Ohio § 509.05

§ 509.05.

In addition to the county sheriff, constables shall be ministerial officers of the

county court in all cases in their respective townships, and in criminal cases, they

shall be such officers within the county.  They shall apprehend and bring to justice felons and disturbers of the peace, suppress

riots, and keep and preserve the peace within the county.  They may execute all writs and process, in criminal cases, throughout the county

in which they reside, and in which they were elected or appointed.  If a person charged with the commission of a crime or offense flees from justice,

any constable of the county wherein such crime or offense was committed shall pursue

and arrest such fugitive in any other county of the state and convey him before the

county court of the county where such crime or offense was committed. Such constables shall serve and execute all warrants, writs, precepts, executions,

and other process directed and delivered to them, and shall do all things pertaining

to the office of constable. The authority of a constable in serving any process, either civil or criminal, and

in doing his duties generally shall extend throughout the county in which he is appointed,

and in executing and serving process issued by a judge of the county court, he may

exercise the same authority and powers over goods and chattels, and the persons of

parties, as is granted to a sheriff or coroner, under like process issued from courts

of record. A constable may participate, as the director of an organized crime task force established

under section 177.02 of the Revised Code or as a member of the investigatory staff of such a task force, in an investigation

of organized criminal activity in any county or counties in this state under sections 177.01 to 177.03 of the Revised Code .