Ohio Mayor's Courts

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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.

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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

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

MunicipalityCounty2020 PopulationNew Cases in 2022New Cases per 100 Population
Aberdeen Brown 1,51565343.1
Addyston Hamilton 92766671.8
Albany Athens 917465.0
Amberley Hamilton 3,84090823.6
Andover Ashtabula 972909.3
Antwerp Paulding 1,676402.4
Arlington Heights Hamilton 81727633.8
Ashville Pickaway 4,52956712.5
Athalia Lawrence 27915053.8
Avon Lorain 24,8471,0904.4
Baltimore Fairfield 2,9811284.3
Barnesville Belmont 4,0081563.9
Beachwood Cuyahoga 14,0401,59811.4
Bellaire Belmont 3,8702155.6
Bellville Richland 1,96352926.9
Belmont Belmont 414409.7
Belpre Washington 6,7285708.5
Bentleyville Cuyahoga 89717519.5
Berkey Lucas 275301109.5
Bethel Clermont 2,6201,30149.7
Bethesda Belmont 1,21117614.5
Beverly Washington 1,233917.4
Bexley Franklin 13,9282521.8
Bloomville Seneca 867364.2
Blue Ash Hamilton 13,3949226.9
Boston Heights Summit 1,4021,16483.0
Bradner Wood 971757.7
Bratenahl Cuyahoga 1,4301,19083.2
Brecksville Cuyahoga 13,6351,0878.0
Broadview Heights Cuyahoga 19,9361,3576.8
Brook Park Cuyahoga 18,5952,84215.3
Brooklyn Cuyahoga 11,3592,42921.4
Brooklyn Heights Cuyahoga 1,51973548.4
Brunswick Medina 35,4262,0935.9
Buchtel Athens 5185911.4
Buckeye Lake Licking 2,5202068.2
Byesville Guernsey 2,364783.3
Camden Preble 1,98928214.2
Canal Winchester Franklin 9,1076867.5
Canfield Mahoning 7,699971.3
Cardington Morrow 2,0791225.9
Carlisle Warren 5,5012775.0
Carroll Fairfield 501112.2
Catawba Clark 2454819.6
Chagrin Falls Cuyahoga 4,1881794.3
Chesapeake Lawrence 76557575.2
Cheviot Hamilton 8,6581,03111.9
Coal Grove Lawrence 1,8891,36072.0
Coalton Jackson 4456715.1
Coldwater Mercer 4,774370.8
Columbiana Columbiana 6,5593385.2
Columbus Grove Putnam 2,160401.9
Commercial Point Pickaway 3,0782096.8
Corning Perry 48838679.1
Crestline Crawford 4,52562513.8
Creston Wayne 2,13925912.1
Cridersville Auglaize 1,791392.2
Crooksville Perry 2,418512.1
Cuyahoga Falls Summit 51,1144,5738.9
Cuyahoga Heights Cuyahoga 57318933.0
Deer Park Hamilton 5,4322164.0
Dillonvale Jefferson 3,43600.0
Donnelsville Clark 255390152.9
Doylestown Wayne 3,051742.4
Dublin Franklin 49,3281,2822.6
East Canton Stark 1,52126417.4
Elida Allen 1,923794.1
Empire Jefferson 23221291.4
Enon Clark 2,449803.3
Evendale Hamilton 2,66972527.2
Fairfax Hamilton 1,76881245.9
Fairlawn Summit 7,7106148.0
Fairport Harbor Lake 3,108591.9
Fayetteville Brown 31729994.3
Felicity Clermont 6518312.7
Forest Park Hamilton 20,1898334.1
Frazeysburg Muskingum 1,35413910.3
Gahanna Franklin 35,7263,5509.9
Gates Mills Cuyahoga 2,26472031.8
Geneva-on-the-Lake Ashtabula 916788.5
Georgetown Brown 4,45357012.8
Glendale Hamilton 2,29873231.9
Glenwillow Cuyahoga 99436036.2
Glouster Athens 1,659744.5
