Ohio Code § 2969.21

§ 2969.21.

As used in sections 2969.21 to 2969.27 of the Revised Code : (A) “ Clerk ” means the elected or appointed clerk of any court in this state, except the court

of claims or the supreme court, in which an inmate has commenced a civil action against

a government entity or employee or has filed an appeal of the judgment or order in

a civil action of that nature. (B)(1) “ Civil action or appeal against a government entity or employee ” means any of the following: (a) A civil action that an inmate commences against the state, a political subdivision,

or an employee of the state or a political subdivision in a court of common pleas,

court of appeals, county court, or municipal court; (b) An appeal of the judgment or order in a civil action of the type described in division

(B)(1)(a) of this section that an inmate files in a court of appeals. (2) “Civil action or appeal against a governmental entity or employee” does not include

any civil action that an inmate commences against the state, a political subdivision,

or an employee of the state or a political subdivision in the court of claims or the

supreme court or an appeal of the judgment or order entered by the court of claims

in a civil action of that nature, that an inmate files in a court of appeals or the

supreme court. (C) “ Employee ” means an officer or employee of the state or of a political subdivision who is acting

under color of state law. (D) “ Inmate ” means a person who is in actual confinement in a state correctional institution

or in a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal

jail or workhouse or a releasee who is serving a sanction in a violation sanction

center. (E) “ Inmate account ” means an account maintained by the department of rehabilitation and correction under

rules adopted by the director of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5120.01 of the Revised Code or a similar account maintained by a sheriff or any other administrator of a jail

or workhouse or by the administrator of a violation sanction center. (F) “ Political subdivision ” means a county, township, city, or village;  the office of an elected officer of

a county, township, city, or village;  or a department, board, office, commission,

agency, institution, or other instrumentality of a county, township, city, or village. (G) “State” has the same meaning as in section 2743.01 of the Revised Code . (H) “State correctional institution” has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code . (I) “ Violation sanction center ” means a prison that houses releasees who have violated a post-release control sanction

or the terms and conditions of parole or of a conditional pardon and that is operated

pursuant to section 2967.141 of the Revised Code .