Ohio Code 3121.18 – Fees
A payor ordered to withhold a specified amount from the income of an employee under a withholding notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code may deduct from the income of the person, in addition to the amount withheld for purposes of support, a fee of the greater of two dollars or an amount not exceeding one per cent of the amount withheld as a charge for its services in complying with the withholding notice. A financial institution required to deduct funds from an account under a deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code may deduct from the account of the person, in addition to the amount deducted for purposes of support, a fee of the lesser of five dollars or an amount not exceeding the lowest rate it charges, if any, for a debit transaction in a similar account as a charge for its service in complying with the deduction notice.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3121.18
- Financial institution: means a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union, or a regulated investment company or mutual fund. See Ohio Code 3121.01
- Income: means any form of monetary payment, including personal earnings; workers' compensation payments; unemployment compensation benefits to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, sections 3121. See Ohio Code 3121.01
- Payor: means any person or entity that pays or distributes income to an obligor, including an obligor if the obligor is self-employed; an employer; an employer paying an obligor's workers' compensation benefits; the public employees retirement board; the governing entity of a municipal retirement system; the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund; the state teachers retirement board; the school employees retirement board; the state highway patrol retirement board; a provider, as defined in section 3305. See Ohio Code 3121.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59