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Ohio Rev. Code § 2501.01 (2026)

Judicial court of appeals districts

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Effective:

July 25, 1980

Latest Legislation:

Senate Bill 13 - 113th General Assembly

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The state shall be divided into twelve judicial court of appeals districts. The counties constituting the districts are as follows:

(A) First district: Hamilton;

(B) Second district: Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Champaign, Clark, and Greene;

(C) Third district: Mercer, Van Wert, Paulding, Defiance, Henry, Putnam, Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Union, Seneca, Shelby, Marion, Wyandot, and Crawford;

(D) Fourth district: Adams, Highland, Pickaway, Ross, Pike, Scioto, Lawrence, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Hocking, Athens, and Washington;

(E) Fifth district: Morrow, Richland, Ashland, Knox, Licking, Fairfield, Perry, Morgan, Muskingum, Guernsey, Coshocton, Holmes, Stark, Tuscarawas, and Delaware;

(F) Sixth district: Williams, Fulton, Wood, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, and Huron;

(G) Seventh district: Mahoning, Columbiana, Carroll, Jefferson, Harrison, Belmont, Noble, and Monroe;

(H) Eighth district: Cuyahoga;

(I) Ninth district: Lorain, Medina, Wayne, and Summit;

(J) Tenth district: Franklin;

(K) Eleventh district: Lake, Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull, and Portage;

(L) Twelfth district: Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Preble, and Warren.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 21 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1989–2025 · leading case: Laborers' Int'l Union of N.A. v. Terease Neff, 29 F.4th 325 (6th Cir. 2022).

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Laborers' Int'l Union of N.A. v. Terease Neff, 29 F.4th 325 (6th Cir. 2022). “Ohio Rev. Code § 2501.01. There are 88 courts of common pleas, the State’s courts of general jurisdiction, one for each county in the State.”

State v. Fawcett, 2000 Ohio 195 (Ohio 2000). · cites it 4× “R.C. 2501.01(C). Therefore, because the Fostoria Municipal Court is an inferior court of record sited in the Third District, we find that appellate jurisdiction properly rested with that district.”

State ex rel. Russell v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2019 Ohio 4947 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “R.C. 2501.01(D); Civ.R. 3(C)(3) and (D)(1).”

Riscatti v. Prime Props. Ltd. P'ship, 2012 Ohio 2921 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). “02(B) provides that [a]n order is a final order that may be reviewed, affirmed, modified, or reversed, with or without retrial, when it is one of the following: (1) An order that affects a substantial right in an action that in effect determines the action and prevents a…”

Mallory v. State of Ohio, 38 F. Supp. 2d 525 (S.D. Ohio 1997). · cites it 3× “Article IV, § 3(A), and R.C. 2501.01, divide the state into twelve compact appellate districts comprised of one or more whole counties, each of which districts has at least three judges.”

Riscatti v. Prime Props. Ltd. P'ship, 2012 Ohio 2941 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). “02(B) provides that [a]n order is a final order that may be reviewed, affirmed, modified, or reversed, with or without retrial, when it is one of the following: (1) An order that affects a substantial right in an action that in effect determines the action and prevents a…”

K.L. v. Franklin Cnty. Child. Servs., 2018 Ohio 3139 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “{¶ 5} We have requested the parties file supplemental briefs regarding whether the judgment entry appealed from is a final appealable order, and the parties have done so.”

Ohio Equity Fund for Hous. Ltd. P'ship XXVIII v. Irvin Cobb Mgr., Inc., 2025 Ohio 1714 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). “IV, § 3(B)(2); R.C. 2501.01. If an order is not a final, appealable order, an appellate court lacks jurisdiction to review it and the appeal must be dismissed.”

Harris v. Delong, 2018 Ohio 2493 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “Ohio Constitution, Article IV, Section 3(B)(2); R.C. 2501.01. If an order is not a final, appealable order, the appellate court lacks jurisdiction and the appeal must be dismissed.”

State v. Saturday, 2017 Ohio 4274 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “R.C. 2501.01(I). Ashtabula County is within the jurisdiction of the Eleventh District Court of Appeals.”

G&E HC Reit II Parkway Med. Ctr., L.L.C. v. Drs. Ford & Soud, Inc., 2019 Ohio 791 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “Final Appealable Order {¶12} Before reviewing the merits of PMC’s assignment of error, we must first determine whether we have jurisdiction to do so.”

State v. Kinstle, 2010 Ohio 5409 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010). “1-10-29 to R.C. 2501.01(C), Allen County, where the Lima Municipal Court is situated, is within this Court’s district—the Third District.”

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— Ohio Rev. Code § 2501.01(A) — 1 case

Mallory v. State of Ohio, 38 F. Supp. 2d 525 (S.D. Ohio 1997). “Article IV, § 3(A), and R.C. 2501.01, divide the state into twelve compact appellate districts comprised of one or more whole counties, each of which districts has at least three judges.”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 2501.01(B) — 1 case

Mallory v. State of Ohio, 38 F. Supp. 2d 525 (S.D. Ohio 1997). “Article IV, § 3(A), and R.C. 2501.01, divide the state into twelve compact appellate districts comprised of one or more whole counties, each of which districts has at least three judges.”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 2501.01(C) — 4 cases

State v. Fawcett, 2000 Ohio 195 (Ohio 2000). “R.C. 2501.01(C). Therefore, because the Fostoria Municipal Court is an inferior court of record sited in the Third District, we find that appellate jurisdiction properly rested with that district.”

State v. Kinstle, 2010 Ohio 5409 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010). “1-10-29 to R.C. 2501.01(C), Allen County, where the Lima Municipal Court is situated, is within this Court’s district—the Third District.”

Hill v. Henry Cty. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 2020 Ohio 3759 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020).

State v. Fawcett, 2000 Ohio 195 (Ohio 2000).

— Ohio Rev. Code § 2501.01(D) — 1 case

State ex rel. Russell v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2019 Ohio 4947 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “R.C. 2501.01(D); Civ.R. 3(C)(3) and (D)(1).”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 2501.01(E) — 1 case

Harris v. State, 2022 Ohio 2651 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).

— Ohio Rev. Code § 2501.01(F) — 2 cases

State v. Fawcett, 2000 Ohio 195 (Ohio 2000). “R.C. 2501.01(C). Therefore, because the Fostoria Municipal Court is an inferior court of record sited in the Third District, we find that appellate jurisdiction properly rested with that district.”

State v. Fawcett, 2000 Ohio 195 (Ohio 2000).

— Ohio Rev. Code § 2501.01(G) — 1 case

Harris v. State, 2022 Ohio 2651 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).

— Ohio Rev. Code § 2501.01(I) — 1 case

State v. Saturday, 2017 Ohio 4274 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “R.C. 2501.01(I). Ashtabula County is within the jurisdiction of the Eleventh District Court of Appeals.”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 2501.01(J) — 1 case

State ex rel. Russell v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2019 Ohio 4947 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “R.C. 2501.01(D); Civ.R. 3(C)(3) and (D)(1).”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 2501.01(K) — 1 case

State v. Saturday, 2017 Ohio 4274 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “R.C. 2501.01(I). Ashtabula County is within the jurisdiction of the Eleventh District Court of Appeals.”

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