Ohio

Sets bail first

Judge, magistrate, or clerk; jailer or police on the court's schedule for misdemeanors

Who that is

Judges and others

Release on a schedule

Jail or police can release on a schedule

Time to see a judge

No hour limit set

Money bail

Allowed

Risk assessment

Ohio Risk Assessment System Pretrial Assessment Tool (ORAS-PAT) (some counties)

Prosecutor

Prosecuting attorney, one per county, elected

Public defense

Mixed

Jails run by

Mixed

Who decides release first

Every court must keep a bail schedule for misdemeanors so people can be released before they see a judge. When no judge, magistrate, or clerk is available, the sheriff, police, or jailer may set bail from that schedule. Only a judge or magistrate sets bail on a felony.

Ohio Rev. Code 2937.23Ohio Rev. Code 2937.011(I)

Time to see a judge

A person arrested and still held must see a judicial officer for a bail hearing by the second court day after arrest. After a warrantless arrest, a judge or magistrate must also review probable cause within 48 hours, but that review can happen on paper. If the person had no lawyer at the first hearing and is still held, a second bail hearing with appointed counsel follows two court days later.

Ohio Rev. Code 2937.011(J)Ohio Crim. R. 4(E)(2)

Money bail

Ohio courts may set money bail. The constitution tells courts to weigh public safety, the charge, and the person's record when setting the amount. State law requires the least restrictive conditions and any money terms to be the least costly that will bring the person back to court.

Ohio Const. art. I, sec. 9Ohio Rev. Code 2937.011(A)-(B)

Population covered

93%

of Ohio's people lived under an agency that reported to the FBI in 2025.

Agencies on NIBRS

96%

831 of 863 agencies send incident detail. The rest send summary counts or nothing.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, pulled 2026-09-26.

Program

Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS), Ohio Incident-Based Reporting System (OIBRS)

Incident reporting

Yes, OIBRS, a voluntary state NIBRS program; use-of-force data added in 2017.

Annual report

Annual crime reportNo annual report found online.

Online portal

OIBRS Crime Data (Crime in Ohio)Data 2000 to 2026.

What changed

In June 2026 the Ohio Attorney General launched a separate Ohio Crime Statistics Dashboard (https://ocsd.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/) with felony arrest and sentencing data; it is not the UCR program.

Links and years checked 2026-09-26.

• Ohio Incident-Based Reporting System (OIBRS)State · OH

  Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services · Incidents, Use of force · dashboard, html · monthly

  Ohio Incident-Based Reporting System (OIBRS), the voluntary state NIBRS program run by the Office of Criminal Justice Services. Verified September 2026; the site blocks some automated clients.

• Ohio Supreme Court eStatsState · OH

  Supreme Court of Ohio, Case Management Section · Courts · csv, dashboard · monthly

  Per judge per court (common pleas = county): Form A pending, new, terminations by type; report viewer exports CSV. Monthly, 1999 on for some judges.

Plus 83 national sources, from the FBI, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Census Bureau, the courts, and others.