Ohio Code § 1905.21
Ohio Code § 1905.21. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 1905.21.
The mayor of a municipal corporation and a mayor's court magistrate shall keep a docket. Neither the mayor of a municipal corporation nor a mayor's court magistrate shall
retain or receive for his own use any of the fines, forfeitures, fees, or costs he
collects. A mayor's court magistrate shall account for all such fines, forfeitures, fees,
and costs he collects and transfer them to the mayor. The mayor shall account for and dispose of all such fines, forfeitures, fees, and
costs he collects, including all such fines, forfeitures, fees, and costs that are
transferred to him by a mayor's court magistrate, as provided in section 733.40 of the Revised Code . The mayor of a municipal corporation shall be paid such fixed annual salary as the
legislative authority of the municipal corporation provides under sections 731.08 and 731.13 of the Revised Code , and a mayor's court magistrate shall receive compensation as provided in section 1905.05 of the Revised Code . The mayor of a municipal corporation shall keep an office, provided by the legislative
authority of the municipal corporation, at a convenient place in the municipal corporation,
and shall be furnished by the legislative authority with the corporate seal of the
municipal corporation. In the center of such seal shall be the words, “Mayor of the city of _____,” or “Mayor of the village of _____.”
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1905.21
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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