Ohio Code § 2152.03
Ohio Code § 2152.03. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2152.03.
When a child is arrested under any charge, complaint, affidavit, or indictment for
a felony or a misdemeanor, proceedings regarding the child initially shall be in the
juvenile court in accordance with this chapter. If the child is taken before a judge of a county court, a mayor, a judge of a municipal
court, or a judge of a court of common pleas other than a juvenile court, the judge
of the county court, mayor, judge of the municipal court, or judge of the court of
common pleas shall transfer the case to the juvenile court, and, upon the transfer,
the proceedings shall be in accordance with this chapter. Upon the transfer, all further proceedings under the charge, complaint, information,
or indictment shall be discontinued in the court of the judge of the county court,
mayor, municipal judge, or judge of the court of common pleas other than a juvenile
court subject to section 2152.12 of the Revised Code . The case relating to the child then shall be within the exclusive jurisdiction of
the juvenile court, subject to section 2152.12 of the Revised Code .
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2152.03
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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