Statutes
Fee schedules for the legal aid filing fee surcharge are codified in sections 1901.26, 1907.24, and 2303.201 of the Revised Code.
Key components of these statutes include:
Assessing and collecting the $26 filing fee surcharge ($11 on small claims) on new civil actions and proceedings at the time the case is filed (except on inter-governmental cases, in which the fee may be collected from the defendant following judgment);
Not waive the legal aid fund surcharge unless other all filing fee surcharges are waived;
Assessing an $15 surcharge (the difference between the $11 already collected and $26 surcharge for new civil cases) on cases moving from the small claims to general civil docket;
Remitting surcharges collected to the Treasurer of State on or before the 20th of the month following the month in which they were collected; and
Completing each section of the Treasurer of State's remittance form, including the number of cases assessed the $26, $15, and $11 surcharge, as well as the number of cases in which the surcharge was waived.
Links to the current sections of the Revised Code establishing the legal aid fund filing fee surcharges are provided below.