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Not to be confused with Ohio Municipal Courts.

Mayor's courts are state courts in Ohio created by some municipalities. Mayor's courts hear traffic cases, violations of city ordinances and other misdemeanors. The presiding officer is a magistrate (not a judge) appointed by the mayor, or even being the mayor, and paid by the city or village.

Mayor's courts are not considered trial courts or courts of record and are not subject to the supervision of the Ohio Supreme Court. Mayor's courts are not authorized to conduct jury trials. If a defendant is entitled to and desires a jury trial, then the case is transferred to the jurisdiction's trial court of limited jurisdiction (Municipal Court or County Court).

There has been criticism of the courts.[1] The majority of revenue generated from fines and court costs go to the city or village, in contrast to fines and court costs levied by the municipal court or county court. The late Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court Thomas J. Moyer pointed out that the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that there is an unconstitutional conflict of interest for a mayor to levy a fine paid into a budget that the mayor himself controls.[2]

List of Mayor's Courts

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The following is a list of mayor's courts and their caseloads as of 2022:[3]

Municipality County 2020 Population New Cases in 2022 New Cases per 100 Population
Aberdeen Brown 1,515 653 43.1
Addyston Hamilton 927 666 71.8
Albany Athens 917 46 5.0
Amberley Hamilton 3,840 908 23.6
Andover Ashtabula 972 90 9.3
Antwerp Paulding 1,676 40 2.4
Arlington Heights Hamilton 817 276 33.8
Ashville Pickaway 4,529 567 12.5
Athalia Lawrence 279 150 53.8
Avon Lorain 24,847 1,090 4.4
Baltimore Fairfield 2,981 128 4.3
Barnesville Belmont 4,008 156 3.9
Beachwood Cuyahoga 14,040 1,598 11.4
Bellaire Belmont 3,870 215 5.6
Bellville Richland 1,963 529 26.9
Belmont Belmont 414 40 9.7
Belpre Washington 6,728 570 8.5
Bentleyville Cuyahoga 897 175 19.5
Berkey Lucas 275 301 109.5
Bethel Clermont 2,620 1,301 49.7
Bethesda Belmont 1,211 176 14.5
Beverly Washington 1,233 91 7.4
Bexley Franklin 13,928 252 1.8
Bloomville Seneca 867 36 4.2
Blue Ash Hamilton 13,394 922 6.9
Boston Heights Summit 1,402 1,164 83.0
Bradner Wood 971 75 7.7
Bratenahl Cuyahoga 1,430 1,190 83.2
Brecksville Cuyahoga 13,635 1,087 8.0
Broadview Heights Cuyahoga 19,936 1,357 6.8
Brook Park Cuyahoga 18,595 2,842 15.3
Brooklyn Cuyahoga 11,359 2,429 21.4
Brooklyn Heights Cuyahoga 1,519 735 48.4
Brunswick Medina 35,426 2,093 5.9
Buchtel Athens 518 59 11.4
Buckeye Lake Licking 2,520 206 8.2
Byesville Guernsey 2,364 78 3.3
Camden Preble 1,989 282 14.2
Canal Winchester Franklin 9,107 686 7.5
Canfield Mahoning 7,699 97 1.3
Cardington Morrow 2,079 122 5.9
Carlisle Warren 5,501 277 5.0
Carroll Fairfield 501 11 2.2
Catawba Clark 245 48 19.6
Chagrin Falls Cuyahoga 4,188 179 4.3
Chesapeake Lawrence 765 575 75.2
Cheviot Hamilton 8,658 1,031 11.9
Coal Grove Lawrence 1,889 1,360 72.0
Coalton Jackson 445 67 15.1
Coldwater Mercer 4,774 37 0.8
Columbiana Columbiana 6,559 338 5.2
Columbus Grove Putnam 2,160 40 1.9
Commercial Point Pickaway 3,078 209 6.8
Corning Perry 488 386 79.1
Crestline Crawford 4,525 625 13.8
Creston Wayne 2,139 259 12.1
Cridersville Auglaize 1,791 39 2.2
Crooksville Perry 2,418 51 2.1
Cuyahoga Falls Summit 51,114 4,573 8.9
Cuyahoga Heights Cuyahoga 573 189 33.0
Deer Park Hamilton 5,432 216 4.0
Dillonvale Jefferson 3,436 0 0.0
Donnelsville Clark 255 390 152.9
Doylestown Wayne 3,051 74 2.4
