{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-120.17","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 120.17","heading":"State public defender not required to defend in counties having county public defender.","body":"In any county in which the county commissioners choose to establish a county public defender's office, the Ohio public defender shall not be required to defend indigent persons in that county, except as set forth in division (A) of section 120.06 of the Revised Code, or if the court finds that it is required in the interests of justice.","path":["Title 1 State Government","Chapter 120 Public Defenders"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-120.17","current_through":"1976-01-13 (House Bill 164 - 111th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:24Z","sha256":"d32e24c5bf2cb7135be235cd5dbb1785aefe5b3eaa19fcbb3a75f0f27921a6a7","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-120.16","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-120.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}