{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-1901.08","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 1901.08","heading":"Election of judges.","body":"The number of, and the time for election of, judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of their terms shall be as follows:\nIn the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975.\nIn the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953.\nIn the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953.\nIn the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967.\nIn the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975.\nIn the Avon Lake municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2017. On and after September 15, 2014, the part-time judge of the Avon Lake municipal court who was elected in 2011 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2017.\nIn the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.\nIn the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.\nIn the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993.\nIn the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2005.\nIn the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1983.\nIn the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court until December 31, 2005.\nIn the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1965.\nIn the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1963.\nIn the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977.\nIn the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until December 31, 2009.\nIn the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1957.\nIn the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2001.\nIn the Chardon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1963.\nIn the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1977.\nIn the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953.\nIn the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the end of their respective terms.\nIn the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1999.\nIn the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955.\nIn the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1957.\nIn the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997.\nIn the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time judges shall be elected in 2001.\nIn the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953.\nIn the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1977.\nIn the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967. Effective December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall cease to exist; however, the judges of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court who were elected pursuant to this section in 2003 and 2007 for terms beginning on January 1, 2004, and January 1, 2008, respectively, shall serve as full-time judges of the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2013, respectively.\nIn the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December 31, 2005.\nIn the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days beginning on the first day of January next after their election, and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January next after their election.\nIn the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1957.\nIn the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007.\nIn the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1957.\nIn the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.\nIn the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.\nIn the Erie county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007.\nIn the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1977, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2023.\nIn the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2005.\nIn the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1989.\nIn the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993.\nIn the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1997.\nIn the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975.\nIn the Fulton county municipal court to be established on January 1, 2024, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2023.\nIn the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1981.\nIn the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1981.\nIn the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1963.\nIn the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953.\nIn the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first day of January next after their election, except that the terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January 4, 1984, and January 5, 1984.\nIn the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1989.\nIn the Hillsboro municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2011. On and after December 30, 2008, the part-time judge of the Hillsboro municipal court who was elected in 2005 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2011.\nIn the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1977.\nIn the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until December 31, 2007.\nIn the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1967.\nIn the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001.\nIn the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975.\nIn the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1955.\nIn the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the end of those judges' terms.\nIn the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1981.\nIn the Lebanon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2027. On and after the effective date of this amendment, the part-time judge of the Lebanon municipal court who was elected in 2021 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2027.\nIn the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.\nIn the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967.\nIn the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.\nIn the Lyndhurst municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1957.\nIn the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1981.\nIn the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969.\nIn the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1957.\nIn the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Marysville municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2011. On and after January 18, 2007, the part-time judge of the Marysville municipal court who was elected in 2005 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2011.\nIn the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1965.\nIn the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.\nIn the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1963.\nIn the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1957.\nIn the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.\nIn the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.\nIn the Miamisburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953.\nIn the Montgomery county municipal court:\nOne judge shall be elected in 2011 to a part-time judgeship for a term to begin on January 1, 2012. If any one of the other judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July 1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship on that date. If only one other judgeship of the court becomes vacant and is abolished as of December 31, 2021, this judgeship shall be abolished as of that date. Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed before that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2005, shall serve as a part-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal court until December 31, 2011.\nOne judge shall be elected in 2011 to a full-time judgeship for a term to begin on January 2, 2012, and this judgeship shall be abolished on January 1, 2016. Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2005, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal court until January 1, 2012.\nOne judge shall be elected in 2013 to a full-time judgeship for a term to begin on January 2, 2014. Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2007, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal court until January 1, 2014.\nOne judge shall be elected in 2013 to a judgeship for a term to begin on January 1, 2014. If no other judgeship of the court becomes vacant and is abolished by January 1, 2014, this judgeship shall be a part-time judgeship. When one or more of the other judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July 1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship. Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed before that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as this judge of the Montgomery county municipal court until December 31, 2013.\nIf any one of the judgeships of the court becomes vacant before December 31, 2021, that judgeship is abolished on the date that it becomes vacant, and the other judges of the court shall be or serve as full-time judges. The abolishment of judgeships for the Montgomery county municipal court shall cease when the court has two full-time judgeships.\nIn the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county municipal court until December 31, 2005.\nIn the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2005.\nIn the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975.\nIn the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1963.\nIn the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975.\nIn the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1953.\nIn the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1989.\nIn the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1963.\nIn the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the end of that judge's term.\nIn the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.\nIn the Paulding county municipal court to be established on January 1, 2020, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2019.\nIn the Perry county municipal court to be established on January 1, 2018, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2017.\nIn the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1977.\nIn the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.\nIn the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the end of that judge's term.\nIn the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1985.\nIn the Putnam county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, the part-time judge of the Putnam county county court that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the full-time judge of the Putnam county municipal court until December 31, 2011.\nIn the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.\nIn the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953.\nIn the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1957.\nIn the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1957.\nIn the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1995.\nIn the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on January 1, 2000.\nIn the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the end of their respective terms.\nIn the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953.\nIn the Stow municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2009, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013. Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2008, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2013. Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2004, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2009.\nIn the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1963.\nIn the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1963.\nIn the Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013.\nIn the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.\nIn the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 2011. The part-time judge elected in 2005, whose term commenced on January 1, 2006, shall serve as a full-time judge on and after January 1, 2008, until the expiration of that judge's term on December 31, 2011, and the office of that judge is abolished on January 1, 2012.\nIn the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1959.\nIn the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1957.\nIn the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1965.\nIn the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1981.\nIn the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.\nIn the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on January 1, 2000.\nIn the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.\nIn the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951.\nIn the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997.\nIn the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1977.\nIn the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013.\nIn the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1953.","path":["Title 19 Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County","Chapter 1901 Municipal Court"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1901.08","current_through":"2025-03-20 (House Bill 338 - 135th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:30Z","sha256":"f927938bd88665623c8a8fdde3a5a7edebffebbba14b4a50e0a383993e181efd","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-1901.07","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-1901.09"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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