{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2725.10","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 2725.10","heading":"Form of writ when prisoner not in custody of an officer.","body":"In case of confinement, imprisonment, or detention by a person not an officer, the writ of habeas corpus shall be in the following form:\nThe State of Ohio,___________________County, ss.:\nTo the sheriff of our several counties, greeting:\nWe command you that the body of ______________ of _______________, by _______________, of _______________, imprisoned and restrained of his liberty, as it is said, you take and have before ______________, a judge of our _________________court, or, in case of his absence or disability, before some other judge of the same court, at ______________, forthwith to do and receive what our said judge shall then and there consider __________ concerning him in his behalf; and summon the said _________________ then and there to appear before our said judge, to show the cause of the taking and detention of the said _________________________\n(Seal) Witness ______________, at _____________, this __________day of ________________, in the year ___________","path":["Title 27 Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies","Chapter 2725 Habeas Corpus"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2725.10","current_through":"1953-10-01 (House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:31Z","sha256":"1c0236f68d80e9e1f3ebad7c18e03cb6a795b2477035ba96882bbf9754ace295","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2725.09","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2725.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}