Golf Manor Hamilton 3,81448212.6
Grafton Lorain 5,8951031.7
Grand River Lake 3944511.4
Grandview Heights Franklin 8,0854455.5
Granville Licking 5,94678813.3
Greenhills Hamilton 3,74144912.0
Grove City Franklin 41,2525,49613.3
Groveport Franklin 6,0093005.0
Hamden Vinton 72711315.5
Hamersville Brown 485916188.9
Hanging Rock Lawrence 2041,193584.8
Hanoverton Columbiana 35400.0
Harrison Hamilton 12,5631,2319.8
Hartford Licking 40110.2
Hartville Stark 3,32943112.9
Harveysburg Warren 554735132.7
Haskins Wood 1,245443.5
Hicksville Defiance 3,4311173.4
Higginsport Brown 2131,062498.6
Highland Hills Cuyahoga 662712107.6
Hilliard Franklin 37,1141,6244.4
Hubbard Trumbull 7,6362423.2
Independence Cuyahoga 7,5841,17215.5
Indian Hill Hamilton 6,0655449.0
Jackson Center Shelby 1,441956.6
Johnstown Licking 5,1824909.5
Kelleys Island Erie 2564517.6
Kirkersville Licking 47120343.1
Lagrange Lorain 2,595200.8
Lexington Richland 4,8482084.3
Lincoln Heights Hamilton 3,14431610.1
Lockland Hamilton 3,5144,581130.4
Loudonville Ashland 2,7861786.4
Louisville Stark 9,5211121.2
Loveland Clermont 13,3075414.1
Lucas Richland 589294.9
Macedonia Summit 12,1681,70214.0
Madeira Hamilton 9,48797510.3
Madison Lake 3,43545713.3
Malta Morgan 55910.2
Maple Heights Cuyahoga 23,7016842.9
Mariemont Hamilton 3,5181,42440.5
Marshallville Wayne 7898911.3
Martins Ferry Belmont 6,26064710.3
Matamoras Washington 70222732.3
McArthur Vinton 1,78300.0
McConnelsville Morgan 1,66724414.6
McDonald Trumbull 3,1721103.5
Middleburg Heights Cuyahoga 16,0041,63310.2
Middleport Meigs 2,2081396.3
Midvale Tuscarawas 673162.4
Milan Erie 1,371866.3
Milford Clermont 6,5821,47822.5
Minerva Stark 3,6842216.0
Minerva Park Franklin 2,00921310.6
Minster Auglaize 3,046461.5
Mogadore Portage 3,8112506.6
Monroe Butler 15,4121,0977.1
Montgomery Hamilton 10,8537997.4
Moraine Montgomery 6,3931,85729.0
Morrow Warren 2,04921910.7
Mount Eaton Wayne 17115087.7
Mount Gilead Morrow 3,50349014.0
Mount Healthy Hamilton 6,9961,29418.5
Mt. Orab Brown 4,3472,62360.3
Munroe Falls Summit 5,0444308.5
Nelsonville Athens 4,61249210.7
New Albany Franklin 10,8251,18711.0
New Boston Scioto 2,29741017.8
New Bremen Auglaize 3,0341515.0
New Carlisle Clark 5,559911.6
New Concord Muskingum 2,36130012.7
New Holland Pickaway 80429636.8
New Knoxville Auglaize 94670.7
New Middletown Mahoning 1,50721114.0
New Richmond Clermont 2,72744816.4
New Straitsville Perry 652446.7
New Vienna Clinton 1,108837.5
New Waterford Columbiana 1,19418815.7
Newburgh Heights Cuyahoga 1,8621,56083.8
Newcomerstown Tuscarawas 3,7022416.5
Newtown Hamilton 2,70287532.4
North Baltimore Wood 3,369371.1
North College Hill Hamilton 9,6631,35014.0
North Hampton Clark 4571,065233.0
North Kingsville Ashtabula 2,74266024.1
North Olmsted Cuyahoga 32,4426,42219.8
North Randall Cuyahoga 9601,049109.3
North Ridgeville Lorain 35,2804,12611.7
North Royalton Cuyahoga 31,3221,7105.5
Northwood Wood 5,1601,61731.3
Norwood Hamilton 19,0431,6548.7
Oakwood Cuyahoga 3,5662,23462.6
