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Toledo Municipal Court, Ohio

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Jurisdiction

This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]

Municipal and County Courts – The subject matter jurisdiction of municipal and county courts is identical. Each county court was established to have under its territorial jurisdiction those regions of a county not otherwise served by a municipal court. They have the authority to conduct preliminary hearings in felony cases, and both have jurisdiction over traffic and non-traffic misdemeanors. These courts also have limited jurisdiction for civil cases in which the amount in controversy does not exceed $15,000 and small claims cases up to $6,000. Judges of municipal and county courts have statewide authority to solemnize marriage ceremonies.[2]

Judges


Office Name Party Date assumed office
Toledo Municipal Court James Anderson Nonpartisan January 2, 2024
Toledo Municipal Court William Connelly Jr. Nonpartisan 2009
Toledo Municipal Court Joseph Howe Nonpartisan January 1, 2018
Toledo Municipal Court Nicole Khoury Nonpartisan January 3, 2018
Toledo Municipal Court Timothy C. Kuhlman Nonpartisan
Toledo Municipal Court Joshua Lanzinger Nonpartisan January 1, 2014
Toledo Municipal Court Michelle Wagner Nonpartisan


Elections

Ohio is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Ohio, click here.

Selection method

See also: Judicial selection in the states
See also: Nonpartisan election of judges

The judges of the Ohio Municipal Courts are each elected to six-year terms. The elections for this court are nonpartisan contested elections with partisan primaries. To serve on this court, a judge must be a resident of the municipality, licensed in the state, and practice law for six years or serve as a judge of court of record.[3]

Judicial elections in Ohio

See also: Ohio judicial elections

Ohio is one of 11 states that uses partisan elections to select judges and does not use retention elections for subsequent terms. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.

Primary election

In Ohio, primary elections serve to nominate a candidate of a political party for election to an office. The winners of each party's primary go on to face each other in the general election. Primaries are held "on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each year except in years in which a presidential primary election is held."[4]

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