Ohio Court Rules
Ohio Court Rules
✓ current as of July 2026Full text of 307 rules across 4 sets, cross-linked with Ohio case law.
Ohio Crim. R. 69 rules
- Scope of Rules: Applicability; Construction; Exceptions
- Definitions
- Victim’s Rights and Responsibilities
- Complaint
- Warrant or Summons; Arrest
- Optional Procedure in Minor Misdemeanor Cases
- Initial Appearance, Preliminary Hearing
- The Grand Jury
- The Indictment and the Information
- Joinder of Offenses and Defendants
- Warrant or Summons Upon Indictment or Information
- Arraignment
- Pleas, Rights Upon Plea
- Standard Notice Concerning Possession or Purchase of a Firearm
- Pleadings and Motions Before Trial: Defenses and Objections
- Notice of Alibi
- Notice of Self-Defense
- Trial Together of Indictments or Informations or Complaints
- Relief From Prejudicial Joinder
- Deposition
- Discovery and Inspection
- Subpoena
- Pretrial Conference
- Venue and Change of Venue
- Magistrates
- [Reserved]
- Transfer From Common Pleas Court for Trial
- Recording of Proceedings
- Trial by Jury or by the Court
- Trial Jurors
- Disability of a Judge
- Substitution of Photographs for Physical Evidence
- Proof of Official Record; Judicial Notice: Determination of Foreign Law
- [Reserved]
- Motion for Acquittal
- Instructions
- Verdict
- Sentence
- Withdrawal of Guilty Plea
- Presentence Investigation
- Revocation of Probation
- New Trial
- Arrest of Judgment
- Post-Conviction Petition
- Clerical Mistakes
- [Reserved]
- Notification Regarding Criminal Protection Orders, Deadly Weapons Surrender
- Notifying Law Enforcement Agencies of Mental Illness
- Taking Testimony
- Search and Seizure
- Capital Cases and Post-Conviction Review of Capital Cases
- Presence of the Defendant
- Assignment of Counsel
- Time
- [Reserved]
- Motions
- Dismissal
- Service and Filing of Papers
- Calendars
- Exceptions Unnecessary
- Harmless Error and Plain Error
- [Reserved]
- Amendment of Incorporated Civil Rules
- Records
- [Reserved]
- Rule of Court; Procedure Not Otherwise Specified
- Forms
- Effective Date
- Title
Ohio Evid. R. 65 rules
- Scope of Rules: Applicability; Privileges; Exceptions
- Purpose and Construction
- Rulings on Evidence
- Preliminary Questions
- Limited Admissibility
- Remainder of or Related Writings or Recorded Statements
- Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts
- Presumptions in General in Civil Actions and Proceedings
- [Reserved]
- Definition of “Relevant Evidence.”
- Relevant Evidence Generally Admissible; Irrelevant Evidence Inadmissible
- Exclusion of Relevant Evidence on Grounds of Prejudice, Confusion, or Undue Delay
- Character Evidence not Admissible to Prove Conduct; Exceptions; Other Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts
- Methods of Proving Character
- Habit; Routine Practice
- Subsequent Remedial Measures
- Compromise and Offers to Compromise
- Payment of Medical and Similar Expenses
- Inadmissibility of Pleas, Offers of Pleas, and Related Statements
- Liability Insurance
- General Rule
- Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product; Limitations on Waiver
- General Rule of Competency
- Lack of Personal Knowledge
- Oath or Affirmation
- Interpreters
- Competency of Judge as Witness
- Competency of Juror as Witness
- Impeachment
- Evidence of Character and Conduct of Witness
- Impeachment by Evidence of Conviction of Crime
- Religious Beliefs or Opinions
- Mode and Order of Interrogation and Presentation
- Writing Used to Refresh Memory
- Impeachment by Self-Contradiction
- Calling and Interrogation of Witnesses by Court
- Separation and Exclusion of Witnesses
- Methods of impeachment
- Opinion Testimony by Lay Witnesses
- Testimony by Experts
- Bases of Opinion Testimony by Experts
- Opinion on Ultimate Issue
- Disclosure of Facts or Data Underlying Expert Opinion
- Learned Treatises for Impeachment [Repealed]
- Definitions
- Hearsay Rule
- Hearsay Exceptions; Availability of Declarant Immaterial
- Hearsay Exceptions; Declarant Unavailable
- Hearsay Within Hearsay
- Attacking and Supporting Credibility of Declarant
- Hearsay Exceptions; Child Statements in Abuse Cases
- Requirement of Authentication or Identification
- Self-Authentication
- Subscribing Witness' Testimony Unnecessary
- Definitions
- Requirement of Original
- Admissibility of Duplicates
- Admissibility of Other Evidence of Contents
- Public Records
- Summaries
- Testimony or Written Admission of Party
- Functions of Court and Jury
- [Reserved]
- Effective Date
- Title
Ohio Civ. R. 128 rules
- Scope of Rules: Applicability; Construction; Exceptions
- Definitions
- One Form of Action
- Commencement of Action; Venue
- Process: Summons
- Process: Methods of Service
- Process: Who May be Served
- Process: Out-of-State Service
- Process: Service by Publication
- Process: Alternative Provisions for Service in a Foreign Country
- Process: Limits; Amendment; Service Refused; Service Unclaimed
- Process: Waiving Service
- Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers Subsequent to the Original Complaint
