Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.11 (2026)

Fines paid into county treasury to credit of county general fund

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Unless otherwise required in the Revised Code, an officer who collects a fine shall pay it into the treasury of the county in which such fine was assessed, within twenty days after the receipt of the fine, to the credit of the county general fund. The county treasurer shall issue duplicate receipts for the fine, and the officer making the collection shall deposit one of these receipts with the county auditor.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1968–2008 · leading case: State v. Johnson, 844 N.E.2d 372 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005).
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State v. Johnson, 844 N.E.2d 372 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005). “28(C)(1) and (2) and R.C. 2949.11, fines and reimbursements imposed pursuant to R.”
State ex rel. Vill. of Botkins v. Laws, 632 N.E.2d 897 (Ohio 1994). “, R.C. 2949.11. In such an instance, these fines end up in the hands of the county and/or state and, consequently, the village is forced to bear the prosecutorial expenses.”
State v. Crenshaw, 761 N.E.2d 1121 (Ohio Ct. App. 2001). “Thus, fines are paid into the county treasury to the credit of the general fund, R.C. 2949.11, while costs are paid to the clerk of court, and restitution is paid to the victim.”
State v. Cooper, 760 N.E.2d 34 (Ohio Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “After careful review, we affirm the decision to impose the fines and costs as part of the sentence but vacate that portion of the judgment ordering the fines to be paid to the American Cancer Society, because R.C. 2949.11 requires court-imposed fines to be paid to the county…”
State ex rel. Botkins v. Laws, 1994 Ohio 518 (Ohio 1994). “, R.C. 2949.11. In such an instance, these fines end up in the hands of the county 10 January Term, 1994 and/or state and, consequently, the village is forced to bear the prosecutorial expenses.”
Lane v. Phillabaum, 912 N.E.2d 113 (Ohio Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 3× “R.C. 2949.11 states, “[A]n officer who collects a fine shall pay it into the treasury of the county in which such fine was assessed.”
State Ex Rel. Akron Law Library Ass'n v. Weil, 242 N.E.2d 664 (Ohio Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 2× “40, Bevised Code, and Section 2949.11, Bevised Code, treat on the subject of fines paid into the municipal treasury by the *156 mayor, and the county treasury by any officer, and, in each of such sections, the language provides that, unless otherwise required by Sections 3375.”
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