Ohio Code 2949.091 – Additional court costs – additional bail
(A)(1)(a) The court in which any person is convicted of or pleads guilty to any offense shall impose one of the following sums as costs in the case in addition to any other court costs that the court is required by law to impose upon the offender:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2949.091
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(i) Thirty dollars if the offense is a felony;
(ii) Twenty dollars if the offense is a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense that is not a moving violation;
(iii) Ten dollars if the offense is a traffic offense that is not a moving violation, excluding parking violations.
(b) All moneys collected pursuant to division (A)(1)(a) of this section during a month shall be transmitted on or before the twentieth day of the following month by the clerk of the court to the treasurer of state and deposited by the treasurer of state to the credit of the indigent defense support fund established under section 120.08 of the Revised Code. The court shall not waive the payment of the additional thirty-, twenty-, or ten-dollar court costs, unless the court determines that the offender is indigent and waives the payment of all court costs imposed upon the indigent offender.
(2)(a) The juvenile court in which a child is found to be a delinquent child or a juvenile traffic offender for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be an offense, shall impose one of the following sums as costs in the case in addition to any other court costs that the court is required or permitted by law to impose upon the delinquent child or juvenile traffic offender:
(i) Thirty dollars if the offense is a felony;
(ii) Twenty dollars if the offense is a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense that is not a moving violation;
(iii) Ten dollars if the offense is a traffic offense that is not a moving violation, excluding parking violations.
(b) All moneys collected pursuant to division (A)(2)(a) of this section during a month shall be transmitted on or before the twentieth day of the following month by the clerk of the court to the treasurer of state and deposited by the treasurer of state to the credit of the indigent defense support fund established under section 120.08 of the Revised Code. The thirty-, twenty-, or ten-dollar court costs shall be collected in all cases unless the court determines the juvenile is indigent and waives the payment of all court costs, or enters an order on its journal stating that it has determined that the juvenile is indigent, that no other court costs are to be taxed in the case, and that the payment of the thirty-, twenty-, or ten-dollar court costs is waived.
(B) Whenever a person is charged with any offense described in division (A)(1) of this section, the court shall add to the amount of the bail the thirty, twenty, or ten dollars required to be paid by division (A)(1) of this section. The thirty, twenty, or ten dollars shall be retained by the clerk of the court until the person is convicted, pleads guilty, forfeits bail, is found not guilty, or has the charges dismissed. If the person is convicted, pleads guilty, or forfeits bail, the clerk shall transmit the thirty, twenty, or ten dollars on or before the twentieth day of the month following the month in which the person was convicted, pleaded guilty, or forfeited bail to the treasurer of state, who shall deposit it to the credit of the indigent defense support fund established under section 120.08 of the Revised Code. If the person is found not guilty or the charges are dismissed, the clerk shall return the thirty, twenty, or ten dollars to the person.
(C) No person shall be placed or held in a detention facility for failing to pay the additional thirty-, twenty-, or ten-dollar court costs or bail that are required to be paid by this section.
(D) As used in this section:
(1) “Moving violation” and “bail” have the same meanings as in section 2743.70 of the Revised Code.
(2) “Detention facility” has the same meaning as in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) “Case” has the same meaning as in section 2947.23 of the Revised Code.