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Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.111 (2026)

Assigning payment toward satisfaction of costs, restitution, fine, or supervision fees

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January 1, 2010
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House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
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(A) As used in this section:

(1) "Court costs" means any assessment that the court requires an offender to pay to defray the costs of operating the court.

(2) "State fines or costs" means any costs imposed or forfeited bail collected by the court under section 2743.70 of the Revised Code for deposit into the reparations fund or under section 2949.091 of the Revised Code for deposit into the indigent defense support fund established under section 120.08 of the Revised Code and all fines, penalties, and forfeited bail collected by the court and paid to a law library association under section 307.515 of the Revised Code.

(3) "Reimbursement" means any reimbursement for the costs of confinement that the court orders an offender to pay pursuant to section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, any supervision fee, any fee for the costs of house arrest with electronic monitoring that an offender agrees to pay, any reimbursement for the costs of an investigation or prosecution that the court orders an offender to pay pursuant to section 2929.71 of the Revised Code, or any other costs that the court orders an offender to pay.

(4) "Supervision fees" means any fees that a court, pursuant to sections 2929.18, 2929.28, and 2951.021 of the Revised Code, requires an offender who is under a community control sanction to pay for supervision services.

(5) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.

(B) Unless the court, in accordance with division (C) of this section, enters in the record of the case a different method of assigning payments, if a person who is charged with a misdemeanor is convicted of or pleads guilty to the offense, if the court orders the offender to pay any combination of court costs, state fines or costs, restitution, a conventional fine, or any reimbursement, and if the offender makes any payment of any of them to a clerk of court, the clerk shall assign the offender's payment in the following manner:

(1) If the court ordered the offender to pay any court costs, the offender's payment shall be assigned toward the satisfaction of those court costs until they have been entirely paid.

(2) If the court ordered the offender to pay any state fines or costs and if all of the court costs that the court ordered the offender to pay have been paid, the remainder of the offender's payment shall be assigned on a pro rata basis toward the satisfaction of the state fines or costs until they have been entirely paid.

(3) If the court ordered the offender to pay any restitution and if all of the court costs and state fines or costs that the court ordered the offender to pay have been paid, the remainder of the offender's payment shall be assigned toward the satisfaction of the restitution until it has been entirely paid.

(4) If the court ordered the offender to pay any fine and if all of the court costs, state fines or costs, and restitution that the court ordered the offender to pay have been paid, the remainder of the offender's payment shall be assigned toward the satisfaction of the fine until it has been entirely paid.

(5) If the court ordered the offender to pay any reimbursement and if all of the court costs, state fines or costs, restitution, and fines that the court ordered the offender to pay have been paid, the remainder of the offender's payment shall be assigned toward the satisfaction of the reimbursements until they have been entirely paid.

