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Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.19 (2026)

State payment of criminal costs for indigent felons

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Effective:
September 29, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly
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(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall report to the state public defender all cases in which an indigent person was convicted of a felony, all cases in which reimbursement is required by section 2949.20 of the Revised Code, and all cost bills for transportation that are prepared pursuant to section 2949.17 of the Revised Code. The reports shall be filed for each fiscal quarter within thirty days after the end of the quarter on a form prescribed by the state public defender and shall be accompanied by a certification of a judge of the court that in all cases listed in the report the defendant was determined to be indigent and convicted of a felony or that the case is reported pursuant to section 2949.20 of the Revised Code and that for each transportation cost bill submitted pursuant to section 2949.17 of the Revised Code that the convicted felon was determined to be indigent. The state public defender shall review the reports received under this division and prepare a transportation cost voucher and a quarterly subsidy voucher for each county for the amounts the state public defender finds to be correct. To compute the quarterly subsidy, the state public defender first shall subtract the total of all transportation cost vouchers that the state public defender approves for payment for the quarter from one-fourth of the state public defender's total appropriation for criminal costs subsidy for the fiscal year of which the quarter is part. The state public defender then shall compute a base subsidy amount per case by dividing the remainder by the total number of cases from all counties the state public defender approves for subsidy for the quarter. The quarterly subsidy voucher for each county shall then be the product of the base subsidy amount times the number of cases submitted by the county and approved for subsidy for the quarter. Payment shall be made to the clerk.

The clerk shall keep a record of all cases submitted for the subsidy in which the defendant was bound over to the court of common pleas from the municipal court. Upon receipt of the quarterly subsidy, the clerk shall pay to the clerk of the municipal court, for municipal court costs in such cases, an amount that does not exceed fifteen dollars per case, shall pay foreign sheriffs for their services, and shall deposit the remainder of the subsidy to the credit of the general fund of the county. The clerk of the court of common pleas then shall stamp the clerk's records subsidy costs satisfied.

(B) If notified by the state public defender under section 2949.201 of the Revised Code that, for a specified state fiscal year, the general assembly has not appropriated funding for reimbursement payments pursuant to division (A) of this section, the clerk of the court of common pleas is exempt for that state fiscal year from the duties imposed upon the clerk by division (A) of this section and by sections 2949.17 and 2949.20 of the Revised Code. Upon providing the notice described in this division, the state public defender is exempt for that state fiscal year from the duties imposed upon the state public defender by division (A) of this section.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1966–2021 · leading case: State v. White, 817 N.E.2d 393 (Ohio 2004).
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State v. White, 817 N.E.2d 393 (Ohio 2004). · cites it 2× “It garnered support from R.C. 2949.19, which delineates the procedure by which the clerk of *582 common pleas court may be reimbursed for some costs associated with the conviction of an indigent person.”
State v. Pasqualone, 748 N.E.2d 1153 (Ohio Ct. App. 11th Dist. 2000). · cites it 2× “As for appellant’s second assignment of error, he maintains that his rights under the Equal Protection Clause were violated in that he was denied the benefit granted to an indigent defendant through R.C. 2949.19 when the trial court refused to acknowledge his indigency.”
State v. Roux, 797 N.E.2d 112 (Ohio Ct. App. 7th Dist. 2003). “) This interpretation is supported by R.C. 2949.19, which delineates the procedure by which the clerk of common pleas may be reimbursed for the costs associated with the conviction of an indigent person.”
State ex rel. Giuliani v. Perk, 237 N.E.2d 397 (Ohio 1968). · cites it 2× “We went on to hold that, under Section 2949.19, Revised Code, the Auditor of State must reimburse counties for criminal costs, including counsel fees, paid by the county and duly certified by the clerk of courts to the Auditor of State, so long as funds appropriated by the…”
State v. Glosser, 813 N.E.2d 1 (Ohio Ct. App. 5th Dist. 2004). “R.C. 2949.19 provides for reimbursement of transportation costs by the State Public Defender for indigent defendants.”
State ex rel. Clifford v. Cloud, 218 N.E.2d 605 (Ohio 1966). · cites it 4× “” Section 2949.19, Revised Code, provides that if the costs of prosecution of a convicted felon are not satisfied by a levy on the property of the felon, “the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall so certify to the Auditor of State * * * with a statement of the total amount…”
State v. Turner, 2021-Ohio-1921. “] {¶23} None of appellant’s 14 assignments of error makes any argument why this court should reverse the trial court’s denial of the two motions appealed.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.19(A): 1 case
State v. Turner, 2021-Ohio-1921. “] {¶23} None of appellant’s 14 assignments of error makes any argument why this court should reverse the trial court’s denial of the two motions appealed.”
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