Dublin Franklin 49,328 1,282 2.6
East Canton Stark 1,521 264 17.4
Elida Allen 1,923 79 4.1
Empire Jefferson 232 212 91.4
Enon Clark 2,449 80 3.3
Evendale Hamilton 2,669 725 27.2
Fairfax Hamilton 1,768 812 45.9
Fairlawn Summit 7,710 614 8.0
Fairport Harbor Lake 3,108 59 1.9
Fayetteville Brown 317 299 94.3
Felicity Clermont 651 83 12.7
Forest Park Hamilton 20,189 833 4.1
Frazeysburg Muskingum 1,354 139 10.3
Gahanna Franklin 35,726 3,550 9.9
Gates Mills Cuyahoga 2,264 720 31.8
Geneva-on-the-Lake Ashtabula 916 78 8.5
Georgetown Brown 4,453 570 12.8
Glendale Hamilton 2,298 732 31.9
Glenwillow Cuyahoga 994 360 36.2
Glouster Athens 1,659 74 4.5
Golf Manor Hamilton 3,814 482 12.6
Grafton Lorain 5,895 103 1.7
Grand River Lake 394 45 11.4
Grandview Heights Franklin 8,085 445 5.5
Granville Licking 5,946 788 13.3
Greenhills Hamilton 3,741 449 12.0
Grove City Franklin 41,252 5,496 13.3
Groveport Franklin 6,009 300 5.0
Hamden Vinton 727 113 15.5
Hamersville Brown 485 916 188.9
Hanging Rock Lawrence 204 1,193 584.8
Hanoverton Columbiana 354 0 0.0
Harrison Hamilton 12,563 1,231 9.8
Hartford Licking 401 1 0.2
Hartville Stark 3,329 431 12.9
Harveysburg Warren 554 735 132.7
Haskins Wood 1,245 44 3.5
Hicksville Defiance 3,431 117 3.4
Higginsport Brown 213 1,062 498.6
Highland Hills Cuyahoga 662 712 107.6
Hilliard Franklin 37,114 1,624 4.4
Hubbard Trumbull 7,636 242 3.2
Independence Cuyahoga 7,584 1,172 15.5
Indian Hill Hamilton 6,065 544 9.0
Jackson Center Shelby 1,441 95 6.6
Johnstown Licking 5,182 490 9.5
Kelleys Island Erie 256 45 17.6
Kirkersville Licking 471 203 43.1
Lagrange Lorain 2,595 20 0.8
Lexington Richland 4,848 208 4.3
Lincoln Heights Hamilton 3,144 316 10.1
Lockland Hamilton 3,514 4,581 130.4
Loudonville Ashland 2,786 178 6.4
Louisville Stark 9,521 112 1.2
Loveland Clermont 13,307 541 4.1
Lucas Richland 589 29 4.9
Macedonia Summit 12,168 1,702 14.0
Madeira Hamilton 9,487 975 10.3
Madison Lake 3,435 457 13.3
Malta Morgan 559 1 0.2
Maple Heights Cuyahoga 23,701 684 2.9
Mariemont Hamilton 3,518 1,424 40.5
Marshallville Wayne 789 89 11.3
Martins Ferry Belmont 6,260 647 10.3
Matamoras Washington 702 227 32.3
McArthur Vinton 1,783 0 0.0
McConnelsville Morgan 1,667 244 14.6
McDonald Trumbull 3,172 110 3.5
Middleburg Heights Cuyahoga 16,004 1,633 10.2
Middleport Meigs 2,208 139 6.3
Midvale Tuscarawas 673 16 2.4
Milan Erie 1,371 86 6.3
Milford Clermont 6,582 1,478 22.5
Minerva Stark 3,684 221 6.0
Minerva Park Franklin 2,009 213 10.6
Minster Auglaize 3,046 46 1.5
Mogadore Portage 3,811 250 6.6
Monroe Butler 15,412 1,097 7.1
Montgomery Hamilton 10,853 799 7.4
Moraine Montgomery 6,393 1,857 29.0
Morrow Warren 2,049 219 10.7
Mount Eaton Wayne 171 150 87.7
Mount Gilead Morrow 3,503 490 14.0
Mount Healthy Hamilton 6,996 1,294 18.5
Mt. Orab Brown 4,347 2,623 60.3
Munroe Falls Summit 5,044 430 8.5
Nelsonville Athens 4,612 492 10.7
New Albany Franklin 10,825 1,187 11.0
New Boston Scioto 2,297 410 17.8
New Bremen Auglaize 3,034 151 5.0
New Carlisle Clark 5,559 91 1.6
New Concord Muskingum 2,361 300 12.7
New Holland Pickaway 804 296 36.8
New Knoxville Auglaize 946 7 0.7
New Middletown Mahoning 1,507 211 14.0
New Richmond Clermont 2,727 448 16.4
New Straitsville Perry 652 44 6.7
New Vienna Clinton 1,108 83 7.5
New Waterford Columbiana 1,194 188 15.7
Newburgh Heights Cuyahoga 1,862 1,560 83.8
Newcomerstown Tuscarawas 3,702 241 6.5
Newtown Hamilton 2,702 875 32.4
North Baltimore Wood 3,369 37 1.1
North College Hill Hamilton 9,663 1,350 14.0
North Hampton Clark 457 1,065 233.0
North Kingsville Ashtabula 2,742 660 24.1
North Olmsted Cuyahoga 32,442 6,422 19.8
North Randall Cuyahoga 960 1,049 109.3
