Ohio Rev. Code » Chapter 2949
Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.092 (2026)

No waiver of specified additional court costs

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section ORCcodes.ohio.gov (official) Justiaon Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
Effective:
September 23, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly
PDF:
Download Authenticated PDF
 

If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to an offense and the court specifically is required, pursuant to section 2743.70, 2949.091, 2949.093, or 2949.094 of the Revised Code or pursuant to any other section of the Revised Code to impose a specified sum of money as costs in the case in addition to any other costs that the court is required or permitted by law to impose in the case, the court shall not waive the payment of the specified additional court costs that the section of the Revised Code specifically requires the court to impose unless the court determines that the offender is indigent and the court waives the payment of all court costs imposed upon the offender.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 44 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2001–2025 · leading case: State v. Joseph, 2010 Ohio 954 (Ohio 2010).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
State v. Joseph, 2010 Ohio 954 (Ohio 2010). · cites it 4× “23 in pari materia with R.C. 2949.092, which states that certain additional court costs associated with R.”
State v. White, 103 Ohio St. 3d 580 (Ohio 2004). · cites it 2× “R.C. 2949.092 outlines those circumstances in which a court may waive costs for indigents.”
State v. Clevenger, 114 Ohio St. 3d 258 (Ohio 2007). · cites it 2× “R.C. 2949.092 permits a trial court to waive the payment of costs imposed if the trial court finds the defendant to be indigent.”
State v. Babyak, 2020 Ohio 325 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “R.C. 2949.092. Thus, we review a trial court's decision denying a motion to waive costs for an abuse of discretion.”
State v. Sims, 2012 Ohio 238 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “Accordingly, Joseph requires that a trial court provide a defendant the statutory right to move for a waiver of costs based on indigency under R.C. 2949.092. Joseph, however, does not require the trial court to provide the defendant an opportunity to object to the repayment…”
State v. Welninski, 2018 Ohio 778 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “R.C. 2949.092 ; State v. Joseph , 125 Ohio St.”
State v. Copeland, 2016 Ohio 7797 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “R.C. 2949.092 does allow a court to waive mandatory costs if “the court determines that the offender is indigent.”
State v. Lux, 2012 Ohio 112 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). “An appellate court reviews the denial of a motion to waive payment of court costs under an abuse of discretion standard.”
State v. Dunson, 2016 Ohio 8365 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “) R.C. 2949.092 provides that the court shall not waive any mandatory costs imposed in connection with a criminal conviction, “unless the court determines that the offender is indigent.”
State v. Phillips, 2017 Ohio 7107 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “R.C. 2949.092; State v. Joseph, 125 Ohio St.”
State v. Johnson, 2017 Ohio 8206 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “At a defendant’s request, the trial court has the discretion to waive payment of the costs described in R.”
State v. Lantz, 2019 Ohio 3307 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “{¶ 20} And R.C. 2949.092 reiterates that these costs must be imposed.”
Show all 44 citing cases →
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.