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Ohio Rev. Code § 2951.021 (2026)

Monthly supervision fee

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Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 130 - 127th General Assembly
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(A)(1) If a court places a misdemeanor offender under a community control sanction under section 2929.26, 2929.27, or 2929.28 of the Revised Code or places a felony offender under a community control sanction under section 2929.16, 2929.17, or 2929.18 of the Revised Code and if the court places the offender under the control and supervision of a probation agency, the court may require the offender, as a condition of community control, to pay a monthly supervision fee of not more than fifty dollars for supervision services. If the court requires an offender to pay a monthly supervision fee and the offender will be under the control of a county department of probation, a multicounty department of probation, or a municipal court department of probation established under section 1901.33 of the Revised Code, the court shall specify whether the offender is to pay the fee to the probation agency that will have control over the offender or to the clerk of the court for which the supervision agency is established. If the court requires an offender to pay a monthly probation fee and the offender will be under the control of the adult parole authority, the court shall specify that the offender is to pay the fee to the clerk of the court of common pleas.

(2) No person shall be assessed, in any month, more than fifty dollars in supervision fees.

(3) The prosecuting attorney of the county or the chief legal officer of a municipal corporation in which is located the court that imposed sentence upon an offender may bring a civil action to recover unpaid monthly supervision fees that the offender was required to pay. Any amount recovered in the civil action shall be paid into the appropriate county or municipal probation services fund in accordance with division (B) of this section.

(4) The failure of an offender to comply with a condition of community control that requires the offender to pay a monthly supervision fee and that is imposed under division (A)(1) of this section shall not constitute the basis for the modification of the offender's community control sanctions pursuant to section 2929.15 or 2929.25 of the Revised Code but may be considered with any other factors that form the basis of a modification of a sanction for violating a community control sanction under those sections. If the court determines that a misdemeanor offender on community control failed to pay a monthly supervision fee imposed under division (A)(1) of this section and that no other factors warranting the modification of the offender's community control sanction are present, the court shall remand the offender to the custody of the probation agency and may impose any additional conditions of community control upon the offender, including a requirement that the offender perform community service, as the ends of justice require. Any requirement imposed pursuant to division (A)(4) of this section that the offender perform community service shall be in addition to and shall not limit or otherwise affect any order that the offender perform community service pursuant to division (B) of section 2951.02 of the Revised Code.

(B) Prior to the last day of the month in each month during the period of community control, an offender who is ordered to pay a monthly supervision fee under this section shall pay the fee to the probation agency that has control and supervision over the offender or to the clerk of the court for which the probation agency is established, as specified by the court, except that, if the probation agency is the adult parole authority, the offender shall pay the fee to the clerk of the court of common pleas. Each probation agency or clerk of a court that receives any monthly supervision fees shall keep a record of the monthly supervision fees that are paid to the agency or the clerk and shall give a written receipt to each person who pays a supervision fee to the agency or clerk.

(C) Subject to division (E) of this section, all monthly supervision fees collected under this section by a probation agency or the clerk of a court shall be disposed of in the following manner:

(1) For offenders who are under the control and supervision of a county department of probation or a municipal court department of probation in a county-operated municipal court, on or before the fifth business day of each month, the chief probation officer, the chief probation officer's designee, or the clerk of the court shall pay all monthly supervision fees collected in the previous month to the county treasurer of the county in which the county department of probation or municipal court department of probation is established for deposit into the county probation services fund established in the county treasury of that county pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 321.44 of the Revised Code.

(2) For offenders who are under the control and supervision of a multicounty department of probation, on or before the fifth business day of each month, the chief probation officer, the chief probation officer's designee, or the clerk of the court shall pay all monthly supervision fees collected in the previous month to the county treasurer of the county in which is located the court of common pleas that placed the offender under a community control sanction under the control of the department for deposit into the county probation services fund established in the county treasury of that county pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 321.44 of the Revised Code and for subsequent appropriation and transfer in accordance with division (A)(2) of that section to the appropriate multicounty probation services fund established pursuant to division (B) of that section.

(3) For offenders who are under the control and supervision of a municipal court department of probation in a municipal court that is not a county-operated municipal court, on or before the fifth business day of each month, the chief probation officer, the chief probation officer's designee, or the clerk of the court shall pay all monthly supervision fees collected in the previous month to the treasurer of the municipal corporation for deposit into the municipal probation services fund established pursuant to section 737.41 of the Revised Code.

(4) For offenders who are under the control and supervision of the adult parole authority, the clerk of the court of common pleas, on or before the fifth business day of January, April, July, and October, shall pay all monthly supervision fees collected by the clerk in the previous three months to the treasurer of the county in which is located the court of common pleas that placed the offender under a community control sanction under the control of the authority for deposit into the county probation services fund established in the county treasury of that county pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 321.44 of the Revised Code.

(D) Not later than the first day of December of each year, each probation agency or the court of common pleas of a county in which the court has entered into an agreement with the adult parole authority pursuant to section 2301.32 of the Revised Code shall prepare a report regarding its use of money from a county probation services account, a multicounty probation services account, or a municipal probation services account, whichever is applicable. The report shall specify the amount appropriated from the fund to the probation agency or court during the current calendar year, an estimate of the amount that the probation agency or court will expend by the end of the year, a summary of how the amount appropriated has been expended for probation services, and an estimate of the amount of supervision fees that the probation agency or court will collect and pay to the appropriate treasurer for deposit in the appropriate fund in the next calendar year. The report shall be filed with one of the following:

(1) If the probation agency is a county department of probation or a municipal court department of probation in a county-operated municipal court, with the board of county commissioners of that county;

(2) If the probation agency is a multicounty department of probation, with the board of county commissioners of the county whose treasurer, in accordance with section 2301.27 of the Revised Code, is designated as the treasurer to whom supervision fees collected under this section are to be appropriated and transferred under division (A)(2) of section 321.44 of the Revised Code;

(3) If the probation agency is a department of probation of a municipal court that is not a county-operated municipal court, with the legislative authority of the municipal corporation that operates the court;

(4) If the court of common pleas has entered into an agreement with the adult parole authority, with the director of rehabilitation and correction, the chief of the adult parole authority, and the board of county commissioners in each county for which the adult parole authority provides probation services.

