occurred, if the person

charged with the violation, within ten years of the violation charged, has been convicted

of or pleaded guilty to any violation listed in division (B)(1)(a), (b), (c), or (d)

of this section. If the mayor of a municipal corporation, in hearing a prosecution involving a violation

of an ordinance of the municipal corporation the mayor serves relating to operating

a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or a combination

of them or relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol,

a controlled substance, or a metabolite of a controlled substance in the whole blood,

blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine, or in hearing a criminal cause involving

a violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code , determines that the person charged, within ten years of the violation charged, has

been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any violation listed in division (B)(1)(a),

(b), (c), or (d) of this section, the mayor immediately shall transfer the case to

the county court or municipal court with jurisdiction over the violation charged,

in accordance with section 1905.032 of the Revised Code . (C)(1) In Georgetown in Brown county, in Mount Gilead in Morrow county, in any municipal

corporation located entirely on an island in Lake Erie, and in all other municipal

corporations having a population of more than two hundred, other than Batavia in Clermont

county, not being the site of a municipal court and not being a place where a judge

of a court listed in division (A) of this section sits as required pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code or by designation of the judges pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code , the mayor of the municipal corporation, subject to sections 1901.031 , 2937.08 , and 2938.04 of the Revised Code , has jurisdiction to hear and determine prosecutions involving a violation of a municipal

ordinance that is substantially equivalent to division (A) of section 4510.14 or section 4510.16 of the Revised Code and to hear and determine criminal causes that involve a moving traffic violation,

that involve a violation of division (A) of section 4510.14 or section 4510.16 of the Revised Code , and that occur on a state highway located within the boundaries of the municipal

corporation only if all of the following apply regarding the violation and the person

charged: (a) Regarding a violation of section 4510.16 of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that

division, the person charged with the violation, within six years of the date of the

violation charged, has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: (i) A violation of section 4510.16 of the Revised Code ; (ii) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to section 4510.16 of the Revised Code ; (iii) A violation of any municipal ordinance or section of the Revised Code that regulates

the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys upon the highways or

streets, in a case in which, after a charge against the person of a violation of a

type described in division (C)(1)(a)(i) or (ii) of this section was dismissed or reduced,

the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation that arose out of the same

facts and circumstances and the same act as did the charge that was dismissed or reduced. (b) Regarding a violation of division (A) of section 4510.14 of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that

division, the person charged with the violation, within six years of the date of the

violation charged, has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: (i) A violation of division (A) of section 4510.14 of the Revised Code ; (ii) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to division (A) of section 4510.14 of the Revised Code ; (iii) A violation of any municipal ordinance or section of the Revised Code that regulates

the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys upon the highways or

streets in a case in which, after a charge against the person of a violation of a

type described in division (C)(1)(b)(i) or (ii) of this section was dismissed or reduced,

the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation that arose out of the same

facts and circumstances and the same act as did the charge that was dismissed or reduced. (2) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have jurisdiction to hear and determine

any prosecution or criminal cause involving a violation described in division (C)(1)(a)(i)

or (ii) of this section if the person charged with the violation, within six years

of the violation charged, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any violation

listed in division (C)(1)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section and does not have

jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal cause involving a violation

described in division (C)(1)(b)(i) or (ii) of this section if the person charged with

the violation, within six years of the violation charged, has been convicted of or

pleaded guilty to any violation listed in division (C)(1)(b)(i), (ii), or (iii) of

this section. (3) If the mayor of a municipal corporation, in hearing a prosecution involving a violation

of an ordinance of the municipal corporation the mayor serves that is substantially

equivalent to division (A) of section 4510.14 or section 4510.16 of the Revised Code or a violation of division (A) of section 4510.14 or section 4510.16 of the Revised Code , determines that, under division (C)(2) of this section, mayors do not have jurisdiction

of the prosecution, the mayor immediately shall transfer the case to the county court

or municipal court with jurisdiction over the violation in accordance with section 1905.032 of the Revised Code . (D) If the mayor of a municipal corporation has jurisdiction pursuant to division (B)(1)

of this section to hear and determine a prosecution or criminal cause involving a

violation described in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, the authority of

the mayor to hear or determine the prosecution or cause is subject to the limitation

contained in division (C) of section 1905.03 of the Revised Code .  If the mayor of a municipal corporation has jurisdiction pursuant to division (A)

or (C) of this section to hear and determine a prosecution or criminal cause involving

a violation other than a violation described in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this

section, the authority of the mayor to hear or determine the prosecution or cause

is subject to the limitation contained in division (C) of section 1905.031 of the Revised Code . (E)(1) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have jurisdiction to hear and determine

any prosecution or criminal cause involving any of the following: (a) A violation of section 2919.25 or 2919.27 of the Revised Code ; (b) A violation of section 2903.11 , 2903.12 , 2903.13 , 2903.211 , or 2911.211 of the Revised Code that involves a person who was a family or household member of the defendant at the

time of the violation; (c) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to an offense

described in division (E)(1)(a) or (b) of this section and that involves a person

who was a family or household member of the defendant at the time of the violation. (2) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have jurisdiction to hear and determine

a motion filed pursuant to section 2919.26 of the Revised Code or filed pursuant to a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that

section or to issue a protection order pursuant to that section or a substantially

equivalent municipal ordinance. (3) As used in this section, “family or household member” has the same meaning as in section 2919.25 of the Revised Code . (F) In keeping a docket and files, the mayor, and a mayor's court magistrate appointed

under section 1905.05 of the Revised Code , shall be governed by the laws pertaining to county courts.