Sidney Municipal Court

Sidney Municipal Court cases in Shelby County, Sidney, OH

Sidney Municipal Court in Sidney, Ohio, is a municipal, limited-jurisdiction trial court serving its statutory territory in Shelby County, including the City of Sidney. It handles misdemeanor criminal cases, traffic and city-ordinance violations, and conducts initial appearances and preliminary hearings in felony matters before transfer to the Shelby County Court of Common Pleas. On the civil docket, it hears civil actions up to $15,000, small claims up to $6,000, and landlord-tenant/eviction (forcible entry and detainer) cases within its monetary limits. The court's role is to resolve local criminal, traffic, and limited civil disputes; it does not handle divorces, custody, probate, or felony trials, which are reserved for the common pleas court.

Sidney Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Services and Case Types Handled in Sidney Municipal Court

Sidney Municipal Court serves the public by handling misdemeanor criminal, traffic, and parking cases; preliminary hearings in felonies; and civil matters including small claims (to $6,000), general civil (to $15,000), evictions, and rent escrow.

Services include:
- Case filings for criminal, traffic, civil, small-claims, and eviction actions.
- Protective orders: temporary protection orders in qualifying domestic violence or stalking criminal cases; enforcement of no-contact orders.
- Court hearings: arraignments, pretrials, motions, bench/jury trials, and sentencing, with docket and scheduling information.
- Jury services: summons, orientation, deferrals/excusals, reporting instructions, and compensation.
- Compliance and access: probation/community control, treatment referrals, community service, payment of fines/costs and plans, case search, records requests, and bond/warrant information.