Ohio § 5120.30 Investigations

Ohio Statutes

§ 5120.30 — Investigations

Ohio § 5120.30

Title 51Public Welfare

Ch. 5120Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.30 (2026).

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The department of rehabilitation and  correction may make any investigations that are necessary in the  performance of its duties, and to that end the director of  rehabilitation and correction shall have the same power as a judge  of a county court to administer oaths and to enforce the  attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books  or papers.

The department shall keep a record of the investigations  pursuant to the record retention schedule approved by the  department of administrative services.

Witnesses shall be paid the fees and mileage provided for  under section119.094of the Revised Code, but no officer or  employee of the institution under investigation is entitled to  such fees.

Any judge of the probate court or of the court of common  pleas, upon applicati

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The department of rehabilitation and correction may make any investigations that are necessary in the performance of its duties, and to that end the director of rehabilitation and correction shall have the same power as a judge of a county court to administer oaths and to enforce the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books or papers.

The department shall keep a record of the investigations pursuant to the record retention schedule approved by the department of administrative services.

Witnesses shall be paid the fees and mileage provided for under section119.094of the Revised Code, but no officer or employee of the institution under investigation is entitled to such fees.

Any judge of the probate court or of the court of common pleas, upon application of the department, may compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books or papers, and the giving of testimony before the department, by a judgment for contempt or otherwise, in the same manner as in cases before courts of common pleas.