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Ohio Rev. Code § 325.17 (2026)

Appointing and hiring employees - compensation - bond

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August 17, 2006

Latest Legislation:

House Bill 235 - 126th General Assembly

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The officers mentioned in section 325.27 of the Revised Code may appoint and employ the necessary deputies, assistants, clerks, bookkeepers, or other employees for their respective offices, shall fix the compensation of those employees and discharge them, and shall file certificates of that action with the county auditor. The employees' compensation shall not exceed, in the aggregate, for each office, the amount fixed by the board of county commissioners for that office. When so fixed, the compensation of each such deputy, assistant, bookkeeper, clerk, and other employee shall be paid biweekly from the county treasury, upon the warrant of the county auditor. The amount of the biweekly payment shall be adjusted so that the total amount paid out to an employee over a period of one year is equal to the amount the employee would receive if the employee were paid semimonthly.

Each of the officers mentioned in section 325.27 of the Revised Code may require such of the officer's employees as the officer considers proper to give bond to the state, in an amount to be fixed by the officer, with sureties approved by the officer, conditioned for the faithful performance of their official duties. The bond, with the approval of the officer endorsed on it, shall be deposited with the county treasurer and kept in the treasurer's office.

From moneys appropriated for their offices, the officers mentioned in section 325.27 of the Revised Code may contract for the services of fiscal and management consultants to aid them in the execution of their powers and duties.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 13 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1981–2025 · leading case: Franklin Cnty. Law Enf't Ass'n v. Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge No. 9, 572 N.E.2d 87 (Ohio 1991).

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Franklin Cnty. Law Enf't Ass'n v. Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge No. 9, 572 N.E.2d 87 (Ohio 1991). · cites it 14× “Primarily, they contend that the tentative partial agreement between the FOP and the board of county commissioners was invalid under R.C. 325.17 because it was reached without the sheriff’s approval.”

State ex rel. Ohio Civ. Serv. Emps. Assn. v. State (Slip Opinion), 2016 Ohio 478 (Ohio 2016). · cites it 4× “II addressing the trial court’s lack of jurisdiction did not garner the votes of a majority of this court, but it is consistent with Franklin Cty.”

State ex rel. Moore v. Fornshell, 2025 Ohio 65 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 5× “Moore cites another statute, R.C. 325.17, and argues that this statute indicates that the Board has no power to appropriate public funds for the compensation of the prosecutor's assistants where the judges have failed to fix an aggregate compensation amount.”

Smith v. Jordan, 527 F. Supp. 167 (S.D. Ohio 1981). · cites it 4× “# 27) that the employee bond was entered into with the Clark County commissioners, and is not a statutory bond under O.R.C. § 325.17, since the State of Ohio is not a party to the bond.”

State ex rel. Ames v. Geauga Cty. Bd. of Revision, 2022 Ohio 2281 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “17 (authorizing the county auditor and treasurer to “appoint and employ the necessary deputies * * * or other employees for their respective offices”); Ohio Adm.Code 123:1-47-01(A)(27) (“For purposes of Chapters 123:1-1 to 123:1-47 of the Administrative Code * * * ‘[d]eputy’ -…”

Gattozzi v. Sheehan, 2016 Ohio 5230 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “R.C. 325.17 directs the county treasurer to pay salaries and benefits to county employees on a biweekly basis “from the county treasury.”

Ohio Council 8, Am. Fed'n of State v. Weber, 499 N.E.2d 1276 (Ohio Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 4× “R.C. 325.17 provides in pertinent part: “The officers mentioned in section 325.”

State Ex Rel. Myers v. Portage Cnty., 609 N.E.2d 1333 (Ohio Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “The part added said: “Notwithstanding section 325.17 or any other section of the Revised Code authorizing any appointing authority of a county office, department, commission, or board to set compensation, any modification of the right provided by division (B) of this section,…”

Istenes v. Lake Cnty. Auditor, 647 N.E.2d 534 (Ohio Ct. App. 1994). “*739 Though the court agreed that Greene County was, in fact, Tudor’s employer, it stated as follows: “While Sheriff Bradley has the power, pursuant to R.C. 325.17, to appoint and employ the necessary deputies and assistants for his office, to fix the compensation of such…”

Reed v. Portage Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 506 N.E.2d 249 (Ohio Ct. App. 1985). “This conclusion was based on R.C. 325.17 which, in pertinent part, provides: “The officers mentioned in section 325.”

Gratsch v. Hamilton Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 91 F. Supp. 2d 1160 (S.D. Ohio 2000). · cites it 2× “04 and R.C. § 325.17. See 1977 Ohio Op.Atty.Gen.”

Fehr v. Murdock, 534 N.E.2d 892 (Ohio Ct. App. 1987). “On the other hand, under R.C. 325.17, the sheriff has wide discretion in fixing the compensation of his deputies and employees, subject only to specific strictures found elsewhere in the statutes.”

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