Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2325.15 (2026)

Revivor of dormant judgment or finding

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When a judgment, including judgments rendered by a judge of a county court or mayor, a transcript of which has been filed in the court of common pleas for execution, is dormant, or when a finding for money in equitable proceedings remains unpaid in whole or in part, under the order of the court therein made, such judgment may be revived, or such finding made subject to execution as judgments at law are, in the manner prescribed for reviving actions before judgment, or by action in the court in which such judgment was rendered or finding made, or in which transcript of judgment was filed.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 32 cases (12 in the last 5 years), 1959–2026 · leading case: Columbus Check Cashers, Inc. v. Cary, 962 N.E.2d 812 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011).
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Columbus Check Cashers, Inc. v. Cary, 962 N.E.2d 812 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 12× “{¶ 9} R.C. 2325.15 addresses the procedures set forth for reviving dormant judgments: *137 When a judgment, including judgments rendered by a judge of a county court or mayor, a transcript of which has been filed in the court of common pleas for execution, is dormant, or when a…”
Leroy Jenkins Evangelistic Ass'n v. Equities Diversified, Inc., 580 N.E.2d 812 (Ohio Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 6× “R.C. 2325.15 and 2325.17 currently provide: “§ 2325.”
Auto Now Acceptance Co., L.L.C., 2020 Ohio 3447 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 6× “A dormant judgment “may not be enforced, and is thus without legal effect, unless the judgment is revived in accordance with R.C. 2325.15.” In re Stoddard, 248 B.R. 111 , 116–17, 2000 WL 419843 (Bankr.”
Columbus Div. of Income Tax v. Yockey, 2020 Ohio 3290 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 4× “of Human Servs., 125 Ohio App.3d 742, 747 (10th Dist.”
Martin v. Stoddard (In Re Stoddard), 248 B.R. 111 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2000). · cites it 6× “1 Thereafter, upon becoming *117 dormant, the judgment may not be enforced, and is thus without legal effect, unless the judgment is revived in accordance with O.R.C. § 2325.15. 2 See 62 Ohio JuR.3d Judgments § 153.”
Thompson v. Slone, 589 N.E.2d 118 (Ohio Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 5× “07 and such facts do not establish that plaintiffs judgment and its lien were revived pursuant to R.C. 2325.15. “Assignment of Error No. 2 “The court below erred in that, even if the judgment and lien of plaintiff have been revived, such revived lien did not attach to, and is…”
Manitou v. Woolum, 2019 Ohio 2674 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 5× “Revivor of a dormant judgment is a statutory proceeding governed by R.C. 2325.15 and 2325.17. Leston at ¶ 21.”
Omni Credit Servs. v. Leston, 2013 Ohio 304 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “{¶ 22} R.C. 2325.15 provides that when a judgment is dormant, it may be revived.”
State ex rel. Norris v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 2025 Ohio 583 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 3× “’s decision that relator’s future pleadings will require a prepayment of costs and fees; (17) on September 25, 2017, relator filed a motion for relief from dormant judgment in the trial court, arguing that the July 9, 1998, nunc pro tunc entry was not properly journalized until…”
State v. Moore, 2021 Ohio 1616 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 4× “19 2001 and JUNE 6 2008 R.C. 2325.15, when the statute of limitation bar the state of Ohio motion to revive the trial court dormant judgment entries of DEC.”
Discover Bank v. Wells, 2018 Ohio 4637 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “{¶ 20} “[U]pon becoming dormant, the judgment may not be enforced, and is thus without legal effect, unless the judgment is revived in accordance with O.R.C. § 2325.15.” In re Stoddard, 248 B.”
Dichter v. Disco Corp., 606 F. Supp. 721 (S.D. Ohio 1984). · cites it 2× “” Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2325.15 , 17-18 (Page’s 1981).”
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