Columbus Ohio Court Information, Location and Rules

Columbus Ohio Court is the municipal court serving the City of Columbus in Franklin County, Ohio. It is a limited jurisdiction trial court and is therefore referred to as the Franklin County Municipal Court. Columbus Court hears and decides cases involving civil, criminal and traffic offenses. Types of cases handled by Franklin County Municipal Court are as follows:

•    Civil cases such as real property, contract or tort, and miscellaneous civil cases where the amount in controversy is less than $15,000.
•    Small claims where the amount in dispute is less than $3,000.
•    Criminal preliminary hearings are also held here.
•    Violations like traffic offenses, ordinance violations, etc.

Columbus Ohio Court: Officials and Staff

The Franklin County Municipal Court is served by a number of judges and magistrates. The names and contact numbers of these court officials are as follows:

Judges

Brandt, Michael T.: (614) 645-8296
Barrows, Ted: (614) 645-7655
Glaeden, Carrie: (614) 645-8206
Dorrian, Julia: (614) 645-8205
Grubb, Janet A.: (614) 645-8207
Peeples, Andrea C: (614) 645-8280
Green, James E.: (614) 645-8295
Maynard, W. Dwayne: (614) 645-8286
Pollitt, Jr., H. William: (614) 645-7745
Herbert, Paul M.: (614) 645-8287
Tyack, David B.: (614) 645-8849
Salerno, Amy: (614) 645-8204
Taylor, Anne: (614) 645-7643
VanDerKarr, Scott D: (614) 645-8288

Environmental Division

Hale, Harland H.: (614) 645-8740

Magistrates

Graham, Kathleen: (614) 645-6822
Jump, David S.: (614) 645-7031
Hummer, Mark: (614) 645-6822
Mathews, Denise: (614) 645-7235
Kimball, Dennis R.: (614) 645-7547
Paat, Jr., Antonio B.: (614) 645-6296

Along with these officials the court staff also includes court reporters, service bailiffs, and such others.

Columbus Ohio Court: Services

Columbus Ohio Court offers a number of court services to the population living in the city. The Assignment Office is responsible for assigning a case to a particular judge, preparing court sheets and broadsheets for each judge, sending notification of court hearings, and so on. The Jury Service, under the authority of the Jury Commissioner, has the job of summoning jurors for trial cases. Each juror serves on a two-week basis.

An additional responsibility of the Columbus Municipal Court is the Dispute Resolution Program. Offering mediation services, this program aims at resolving disputes by a mutual agreement to avoid a trial and save the court’s valuable time and money. The Administrative Assistant of the Small Claims Division supervises the program with the help of court staff and community volunteers trained for this purpose.

Municipal court judges also conduct civil marriage ceremonies. You need to have a prior appointment for that.

View costs and fees of the court services by clicking http://www.fcmcclerk.com/localrules/pdf/Rule13Sched09.pdf.

Columbus Ohio Court: Contact Information

The address of Franklin County Municipal Court is

375 S. High St.
Columbus, Ohio 43215-4520

Contact particular divisions of the Franklin County Municipal Court as follows:

Court Administration:    (614) 645-8214
Assignment Office: (614) 645-8346
Court Investigation: (614) 645-7352
Duty Room: (614) 645-8162
Court Reporters: (614) 645-8257
Environmental Specialist: (614) 645-8742
Environmental Court – Bailiff: (614) 645-8740
Eviction Bailiffs: (614) 645-7780
Service Bailiffs: (614) 645-7780
Jury Commissioner: (614) 645-7726
Human Resources: (614) 645-8214
Probation: (614) 645-8360
TTY only: (614) 645-1804
Security: (614) 645-8990
Small Claims Court: (614) 645-7381

You can access the court records of Columbus Ohio Court from the Case Network Records Search at http://www.fcmcclerk.com/case/search/.