Ohio § 5503.04 Disposition of fines and moneys arising from bail forfeitures

Ohio Statutes

§ 5503.04 — Disposition of fines and moneys arising from bail forfeitures

Ohio § 5503.04

Title 55Roads-Highways-Bridges

Ch. 5503State Highway Patrol

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5503.04 (2026).

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Forty-five per cent of the fines collected  from or moneys arising from bail forfeited by persons apprehended  or arrested by state highway patrol troopers shall be paid into  the state treasury to be credited to the general revenue fund,  five per cent shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited  to the trauma and emergency medical services fund created by  section4513.263of the Revised Code, and fifty per cent shall be  paid into the treasury of the municipal corporation where the case  is prosecuted, if in a mayor's court. If the prosecution is in a  trial court outside a municipal corporation, or outside the  territorial jurisdiction of a municipal court, the fifty per cent  of the fines and moneys that is not paid into the state treasury  shall be paid into the treasury of th

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Forty-five per cent of the fines collected from or moneys arising from bail forfeited by persons apprehended or arrested by state highway patrol troopers shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the general revenue fund, five per cent shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the trauma and emergency medical services fund created by section4513.263of the Revised Code, and fifty per cent shall be paid into the treasury of the municipal corporation where the case is prosecuted, if in a mayor's court. If the prosecution is in a trial court outside a municipal corporation, or outside the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal court, the fifty per cent of the fines and moneys that is not paid into the state treasury shall be paid into the treasury of the county where the case is prosecuted. The fines and moneys paid into a county treasury and the fines and moneys paid into the treasury of a municipal corporation shall be deposited one-half to the same fund and expended in the same manner as is the revenue received from the registration of motor vehicles, and one-half to the general fund of such county or municipal corporation.

If the prosecution is in a municipal court, forty-five per cent of the fines and moneys shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the general revenue fund, five per cent shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the trauma and emergency medical services fund created by division (E) of section4513.263of the Revised Code, ten per cent shall be paid into the county treasury to be credited to the general fund of the county, and forty per cent shall be paid into the municipal treasury to be credited to the general fund of the municipal corporation. In the Auglaize county, Clermont county, Crawford county, Hocking county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, Madison county, Miami county, Ottawa county, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, that portion of money otherwise paid into the municipal treasury shall be paid into the county treasury.

The trial court shall make remittance of the fines and moneys as prescribed in this section, and at the same time as the remittance is made of the state's portion to the state treasury, the trial court shall notify the superintendent of the state highway patrol of the case and the amount covered by the remittance.

This section does not apply to fines for violations of division (B) of section4513.263of the Revised Code, or for violations of any municipal ordinance that is substantively comparable to that division, all of which shall be delivered to the treasurer of state as provided in division (E) of section4513.263of the Revised Code.