Ohio § 1901.14

§ 1901.14.

(A) Municipal judges have the following powers and duties: (1) To perform marriage ceremonies anywhere in this state, take acknowledgment of deeds

and other instruments, administer oaths, and perform any other duties that are conferred

upon judges of county courts. All fees, including marriage fees, collected by a municipal judge when not connected

with any cause or proceeding pending in the municipal court, shall be paid over to

the clerk of the municipal court to be paid to the city treasury, except that, in

a county-operated municipal court, the fees shall be paid to the treasury of the county

in which the court is located. (2) To adopt, publish, and revise rules for the regulation of the practice and procedure

of their respective courts, and for the selection and manner of summoning persons

to serve as jurors in the court; (3) To adopt, publish, and revise rules relating to the administration of the court; (4) On or before the last day of March of each year, the court shall render a complete

report of its operation during the preceding calendar year to the legislative authority

and to the board of county commissioners of each county within its territory.  The report shall show the work performed by the court, a statement of receipts and

expenditures of the civil and criminal branches, respectively, the number of cases

heard, decided, and settled, and any other data that the supreme court, the secretary

of state, the legislative authority, and the board of county commissioners requires. (B) Any rule adopted pursuant to division (A)(2) or (3) of this section does not apply

to the housing or environmental division of the municipal court if the judge of the

housing or environmental division has adopted rules pursuant to division (C) of this

section, unless the rules adopted pursuant to division (C) of this section do not

regulate the subject regulated by the rule adopted pursuant to division (A)(2) or

(3) of this section. (C) Judges of the housing or environmental division of a municipal court, other than

the judge of the environmental division of the Franklin county municipal court, may

adopt, publish, and revise rules for the regulation of the practice and procedure

of the division, for the selection and manner of summoning persons to serve as jurors

in the division, and for the administration of the division.