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Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.01 (2026)

Jurisdiction in civil cases - trial transfer

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September 10, 2012
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House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
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Except as otherwise provided by this section or section 2305.03 of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas has original jurisdiction in all civil cases in which the sum or matter in dispute exceeds the exclusive original jurisdiction of county courts and appellate jurisdiction from the decisions of boards of county commissioners. The court of common pleas shall not have jurisdiction, in any tort action to which the amounts apply, to award punitive or exemplary damages that exceed the amounts set forth in section 2315.21 of the Revised Code. The court of common pleas shall not have jurisdiction in any tort action to which the limits apply to enter judgment on an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss in excess of the limits set forth in section 2315.18 of the Revised Code.

The court of common pleas may on its own motion transfer for trial any action in the court to any municipal court in the county having concurrent jurisdiction of the subject matter of, and the parties to, the action, if the amount sought by the plaintiff does not exceed one thousand dollars and if the judge or presiding judge of the municipal court concurs in the proposed transfer. Upon the issuance of an order of transfer, the clerk of courts shall remove to the designated municipal court the entire case file. Any untaxed portion of the common pleas deposit for court costs shall be remitted to the municipal court by the clerk of courts to be applied in accordance with section 1901.26 of the Revised Code, and the costs taxed by the municipal court shall be added to any costs taxed in the common pleas court.

The court of common pleas has jurisdiction in any action brought pursuant to division (I) of section 4781.40 of the Revised Code if the residential premises that are the subject of the action are located within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.

The courts of common pleas of Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Clermont, Columbiana, Gallia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Scioto, and Washington counties have jurisdiction beyond the north or northwest shore of the Ohio river extending to the opposite shore line, between the extended boundary lines of any adjacent counties or adjacent state. Each of those courts of common pleas has concurrent jurisdiction on the Ohio river with any adjacent court of common pleas that borders on that river and with any court of Kentucky or of West Virginia that borders on the Ohio river and that has jurisdiction on the Ohio river under the law of Kentucky or the law of West Virginia, whichever is applicable, or under federal law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 145 cases (53 in the last 5 years), 1955–2026 · leading case: State ex rel. Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers v. Sheward, 715 N.E.2d 1062 (Ohio 1999).
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State ex rel. Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers v. Sheward, 715 N.E.2d 1062 (Ohio 1999). · cites it 9× “15 R.C. 2305.01 has also *488 been amended to provide that “[t]he court of common pleas shall not have jurisdiction to award compensatory damages for noneconomic loss that exceed the amounts set forth in section 2323.”
State ex rel. Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers v. Sheward, 1999 Ohio 123 (Ohio 1999). · cites it 9× “18), caps on recoverable damages (R.C. 2305.01, 2315.21, 2323.54), frivolous conduct (R.”
Ostanek v. Ostanek (Slip Opinion), 2021 Ohio 2319 (Ohio 2021). · cites it 3× “R.C. 2305.01, 2301.03, 3105.011, 3105.17, 3105.”
Bank of Am., N.A. v. Kuchta (Slip Opinion), 2014 Ohio 4275 (Ohio 2014). · cites it 2× “Jurisdiction has been “provided by law” in R.C. 2305.01, which states that courts of common pleas have “original jurisdiction in all civil cases in which the sum or matter in dispute exceeds the exclusive original jurisdiction of county courts.”
Ohio High Sch. Athletic Assn. v. Ruehlman (Slip Opinion), 2019 Ohio 2845 (Ohio 2019). · cites it 2× “{¶ 8} With limited exceptions, R.C. 2305.01 grants the courts of common pleas subject-matter jurisdiction over “all civil cases in which the sum or matter in 4 January Term, 2019 dispute exceeds the exclusive original jurisdiction of county courts.”
State ex rel. Sanquily v. Court of Common Pleas, 573 N.E.2d 606 (Ohio 1991). · cites it 4× “The common pleas court argues that it has “basic statutory jurisdiction to proceed,” Gusweiler, supra, by virtue of R.C. 2305.01, which grants common pleas courts “original jurisdiction in all civil cases where the sum or matter in dispute exceeds the exclusive original…”
Hall v. Tucker, 829 N.E.2d 1259 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 3× “Furthermore, to the extent that Hall’s claims involve matters beyond the enforcement of the New Jersey judgment, we hold that the trial court has subject-matter jurisdiction pursuant to R.C. 2305.01 because the sum or matter in dispute exceeds $15,000.”
Drozeck v. Lawyers Title Ins., 749 N.E.2d 775 (Ohio Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 3× “Plaintiff does not meet the jurisdictional amount to bring an action in the Court of Common Pleas pursuant to ORC 2305.01 and 1907.03. Furthermore, as the transaction between Plaintiff and defendant is governed by a written contract, neither the quasi[-]contract [nor] unjust…”
Burr v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 491 N.E.2d 1101 (Ohio 1986). “Accordingly, we hold that Ohio’s courts of common pleas have original jurisdiction over civil actions commenced against counties and their agencies pursuant to R.C. 2305.01 and Section 4, Article IY of the Ohio Constitution.”
Conley v. Shearer, 595 N.E.2d 862 (Ohio 1992). “, the employee was acting outside the scope of his employment, maliciously, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner, the state has not agreed to accept responsibility for the employee’s acts and the employee is personally answerable for his acts in a court of common…”
State ex rel. Novak, L.L.P. v. Ambrose (Slip Opinion), 2019 Ohio 1329 (Ohio 2019). “R.C. 2305.01 ; State ex rel. Cleveland Elec.”
State ex rel. Kelleys Island Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. Ohio Dept. of Edn., 2024 Ohio 285 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 4× “” R.C. 2305.01. Thus, “[a] common pleas court is a court of general jurisdiction, with subject-matter jurisdiction that extends to all matters at law and in equity that are not denied to it.”
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