(A) Under the restrictions and limitations of this chapter, county courts have exclusive original jurisdiction in civil actions for the recovery of sums not exceeding five hundred dollars and original jurisdiction in civil actions for the recovery of sums not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
(B) If a counterclaim is filed in a civil action in a county court and the counterclaim exceeds fifteen thousand dollars, the county court shall certify the action to the court of common pleas.
(C) If a civil action is certified to the court of common pleas pursuant to division (B) of this section, the clerk of the county court forthwith shall transmit to the court of common pleas the original papers and pleadings in the action and a certified transcript of the journal entries in it. The action then shall proceed in the court of common pleas as if it had been originally commenced in that court.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1989–2026 · leading case: Staffilino Chevrolet, Inc. v. Balk, 814 N.E.2d 940 (Ohio Ct. App. 7th Dist. 2004).
Staffilino Chevrolet, Inc. v. Balk, 814 N.E.2d 940 (Ohio Ct. App. 7th Dist. 2004). · cites it 3ד” {¶ 8} Pursuant to R.C.1907.03(A), the county court’s jurisdiction in a civil case extends to civil actions for the recovery of sums not exceeding $15,000.”
State ex rel. Fiser v. Kolesar (Slip Opinion), 2020-Ohio-5483, 172 N.E.3d 1. “02(B) and (C); civil actions in which the sum sought for recovery does not exceed amounts prescribed by law, R.C. 1907.03(A); and contempts, R.C. 1907.”
Catawba Orchard Beach Assn. v. Basinger, 685 N.E.2d 584 (Ohio Ct. App. 6th Dist. 1996). · cites it 2דAppellees assert that pursuant to R.C. 1907.03 and 2305.01, the lower court did not have monetary jurisdiction over appellant’s $345 claim.”
Drozeck v. Lawyers Title Ins., 749 N.E.2d 775 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 2000). “01 provides that original jurisdiction in all civil cases lies in the court of common pleas where “the sum or matter in dispute exceeds the exclusive original jurisdiction of county courts * * Lawyers Title claims that because county courts have exclusive original jurisdiction…”
Ltd. Invest. Grp. Corp. v. Huntington Natl. Bank, 2022-Ohio-3657. “6Pursuant to R.C. 1907.03(A), county courts have exclusive original jurisdiction in civil actions where the amount in controversy does not exceed $500.”
Dir. of Transp. v. Eastlake Land Dev. Co., 894 N.E.2d 1255 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 2008). “R.C. 1907.03. {¶ 21} This action was a contract action for the recovery of the unpaid balance due on a $2,425,000 loan.”
Miller v. Ritchie, 543 N.E.2d 1265 (Ohio 1989). “04 (now renumbered R.C. 1907.03[A]) provided: “Under the restrictions and limitations of sections 1909.”
State ex rel. Gallagher v. Collier-Williams, 2023-Ohio-748, 223 N.E.3d 407. “01, which is currently set at $500, R.C. 1907.03(A). Therefore, prohibition will not lie here.”
Huntington Natl. Bank v. Thompson, 2014-Ohio-5168, 24 N.E.3d 621. · cites it 2ד{¶ 16} In this assignment of error, Thompson cites to the monetary limits set forth in the Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution and R.C. 1907.03 and 2305.01 to claim that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter summary judgment against her.”
State ex rel. Schwarzmer v. Mazzone, 2025-Ohio-1246, 178 Ohio St. 3d 455. · cites it 3ד01; see also R.C. 1907.03. In Schwarzmer’s case, the transfer from the municipal court to the common pleas court was putatively proper because the monetary value of damages in the counterclaim exceeded $15,000.”
Keeley v. Stoops, 2014-Ohio-4161. “R.C. 1907.03 (A). {¶11} "Personal jurisdiction may be acquired either by service of process upon the defendant or the voluntary appearance and submission of the defendant to the jurisdiction of the court.”
O'Hara Realty v. Lloyd, 688 N.E.2d 544 (Ohio Ct. App. 7th Dist. 1996). “In furtherance of this assignment of error, the appellant directs our attention to R.C. 1907.03(B), which reads as follows: “If a counterclaim is filed in a civil action in a county court and the counterclaim exceeds three thousand dollars, the county court shall certify the…”
Staffilino Chevrolet, Inc. v. Balk, 814 N.E.2d 940 (Ohio Ct. App. 7th Dist. 2004). “” {¶ 8} Pursuant to R.C.1907.03(A), the county court’s jurisdiction in a civil case extends to civil actions for the recovery of sums not exceeding $15,000.”
State ex rel. Fiser v. Kolesar (Slip Opinion), 2020-Ohio-5483, 172 N.E.3d 1. “02(B) and (C); civil actions in which the sum sought for recovery does not exceed amounts prescribed by law, R.C. 1907.03(A); and contempts, R.C. 1907.”
Drozeck v. Lawyers Title Ins., 749 N.E.2d 775 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 2000). “01 provides that original jurisdiction in all civil cases lies in the court of common pleas where “the sum or matter in dispute exceeds the exclusive original jurisdiction of county courts * * Lawyers Title claims that because county courts have exclusive original jurisdiction…”
Ltd. Invest. Grp. Corp. v. Huntington Natl. Bank, 2022-Ohio-3657. “6Pursuant to R.C. 1907.03(A), county courts have exclusive original jurisdiction in civil actions where the amount in controversy does not exceed $500.”
Catawba Orchard Beach Assn. v. Basinger, 685 N.E.2d 584 (Ohio Ct. App. 6th Dist. 1996). “Appellees assert that pursuant to R.C. 1907.03 and 2305.01, the lower court did not have monetary jurisdiction over appellant’s $345 claim.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 1907.03(B): 2 cases
Staffilino Chevrolet, Inc. v. Balk, 814 N.E.2d 940 (Ohio Ct. App. 7th Dist. 2004). “” {¶ 8} Pursuant to R.C.1907.03(A), the county court’s jurisdiction in a civil case extends to civil actions for the recovery of sums not exceeding $15,000.”
O'Hara Realty v. Lloyd, 688 N.E.2d 544 (Ohio Ct. App. 7th Dist. 1996). “In furtherance of this assignment of error, the appellant directs our attention to R.C. 1907.03(B), which reads as follows: “If a counterclaim is filed in a civil action in a county court and the counterclaim exceeds three thousand dollars, the county court shall certify the…”
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