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] 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 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
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