Ohio § 1907.031 Original jurisdiction

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§ 1907.031 — Original jurisdiction

Ohio § 1907.031

Title 19Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County

Ch. 1907County Court - General Provisions

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1907.031 (2026).

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(A)Except as otherwise provided in section1907.03of the Revised Code and in addition to the jurisdiction authorized in other sections of this chapter and in section1909.11of the Revised Code, a county court has original jurisdiction within its district in all of the following actions or proceedings and to perform all of the following functions:

(1)In an action or proceeding at law for the recovery of money or personal property of which the court of common pleas has jurisdiction;

(2)In an action at law based on contract, to determine, preserve, and enforce all legal and equitable rights involved in the contract, to decree an accounting, reformation, or cancellation of the contract, and to hear and determine all legal and equitable remedies necessary or proper for a complete determinati

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in section1907.03of the Revised Code and in addition to the jurisdiction authorized in other sections of this chapter and in section1909.11of the Revised Code, a county court has original jurisdiction within its district in all of the following actions or proceedings and to perform all of the following functions:

(1) In an action or proceeding at law for the recovery of money or personal property of which the court of common pleas has jurisdiction;

(2) In an action at law based on contract, to determine, preserve, and enforce all legal and equitable rights involved in the contract, to decree an accounting, reformation, or cancellation of the contract, and to hear and determine all legal and equitable remedies necessary or proper for a complete determination of the rights of the parties to the contract;

(3) In an action or proceeding for the sale of personal property under chattel mortgage, lien, encumbrance, or other charge, for the foreclosure and marshalling of liens on the personal property, and for the rendering of personal judgment in the action or proceeding;

(4) In an action or proceeding to enforce the collection of its own judgments and to subject the interest of a judgment debtor in personal property to satisfy judgments enforceable by the county court;

(5) In an action or proceeding in the nature of interpleader;

(6) In an action of forcible entry and detainer;

(7) In a proceeding brought pursuant to section955.222of the Revised Code by the owner of a dog that has been designated as a nuisance dog, dangerous dog, or vicious dog;

(8) In every civil action or proceeding concerning a violation of a state traffic law or a municipal traffic ordinance.

(B) A county court has original jurisdiction in civil actions as described in division (B)(1) of section3767.41of the Revised Code that relate to a public nuisance. To the extent any provision of this chapter conflicts or is inconsistent with a provision of that section, the provision of that section shall control in such a civil action.

(C) As used in this section, "violation of a state traffic law or a municipal traffic ordinance" has the same meaning as in section1901.20of the Revised Code.