- Time
- Pleadings and Motions
- General Rules of Pleading
- Pleading Special Matters
- Form of Pleadings
- Signing of Pleadings, Motions, or Other Documents
- Defenses and Objections--When and How Presented--by Pleading or Motion- -Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
- Counterclaim and Cross-Claim
- Third Party Practice
- Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
- Pretrial Procedure
- Parties Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity
- Joinder of Claims and Remedies
- Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication
- Compulsory Joinder
- Permissive Joinder of Parties
- Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
- Interpleader
- Class Actions
- Derivative Actions by Shareholders
- Intervention
- Substitution of Parties
- General Provisions Governing Discovery
- Perpetuation of Testimony--Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
- Persons Before Whom Depositions May be Taken
- Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
- Depositions Upon Oral Examination
- Depositions of Witnesses Upon Written Questions
- Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings
- Interrogatories to Parties
- Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering Onto Land, For Inspection and Other Purposes
- Physical and Mental Examination of Persons
- Requests for Admission
- Failure to Make Discovery, Disclosures, or Participate in Discovery-Related Obligations; Sanctions
- Jury Trial of Right
- Trial by Jury or by the Court
- Pre-Recorded Testimony
- Dismissal of Actions
- Consolidation; Separate Trials
- Taking Testimony
- Proof of Official Record
- Judicial Notice of Certain Law; Determination of Foreign Law
- Subpoena
- Exceptions Unnecessary
- Jurors
- Juries: Majority Verdict; Stipulation of Number of Jurors
- Verdicts; Interrogatories
- Motion for a Directed Verdict, for Judgment, or for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict or in Lieu of Verdict
- Instructions to the Jury; Objection
- Findings by the Court
- Magistrates
- Judgments; Costs
- Default
- Summary Judgment
- Declaratory Judgments
- Entry of Judgment
- New Trials
- Relief From Judgment or Order
- Harmless Error
- Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
- Disability of a Judge
- Seizure of Person or Property
- Injunctions
- Civil Protection Orders
- Civil Protection Order Forms
- Receivers
- [Reserved]
- Offer of Judgment
- Execution
- Judgment for Specific Acts; Vesting Title
- Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties
- [Reserved]
- Probate Division of the Court of Common Pleas
- Definitions
- Standard Probate Forms
- Specifications for Printing Probate Forms
- Hours of the Court
- Conduct in the Court
- Examination of Probate Records
- Continuances
- Filings and Judgment Entries
- Deposit for Court Costs
- Wills
- Application for Letters of Authority to Administer Estate and Notice of Appointment
- Appraisers
- Claims Against Estate
- Application to Sell Personal Property
- Accounts
- Land Sales – R.C. Chapter 2127
- Estates of Minors of Not More Than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
- Settlement of Injury Claims of Minors
- Settlement of Claims of or Against Adult Wards
- Settlement of Wrongful Death and Survival Claims
- Counsel Fees
- Executor’s and Administrator’s Commissions
- Guardian’s Compensation
- Trustee’s Compensation
- Local Rules
- Exception to the Rules
- Compliance
- Probate Division of the Court of Common Pleas -- Case Management in Decedent’s Estates, Guardianship, and Trusts
- Dispute Resolution
- [Reserved]
- Divorce, Annulment, and Legal Separation Actions
- [Reserved]
- [Reserved]
- [Reserved]
- [Reserved]
- [Reserved]
- References to Ohio Revised Code
- Jurisdiction Unaffected
- Rule of Court
- Forms
- Title
- Effective Date
Ohio App. R. 45 rules
- Scope of Rules
- Law and Fact Appeals Abolished
- Appeal of Right – How Taken
- Appeal as of Right – When Taken
- Appeals by Permission of the Court in Criminal Cases
- Concurrent Jurisdiction in Criminal Actions
- Stay or Injunction Pending Appeal--Civil and Juvenile Actions
- Bail and Suspension of Execution of Sentence in Criminal Cases
- The Record on Appeal
- Transmission of the Record
- Docketing the Appeal; Filing of the Record
- Accelerated Calendar
- Expedited Appeals
- Determination and Judgment on Appeal
- Filing and Service
- Computing, Extending, and Reducing Time
- Motions
- Briefs
- Brief of an Amicus Curiae
- Filing and Service of Briefs
- Form of Briefs and Other Papers
- Prehearing Conference
- Oral Argument
- Entry of Judgment
- Damages for Delay
- Costs
- Motion to Certify a Conflict
- Application for Reconsideration; Application for En Banc Consideration; Application for Reopening
- Execution, Mandate
- Voluntary Dismissal
- Substitution of Parties
- Duties of Clerks
- [Reserved]
- [Reserved]
- [Reserved]
- Appointment of Magistrates
- [Reserved]
- [Reserved]
- [Reserved]
- [Reserved]
- [Reserved]
- [Reserved]
- Rules of Courts of Appeals
- Title
- Effective Date