Ohio Code § 5503.04

§ 5503.04.

Forty-five per cent of the fines collected from or moneys arising from bail forfeited

by persons apprehended or arrested by state highway patrol troopers shall be paid

into the state treasury to be credited to the general revenue fund, five per cent

shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the trauma and emergency medical

services fund created by section 4513.263 of the Revised Code , and fifty per cent shall be paid into the treasury of the municipal corporation

where the case is prosecuted, if in a mayor's court.  If the prosecution is in a trial court outside a municipal corporation, or outside

the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal court, the fifty per cent of the fines

and moneys that is not paid into the state treasury shall be paid into the treasury

of the county where the case is prosecuted.  The fines and moneys paid into a county treasury and the fines and moneys paid into

the treasury of a municipal corporation shall be deposited one-half to the same fund

and expended in the same manner as is the revenue received from the registration of

motor vehicles, and one-half to the general fund of such county or municipal corporation. If the prosecution is in a municipal court, forty-five per cent of the fines and moneys

shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the general revenue fund,

five per cent shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the trauma and

emergency medical services fund created by division (E) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code , ten per cent shall be paid into the county treasury to be credited to the general

fund of the county, and forty per cent shall be paid into the municipal treasury to

be credited to the general fund of the municipal corporation.  In the Auglaize county, Clermont county, Crawford county, Hocking county, Jackson

county, Lawrence county, Madison county, Miami county, Ottawa county, Portage county,

and Wayne county municipal courts, that portion of money otherwise paid into the municipal

treasury shall be paid into the county treasury. The trial court shall make remittance of the fines and moneys as prescribed in this

section, and at the same time as the remittance is made of the state's portion to

the state treasury, the trial court shall notify the superintendent of the state highway

patrol of the case and the amount covered by the remittance. This section does not apply to fines for violations of division (B) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code , or for violations of any municipal ordinance that is substantively comparable to

that division, all of which shall be delivered to the treasurer of state as provided

in division (E) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code .