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Ohio Rev. Code § 309.01 (2026)

Election of prosecuting attorney

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October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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There shall be elected quadrennially in each county, a prosecuting attorney, who shall hold his office for four years, beginning on the first Monday of January next after his election.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1984–2020 · leading case: State v. Billingsley, 2012-Ohio-4307, 978 N.E.2d 135.
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State v. Billingsley, 2012-Ohio-4307, 978 N.E.2d 135. · cites it 2× “R.C. 309.01. And in prescribing the powers and duties of elected county prosecuting attorneys, the legislature established that they have authority to “inquire into the commission of crimes within the county.”
State ex rel. Williams v. Zaleski, 465 N.E.2d 861 (Ohio 1984). “Such sections do not prevent the appointment and employment of assistants, clerks, and stenographers, to the prosecuting attorney as provided in sections 309.01 to 309.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or the appointment by the court of common pleas or the court of appeals of…”
Fairley v. Cuyahoga Cty. Prosecutor, 2020-Ohio-1426. “Here, however, Fairley sought court records from a prosecuting attorney, which is an independently elected public official, see R.C. 309.01, and whose powers and duties generally do not require the preparation and creation of attorney- discipline cases for review by the Ohio…”
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