Ohio Traf.R. 2

As used in these rules:

(A) “Traffic case” means any proceeding, other than a proceeding that includes an

alleged violation of Title 29 of the Revised Code, that involves one or more alleged

violations of a law, ordinance, or regulation governing the operation and use of

vehicles, conduct of pedestrians in relation to vehicles, or weight, dimension, loads

or equipment, or vehicles drawn or moved on highways and bridges.

(B) “Traffic ticket” means the traffic complaint and summons described in Traffic Rule

3 and that appears in the Appendix of Forms.

(C) “Highway” includes a street or an alley.

(D) “Petty offense” means an offense for which the penalty prescribed by law includes

confinement for six months or less.

(E) “Serious offense” means an offense for which the penalty prescribed by law

includes confinement for more than six months.

(F) “Court” means a municipal court, county court, juvenile division of the court of

common pleas, or mayor’s court.

(G) “Judge” means judge of a municipal court, county court, or juvenile ivision of the

court of common pleas, a magistrate of a municipal or county court, or a mayor or

mayor’s court magistrate presiding over a mayor’s court.

(H) “Prosecuting attorney” means the attorney general of this state, the prosecuting

attorney of a county, the law director, city solicitor, or other officer who prosecutes

a criminal case on behalf of the state or a city, village, township, or other politic al

subdivision, and the assistant or assistants of any of them.

(I) “State” means this state, a county, city, village, township, other political

subdivision or any other entity of this state that may prosecute a criminal action.

(J) “Clerk of court” means the duly elected or appointed clerk of any court of record,

or the deputy of any of them, and either the mayor of a municipal corporation

having a mayor’s court or any clerk appointed by the mayor.

(K) “Appear,” “appearance,” or “in person” mean the physical or remote presence of

an individual.

(L) “Attendance” means the physical or remote presence of an individual.

(M) “Open court” includes a court proceeding open to the public in person or by remote

access to the live proceeding.

(N) “Personal” or “Personally” means the physical or remote presence of an individual

except as provided by Traf.R. 3(E)(1).

(O) “Present” means the physical or remote presence of an individual.

(P) “Remote presence” means the presence of a person who is using live two-way video

and/or audio technology.

(Q) “Supplemental citation” is a citation signed by the clerk of court that meets the

requirements of R.C. 2935.26(B).

Traffic Rules Review Commission