Ohio Code § 2935.16
Ohio Code § 2935.16. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2935.16.
When it comes to the attention of any judge or magistrate that a prisoner is being
held in any jail or place of custody in his jurisdiction without commitment from a
court or magistrate, he shall forthwith, by summary process, require the officer or
person in charge of such jail or place of custody to disclose to such court or magistrate,
in writing, whether or not he holds the person described or identified in the process
and the court under whose process the prisoner is being held. If it appears from the disclosure that the prisoner is held solely under warrant
of arrest from any court or magistrate, the judge or magistrate shall order the custodian
to produce the prisoner forthwith before the court or magistrate issuing the warrant
and if such be impossible for any reason, to produce him before the inquiring judge
or magistrate. If it appears from the disclosure that the prisoner is held without process, such
judge or magistrate shall require the custodian to produce the prisoner forthwith
before him, there to be charged as provided in section 2935.06 of the Revised Code . Whoever, being the person in temporary or permanent charge of any jail or place of
confinement, violates this section shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more
than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2935.16
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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