Ohio Code § 2707.03
Ohio Code § 2707.03. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2707.03.
If an officer fails to execute a summons, order, execution, or other process directed
to him, or to return it, as required by law, unless he makes it appear, to the satisfaction
of the court, that he was prevented by unavoidable accident from so doing, he shall
be amerced, upon motion and notice, as provided in sections 2707.01 and 2707.02 of the Revised Code , in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be liable to the action of any
person aggrieved by such failure. Such officer is not liable to an action or amercement for a failure to execute such
process directed to him from a county other than that in which he was elected, unless
his fees are deposited with the clerk who issued the process, and an indorsement is
made and subscribed by such clerk thereon at the time of its issue, in these words:
“Funds are deposited to pay the sheriff on this process.”
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2707.03
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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