(A)(1) In a case involving a felony or a violation of section2903.11,2903.12, or2903.13of the Revised Code when the victim of the offense is a peace officer, the judge or magistrate shall fix the amount of bail.
(2)In a case involving a misdemeanor or a violation of a municipal ordinance and not involving a felony or a violation of section2903.11,2903.12, or2903.13of the Revised Code when the victim of the offense is a peace officer, the judge, magistrate, or clerk of the court may fix the amount of bail and may do so in accordance with a schedule previously fixed by the judge or magistrate. If the judge, magistrate, or clerk of the court is not readily available, the sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, or jailer having custody of the person charged may fix
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(A)(1) In a case involving a felony or a violation of section2903.11,2903.12, or2903.13of the Revised Code when the victim of the offense is a peace officer, the judge or magistrate shall fix the amount of bail.
(2) In a case involving a misdemeanor or a violation of a municipal ordinance and not involving a felony or a violation of section2903.11,2903.12, or2903.13of the Revised Code when the victim of the offense is a peace officer, the judge, magistrate, or clerk of the court may fix the amount of bail and may do so in accordance with a schedule previously fixed by the judge or magistrate. If the judge, magistrate, or clerk of the court is not readily available, the sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, or jailer having custody of the person charged may fix the amount of bail in accordance with a schedule previously fixed by the judge or magistrate and shall take the bail only in the county courthouse, the municipal or township building, or the county or municipal jail.
(3) In all cases, the bail shall be fixed with consideration of the seriousness of the offense charged, the previous criminal record of the defendant, and the probability of the defendant appearing at the trial of the case.
(B) In any case involving an alleged violation of section2903.211of the Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to that section, the court shall determine whether it will order an evaluation of the mental condition of the defendant pursuant to section2919.271of the Revised Code and, if it decides to so order, shall issue the order requiring the evaluation before it sets bail for the person charged with the violation. In any case involving an alleged violation of section2919.27of the Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to that section and in which the court finds that either of the following criteria applies, the court shall determine whether it will order an evaluation of the mental condition of the defendant pursuant to section2919.271of the Revised Code and, if it decides to so order, shall issue the order requiring that evaluation before it sets bail for the person charged with the violation:
(1) Regarding an alleged violation of a protection order issued or consent agreement approved pursuant to section2919.26or3113.31of the Revised Code, that the violation allegedly involves conduct by the defendant that caused physical harm to the person or property of a family or household member covered by the order or agreement or conduct by that defendant that caused a family or household member to believe that the defendant would cause physical harm to that member or that member's property;
(2) Regarding an alleged violation of a protection order issued pursuant to section2903.213or2903.214of the Revised Code, or a protection order issued by a court of another state, as defined in section2919.27of the Revised Code, that the violation allegedly involves conduct by the defendant that caused physical harm to the person or property of the person covered by the order or conduct by that defendant that caused the person covered by the order to believe that the defendant would cause physical harm to that person or that person's property.
(C) As used in this section, "peace officer" has the same meaning as in section2935.01of the Revised Code.
The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated inR.C. 1.52(B)that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.