If an execution or order of sale directed to an officer comes to his hands to be executed, and he neglects or refuses to execute it; or if he neglects or refuses to sell property of any kind which, by a writ or order, he is directed to sell; or fails to call an inquest, or to return to the clerk's office a copy of the certificate of appraisement made by the inquest; or neglects to return to the proper court an execution or order of sale to him directed on or before the return day thereof; or neglects to return a correct inventory of personal property taken on execution unless he returns that the amount of the judgment, including costs, has been paid to him; or neglects, on demand, to pay to the person entitled thereto money by him collected or received for the use of such person; or neglects or refuses, on demand, to pay the judgment debtor all money by him received on a sale made, beyond what is sufficient to satisfy the writ or order of sale, with interest and costs, on motion in court, and notice thereof, in writing, as provided in section 2707.02 of the Revised Code, such officer shall be amerced in the amount of such judgment, including costs, with ten per cent thereon, to and for the use of the plaintiff or defendant.
Chapter 2707 | Amercement
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Section 2707.01 | Amercement of officer.
Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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Section 2707.02 | Notice of motion for amercement.
Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the officer resides in the county in which the motion mentioned in section 2707.01 of the Revised Code is made, notice shall be served upon him at least two days before it is heard. If he is an officer of another county, the notice shall be served upon him, or left at his office, at least fifteen days before the first day of the term at which the motion will be heard, or sent to him by mail at least sixty days before such day. |
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Section 2707.03 | Amercement for not serving or returning process.
Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If an officer fails to execute a summons, order, execution, or other process directed to him, or to return it, as required by law, unless he makes it appear, to the satisfaction of the court, that he was prevented by unavoidable accident from so doing, he shall be amerced, upon motion and notice, as provided in sections 2707.01 and 2707.02 of the Revised Code, in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be liable to the action of any person aggrieved by such failure. Such officer is not liable to an action or amercement for a failure to execute such process directed to him from a county other than that in which he was elected, unless his fees are deposited with the clerk who issued the process, and an indorsement is made and subscribed by such clerk thereon at the time of its issue, in these words: "Funds are deposited to pay the sheriff on this process." |
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Section 2707.04 | Clerks may be amerced for not paying over money.
Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If a clerk of a court neglects or refuses, on demand, to pay, to the person entitled thereto, money by him received in his official capacity for the use of such person, he may be amerced, on motion and notice as provided in sections 2707.01 and 2707.02 of the Revised Code. |
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Section 2707.05 | Amount of amercement for not paying over money.
Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the cause of amercement is the refusal to pay over money collected, the officer shall not be amerced in a greater sum than the amount withheld, with ten per cent thereon. |
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Section 2707.06 | Surety may be made party to judgment.
Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A surety of an officer may be made party to the judgment rendered against such officer under sections 2707.01 to 2707.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by action, but the goods and chattels, and lands and tenements, of such surety shall not be liable to execution when sufficient goods and chattels, and lands and tenements, of the officer against whom execution is issued, can be found to satisfy the execution. Either party may proceed against the officer by attachment. |
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Section 2707.07 | Officer may have execution on original judgment.
Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If an officer who is amerced has not collected the amount of the original judgment, he may sue out an execution and collect, for his own use, the amount of the judgment, in the name of the original plaintiff. |