(E) If the clerk of a court of common pleas or the clerk of a municipal court collects any monthly supervision fees under this section, the clerk may retain up to two per cent of the fees so collected to cover any administrative costs experienced in complying with the clerk's duties under this section.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 2011–2026 · leading case: State v. Velesquez, 2023 Ohio 1100 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
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State v. Velesquez, 2023 Ohio 1100 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 3× “18 (A)(5)(a) (“* * * the court imposing a sentence upon an offender for a felony may sentence the offender to any financial sanction * * * including the following: (i) [a]ll or part of the costs of implementing any community control sanction, including a supervision fee under…”
State v. Taylor, 2018 Ohio 2858 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “18(A)(5)(a)(i) and R.C. 2951.021(A)(1) permit a trial court to impose a monthly supervision fee, up to $50 per month, for supervision services.”
State v. McClain, 2025 Ohio 577 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “18(A)(5)(a) (“Financial sanctions”), a trial court “may sentence the [felony] offender to any financial sanction * * * including the following: (i) [a]ll or part of the costs of implementing any community control sanction, including a supervision fee under section 2951.021 of…”
State v. Jones, 2017 Ohio 413 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “{¶ 50} R.C. 2951.021 allows for the recovery of costs for the monthly supervision of a person who is sentenced to community control; R.”
State v. Goodwin, 2017 Ohio 2712 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 3× “As Goodwin was advised that he was being placed on supervised community control, that he - 13 - Butler CA2016-05-099 would have to pay the "fines" (or fees) for such supervision, and the $985 fee falls within the parameters permitted by R.C. 2951.021, we find no error in the…”
State v. Morgan, 2021 Ohio 3996 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “18(A) and R.C. 2951.021. {¶ 10} Also on August 11, 2020, appellant admitted a community control violation, in case No.”
State v. Thomas, 2024 Ohio 5662 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “23AP-129 16 degree, and reimbursement of “any or all of the costs of sanctions incurred by the government,” which includes “[a]ll or part of the costs of implementing any community control sanction, including a supervision fee under section 2951.021, and costs of global…”
State v. Walker, 2020 Ohio 839 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “Because the state will not incur supervisory fees for community control, the addition of costs of supervision in the entry is superfluous. 28. appointed counsel, and provides that such fees “shall not be taxed as part of the costs and shall be paid by the county.”
State v. Jones, 2018 Ohio 882 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “R.C. 2951.021 where the trial court did not sentence him to community control.”
State v. Williams, 2018 Ohio 5202 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “18, and R.C. 2951.021. II. Law and Analysis {¶ 9} Williams argues in his first assignment of error that the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress evidence.”
State v. Lingg, 2011 Ohio 4543 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011). “And, our holding was based on R.C. 2951.021(A)(4), which provides: “The failure of an offender to comply with a condition of community control that requires the offender to pay a monthly supervision fee and that is imposed under division (A)(1) of this 10 section shall not…”
State v. Bowman, 2014 Ohio 3851 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014). “{¶ 33} R.C. 2951.021 permits a sentencing court that places a felony offender under a community control sanction to require the offender to pay a maximum $50 monthly supervision fee as a condition of parole.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 2951.021(A) — 1 case
State v. Eisele, 2014 Ohio 662 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2951.021(A)(1) — 5 cases
State v. Taylor, 2018 Ohio 2858 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “18(A)(5)(a)(i) and R.C. 2951.021(A)(1) permit a trial court to impose a monthly supervision fee, up to $50 per month, for supervision services.”
State v. Velesquez, 2023 Ohio 1100 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). “18 (A)(5)(a) (“* * * the court imposing a sentence upon an offender for a felony may sentence the offender to any financial sanction * * * including the following: (i) [a]ll or part of the costs of implementing any community control sanction, including a supervision fee under…”
State v. Goodwin, 2017 Ohio 2712 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “As Goodwin was advised that he was being placed on supervised community control, that he - 13 - Butler CA2016-05-099 would have to pay the "fines" (or fees) for such supervision, and the $985 fee falls within the parameters permitted by R.C. 2951.021, we find no error in the…”
State v. Morgan, 2025 Ohio 3018 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025).
State v. Heier, 2026 Ohio 2022 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2951.021(A)(3) — 1 case
State v. Parker, 2015 Ohio 274 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2951.021(A)(4) — 1 case
State v. Lingg, 2011 Ohio 4543 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011). “And, our holding was based on R.C. 2951.021(A)(4), which provides: “The failure of an offender to comply with a condition of community control that requires the offender to pay a monthly supervision fee and that is imposed under division (A)(1) of this 10 section shall not…”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2951.021(B) — 1 case
State v. Walker, 2020 Ohio 839 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “Because the state will not incur supervisory fees for community control, the addition of costs of supervision in the entry is superfluous. 28. appointed counsel, and provides that such fees “shall not be taxed as part of the costs and shall be paid by the county.”
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