North Ridgeville Lorain 35,280 4,126 11.7
North Royalton Cuyahoga 31,322 1,710 5.5
Northwood Wood 5,160 1,617 31.3
Norwood Hamilton 19,043 1,654 8.7
Oakwood Cuyahoga 3,566 2,234 62.6
Obetz Franklin 5,489 480 8.7
Olmsted Falls Cuyahoga 8,582 581 6.8
Ontario Richland 6,656 1,474 22.1
Orange Cuyahoga 3,421 644 18.8
Owensville Clermont 786 357 45.4
Parma Heights Cuyahoga 20,863 2,418 11.6
Pataskala Licking 17,886 647 3.6
Payne Paulding 1,192 3 0.3
Peebles Adams 1,774 261 14.7
Perrysville Ashland 729 25 3.4
Pickerington Fairfield 23,094 2,074 9.0
Piketon Pike 2,111 2,347 111.2
Plymouth Richland 1,707 135 7.9
Poland Mahoning 2,463 1,408 57.2
Pomeroy Meigs 1,573 189 12.0
Port Jefferson Shelby 308 53 17.2
Powhatan Point Belmont 1,461 80 5.5
Proctorville Lawrence 523 515 98.5
Put-in-Bay Ottawa 154 194 126.0
Racine Meigs 683 4 0.6
Reading Hamilton 10,600 4,605 43.4
Richfield Summit 3,729 552 14.8
Rio Grande Gallia 724 35 4.8
Ripley Brown 1,591 498 31.3
Risingsun Wood 541 218 40.3
Rockford Mercer 1,051 61 5.8
Roseville Muskingum 1,746 25 1.4
Russells Point Logan 1,320 126 9.5
Russellville Brown 542 719 132.7
Rutland Meigs 427 226 52.9
Sardinia Brown 1,083 195 18.0
Seaman Adams 973 129 13.3
Senecaville Guernsey 422 0 0.0
Seven Hills Cuyahoga 11,720 902 7.7
Seven Mile Butler 712 8 1.1
Shadyside Belmont 3,454 131 3.8
Sharonville Hamilton 14,117 1,572 11.1
Sheffield Lorain 4,184 1,379 33.0
Sheffield Lake Lorain 8,957 256 2.9
Shreve Wayne 1,497 61 4.1
Silverton Hamilton 4,908 84 1.7
Smithville Wayne 1,338 82 6.1
Solon Cuyahoga 24,262 709 2.9
South Amherst Lorain 1,581 479 30.3
South Bloomfield Pickaway 2,143 947 44.2
South Charleston Clark 1,706 346 20.3
South Lebanon Warren 6,384 223 3.5
South Point Lawrence 3,836 1,021 26.6
Spencerville Allen 2,198 1 0.0
Springboro Warren 19,062 1,627 8.5
Springdale Hamilton 11,007 1,438 13.1
St. Bernard Hamilton 4,070 584 14.3
St. Clairsville Belmont 5,096 91 1.8
St. Louisville Licking 352 106 30.1
Strongsville Cuyahoga 46,491 2,571 5.5
Sunbury Delaware 6,614 306 4.6
Syracuse Meigs 781 236 30.2
Terrace Park Hamilton 2,355 403 17.1
Thornville Perry 1,087 43 4.0
Tremont City Clark 352 563 159.9
Trenton Butler 13,021 1,029 7.9
Upper Arlington Franklin 36,800 2,352 6.4
Utica Licking 2,064 298 14.4
Valley View Cuyahoga 1,897 801 42.2
Valleyview Franklin 669 100 14.9
Walbridge Wood 3,011 177 5.9
Walton Hills Cuyahoga 2,033 973 47.9
Washingtonville Columbiana 712 268 37.6
Waverly Pike 4,153 884 21.3
Wayne Wood 841 11 1.3
Waynesburg Stark 925 326 35.2
Waynesfield Auglaize 749 154 20.6
Waynesville Warren 2,669 780 29.2
West Carrollton Montgomery 13,129 510 3.9
West Salem Wayne 1,430 90 6.3
West Union Adams 3,004 201 6.7
Westerville Franklin 39,190 1,878 4.8
Westfield Center Medina 1,184 3 0.3
Whitehall Franklin 20,127 2,985 14.8
Williamsburg Clermont 2,570 432 16.8
Willoughby Hills Lake 10,019 2,823 28.2
Winchester Adams 987 194 19.7
Wintersville Jefferson 3,765 451 12.0
Woodlawn Hamilton 3,916 1,845 47.1
Woodmere Cuyahoga 641 657 102.5
Woodsfield Monroe 2,210 27 1.2
Worthington Franklin 14,786 722 4.9
Wyoming Hamilton 8,756 1,005 11.5
Yellow Springs Greene 3,697 41 1.1
Total 1,566,884 180,653 11.5

References

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  1. ^ "Ohio's mayor's courts, big business". The Columbus Dispatch. 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. ^ Small Ohio Towns Use Mayor's Court for Big Revenue
  3. ^ "Mayor's Courts Registration and Reporting » Supreme Court of Ohio". www.supremecourt.ohio.gov. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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