Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2731.01 (2026)

Mandamus defined

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Mandamus is a writ, issued in the name of the state to an inferior tribunal, a corporation, board, or person, commanding the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station.

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Cited in 202 cases (63 in the last 5 years), 1953–2026 · leading case: State ex rel. Pressley v. Indus. Comm'n, 228 N.E.2d 631 (Ohio 1967).
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State ex rel. Pressley v. Indus. Comm'n, 228 N.E.2d 631 (Ohio 1967). · cites it 10× “It is settled that the availability of statutory mandamus under Section 2731.01 et seq., Revised Code (formerly Section 12283 et seq.”
State ex rel. Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers v. Sheward, 715 N.E.2d 1062 (Ohio 1999). · cites it 2× “, Revised Code) or statutory mandamus (Section 2731.01 et seq., Revised Code) is available in the Common Pleas Court, is constitutionally impermissible under the last sentence of Section 2 of Article IV of the Ohio Constitution.”
State ex rel. Parisi v. Dayton Bar Assn. Certified Grievance Commt. (Slip Opinion), 2019 Ohio 5157 (Ohio 2019). · cites it 2× “” R.C. 2731.01 provides that “[m]andamus is a writ, issued in the name of the state to an inferior tribunal, a corporation, board, or person, commanding the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station.”
State ex rel. Russell v. Klatt (Slip Opinion), 2020 Ohio 875 (Ohio 2020). · cites it 2× “” R.C. 2731.01. To be entitled to mandamus relief, Russell must establish by clear and convincing evidence (1) a clear legal right to the requested relief, (2) a clear legal duty on the part of the respondents to provide it, and (3) the lack of an adequate remedy in the ordinary…”
State ex rel. Zupancic v. Limbach, 568 N.E.2d 1206 (Ohio 1991). · cites it 3× “And pursuant to R.C. 2731.01, “mandamus” has been defined as “* * * a writ, issued in the name of the state to an inferior tribunal, a corporation, board, or person, commanding the performance of an act which the law specifically enjoins as a duty resulting from an office,…”
State ex rel. Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers v. Sheward, 1999 Ohio 123 (Ohio 1999). · cites it 2× “, Revised Code) or statutory mandamus (Section 2731.01 et seq., Revised Code) is available in the Common Pleas Court, is constitutionally impermissible under the last sentence of Section 2 of Article IV of the Ohio Constitution.”
State ex rel. Jeffers v. Athens Cty. Commrs., 2016 Ohio 8119 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “” Jeffers II, supra, at ¶ 26; R.C. 2731.01. “ ‘Mandamus is the appropriate action to compel public authorities to institute appropriation proceedings where an involuntary taking of private property is alleged.”
Cincinnati Ent. Assocs., Ltd. v. Hamilton Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 753 N.E.2d 884 (Ohio Ct. App. 2001). “9 According to R.C. 2731.01, “[m]andamus-is a writ * * * commanding the performance of an act which the law specifically enjoins as a duty resulting from an office.”
State ex rel. Midview Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. Ohio Sch. Facilities Comm., 2017 Ohio 6928 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “4 {¶10} R.C. 2731.01 defines mandamus as “a writ, issued in the name of the state to an inferior tribunal, a corporation, board, or person, commanding the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station.”
State ex rel. Hodges v. Taft, 591 N.E.2d 1186 (Ohio 1992). “I Mandamus A writ of mandamus is an order, in this case to a public officer, to perform an act which the law specifically enjoins as a duty resulting from his office.”
State Ex Rel. Livingston v. Miami Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 2011 Ohio 6126 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011). “{¶ 21} R.C. 2731.01 defines mandamus as “a writ, issued in the name of the state to an inferior tribunal, a corporation, board, or person, commanding the performance of an act [that] the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station.”
State ex rel. Russell v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2019 Ohio 4947 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “R.C. 2731.01 et seq.2 Thus, the text of the 2There is a general provision that seems intended to apply to multi-county districts providing that a court of appeals "shall hear each cause in the county in which the cause originated, unless, for good cause shown, the court of…”
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