Obetz Franklin 5,4894808.7
Olmsted Falls Cuyahoga 8,5825816.8
Ontario Richland 6,6561,47422.1
Orange Cuyahoga 3,42164418.8
Owensville Clermont 78635745.4
Parma Heights Cuyahoga 20,8632,41811.6
Pataskala Licking 17,8866473.6
Payne Paulding 1,19230.3
Peebles Adams 1,77426114.7
Perrysville Ashland 729253.4
Pickerington Fairfield 23,0942,0749.0
Piketon Pike 2,1112,347111.2
Plymouth Richland 1,7071357.9
Poland Mahoning 2,4631,40857.2
Pomeroy Meigs 1,57318912.0
Port Jefferson Shelby 3085317.2
Powhatan Point Belmont 1,461805.5
Proctorville Lawrence 52351598.5
Put-in-Bay Ottawa 154194126.0
Racine Meigs 68340.6
Reading Hamilton 10,6004,60543.4
Richfield Summit 3,72955214.8
Rio Grande Gallia 724354.8
Ripley Brown 1,59149831.3
Risingsun Wood 54121840.3
Rockford Mercer 1,051615.8
Roseville Muskingum 1,746251.4
Russells Point Logan 1,3201269.5
Russellville Brown 542719132.7
Rutland Meigs 42722652.9
Sardinia Brown 1,08319518.0
Seaman Adams 97312913.3
Senecaville Guernsey 42200.0
Seven Hills Cuyahoga 11,7209027.7
Seven Mile Butler 71281.1
Shadyside Belmont 3,4541313.8
Sharonville Hamilton 14,1171,57211.1
Sheffield Lorain 4,1841,37933.0
Sheffield Lake Lorain 8,9572562.9
Shreve Wayne 1,497614.1
Silverton Hamilton 4,908841.7
Smithville Wayne 1,338826.1
Solon Cuyahoga 24,2627092.9
South Amherst Lorain 1,58147930.3
South Bloomfield Pickaway 2,14394744.2
South Charleston Clark 1,70634620.3
South Lebanon Warren 6,3842233.5
South Point Lawrence 3,8361,02126.6
Spencerville Allen 2,19810.0
Springboro Warren 19,0621,6278.5
Springdale Hamilton 11,0071,43813.1
St. Bernard Hamilton 4,07058414.3
St. Clairsville Belmont 5,096911.8
St. Louisville Licking 35210630.1
Strongsville Cuyahoga 46,4912,5715.5
Sunbury Delaware 6,6143064.6
Syracuse Meigs 78123630.2
Terrace Park Hamilton 2,35540317.1
Thornville Perry 1,087434.0
Tremont City Clark 352563159.9
Trenton Butler 13,0211,0297.9
Upper Arlington Franklin 36,8002,3526.4
Utica Licking 2,06429814.4
Valley View Cuyahoga 1,89780142.2
Valleyview Franklin 66910014.9
Walbridge Wood 3,0111775.9
Walton Hills Cuyahoga 2,03397347.9
Washingtonville Columbiana 71226837.6
Waverly Pike 4,15388421.3
Wayne Wood 841111.3
Waynesburg Stark 92532635.2
Waynesfield Auglaize 74915420.6
Waynesville Warren 2,66978029.2
West Carrollton Montgomery 13,1295103.9
West Salem Wayne 1,430906.3
West Union Adams 3,0042016.7
Westerville Franklin 39,1901,8784.8
Westfield Center Medina 1,18430.3
Whitehall Franklin 20,1272,98514.8
Williamsburg Clermont 2,57043216.8
Willoughby Hills Lake 10,0192,82328.2
Winchester Adams 98719419.7
Wintersville Jefferson 3,76545112.0
Woodlawn Hamilton 3,9161,84547.1
Woodmere Cuyahoga 641657102.5
Woodsfield Monroe 2,210271.2
Worthington Franklin 14,7867224.9
Wyoming Hamilton 8,7561,00511.5
Yellow Springs Greene 3,697411.1
Total1,566,884180,65311.5

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  2. Small Ohio Towns Use Mayor's Court for Big Revenue
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