Monroe Mayors Court

Monroe Mayors Court cases in Warren County, Monroe, OH

Morrow Mayor's Court is a limited-jurisdiction mayor's court in the Village of Morrow, Ohio. It hears misdemeanor cases arising within the village, primarily traffic offenses and violations of village ordinances, and may process certain state-law misdemeanors committed locally. It does not handle civil lawsuits, family or juvenile matters, or felony cases, and it cannot conduct jury trials. The court's role is to conduct arraignments, accept pleas, and impose fines or other sentences in eligible matters; defendants may transfer a case before trial or appeal for a trial de novo to the appropriate municipal or county court. Proceedings are presided over by the mayor or a magistrate pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1905.

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Services and Case Types Handled in Monroe Mayors Court

Morrow Mayor's Court serves the public by resolving limited, non-felony matters within village jurisdiction.

- Case types: traffic citations, village ordinance violations, and minor misdemeanor criminal offenses.
- Case filings: processes citations/complaints from law enforcement; accepts waivable offenses and payments without appearance where allowed.
- Court hearings: arraignments, pretrial conferences, bench trials (no jury), pleas/sentencing, compliance reviews, and failure-to-appear/warrant matters.
- Protective orders: not issued here; parties are directed to the appropriate municipal or common pleas court for domestic, dating, or stalking protection orders.
- Jury services: not available; defendants may request transfer to a court of record for a jury trial.
- Public services: fine and cost payments (in person/online/mail), payment plans when eligible, continuance requests, bond posting, warrant recalls upon appearance, case information and certified dispositions, and records requests.