(C) If a person who is charged with a misdemeanor is convicted of or pleads guilty to the offense and if the court orders the offender to pay any combination of court costs, state fines or costs, restitution, fines, or reimbursements, the court, at the time it orders the offender to make those payments, may prescribe an order of payments that differs from the order set forth in division (B) of this section by entering in the record of the case the order so prescribed. If a different order is entered in the record, on receipt of any payment, the clerk of the court shall assign the payment in the manner prescribed by the court.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2005–2026 · leading case: State v. Taylor (Slip Opinion), 2020 Ohio 6786 (Ohio 2020).
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State v. Taylor (Slip Opinion), 2020 Ohio 6786 (Ohio 2020). · cites it 3× “{¶ 36} Our conclusion is also supported by R.C. 2949.111. When the General Assembly listed the priority of assignments for all a defendant’s financial obligations in R.”
State v. Lantz, 2019 Ohio 3307 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 3× “18(A)(4) and various corresponding statutes make clear what fees are permitted: “[a] state fine or costs as defined in section 2949.111 of the Revised 7. Code.” R.”
State v. White (Slip Opinion), 2019 Ohio 1215 (Ohio 2019). · cites it 2× “28(A)(2)(a)(v) ; (2) a "state fine or cost as defined in section 2949.111 of the Revised Code," R.”
State v. Jones, 2020 Ohio 1273 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 3× “(b) A state fine or cost as defined in section 2949.111 of the Revised Code. (3) (a) Reimbursement by the offender of any or all of the costs of sanctions incurred by the government, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) All or part of the costs of implementing any…”
State v. McHargue, 2024 Ohio 924 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 4× “R.C. 2949.111 Gallia App. No. 22CA12 24 governs “[p]riority of assignment of payments to satisfaction of costs, restitution, fines, and probation fees.”
State v. Passmore, 2023 Ohio 3209 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “), quoting State v. Hall, 12th Dist. No. CA2011- 05-043, 2011-Ohio-5748 , ¶ 16, quoting R.”
State v. Jackson, 2013 Ohio 1390 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 6× “” R.C. 2949.111 defines “[s]tate fines or costs” as: any costs imposed or forfeited bail collected by the court under section 2743.”
State v. Johnson, 844 N.E.2d 372 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005). “28 specifies the types of financiál sanctions that the trial court may impose in misdemeanor cases, including restitution, (A)(1); fines in varying amounts depending upon the degree of the offense, (A)(2)(a); state fines and costs, which include fines collected and paid to a law…”
State v. Beckwith, 2022 Ohio 2362 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “18(A)(5)(a)(iii), which offers as examples “a certified ignition interlock device” and “a remote alcohol monitoring device,” both of which are intended to immobilize or monitor a person following an OVI conviction.”
State v. Fuller, 2013 Ohio 3274 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “111(A)(4), and “court costs,” as defined in R.C. 2949.111(A)(1). The court of appeals sustained the trial court’s imposition of court costs, but reversed the imposition of supervision fees as costs, because there was no evidence in the record of that defendant’s present and…”
State v. Johnson, 2016 Ohio 5160 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “{¶ 37} R.C. § 2949.111(A)(1) defines “court costs” as “any assessment that the court requires an offender to pay to defray the costs of operating the court.”
State v. Battle, 2016 Ohio 2917 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “18(A)(4) allowed the court to impose upon an offender “[a] state fine or costs as defined in section 2949.111 of the Revised Code.” That definition did not include attorney fees as “State fines or costs.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.111(A) — 1 case
State v. McHargue, 2024 Ohio 924 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). “R.C. 2949.111 Gallia App. No. 22CA12 24 governs “[p]riority of assignment of payments to satisfaction of costs, restitution, fines, and probation fees.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.111(A)(1) — 8 cases
State v. Passmore, 2023 Ohio 3209 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). “), quoting State v. Hall, 12th Dist. No. CA2011- 05-043, 2011-Ohio-5748 , ¶ 16, quoting R.”
State v. Jones, 2020 Ohio 1273 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “(b) A state fine or cost as defined in section 2949.111 of the Revised Code. (3) (a) Reimbursement by the offender of any or all of the costs of sanctions incurred by the government, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) All or part of the costs of implementing any…”
State v. Johnson, 2016 Ohio 5160 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “{¶ 37} R.C. § 2949.111(A)(1) defines “court costs” as “any assessment that the court requires an offender to pay to defray the costs of operating the court.”
State v. Fuller, 2013 Ohio 3274 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013). “111(A)(4), and “court costs,” as defined in R.C. 2949.111(A)(1). The court of appeals sustained the trial court’s imposition of court costs, but reversed the imposition of supervision fees as costs, because there was no evidence in the record of that defendant’s present and…”
State v. Jackson, 2013 Ohio 1390 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013). “” R.C. 2949.111 defines “[s]tate fines or costs” as: any costs imposed or forfeited bail collected by the court under section 2743.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.111(A)(2) — 4 cases
State v. Johnson, 844 N.E.2d 372 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005). “28 specifies the types of financiál sanctions that the trial court may impose in misdemeanor cases, including restitution, (A)(1); fines in varying amounts depending upon the degree of the offense, (A)(2)(a); state fines and costs, which include fines collected and paid to a law…”
State v. Lantz, 2019 Ohio 3307 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “18(A)(4) and various corresponding statutes make clear what fees are permitted: “[a] state fine or costs as defined in section 2949.111 of the Revised 7. Code.” R.”
State v. Battle, 2016 Ohio 2917 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “18(A)(4) allowed the court to impose upon an offender “[a] state fine or costs as defined in section 2949.111 of the Revised Code.” That definition did not include attorney fees as “State fines or costs.”
State v. Sutton, 2024 Ohio 2106 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.111(A)(3) — 1 case
State v. Johnson, 2016 Ohio 5160 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “{¶ 37} R.C. § 2949.111(A)(1) defines “court costs” as “any assessment that the court requires an offender to pay to defray the costs of operating the court.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.111(A)(4) — 2 cases
State v. McHargue, 2024 Ohio 924 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). “R.C. 2949.111 Gallia App. No. 22CA12 24 governs “[p]riority of assignment of payments to satisfaction of costs, restitution, fines, and probation fees.”
State v. Fuller, 2013 Ohio 3274 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013). “111(A)(4), and “court costs,” as defined in R.C. 2949.111(A)(1). The court of appeals sustained the trial court’s imposition of court costs, but reversed the imposition of supervision fees as costs, because there was no evidence in the record of that defendant’s present and…”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.111(B) — 1 case
State v. Crossley, 2022 Ohio 2599 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
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