Knox County, Ohio (Judicial)

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Knox County is located within the Fifth District Court of Appeals.

The people of Knox County are served by a Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has jurisdiction in Knox County. Appeals from the Southern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

Judges[edit]

Knox County, Ohio

Court of Common Pleas[edit]

Knox County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio

General/Domestic Relations Division[edit]

  • Richard Wetzel Jr.[1]


Mount Vernon Municipal Court[edit]

Knox County Municipal Court, Ohio


Elections[edit]

See also: Ohio judicial elections

Ohio is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Ohio, click here.

  • Ohio local trial court judicial elections, 2025
  • Ohio local trial court judicial elections, 2024
  • Ohio local trial court judicial elections, 2023
  • Ohio local trial court judicial elections, 2022
  • Ohio local trial court judicial elections, 2021
  • Ohio local trial court judicial elections, 2020
  • Ohio local trial court judicial elections, 2019
  • Ohio local trial court judicial elections, 2018
  • Ohio local trial court judicial elections, 2017
  • Ohio local trial court judicial elections, 2016
  • Ohio judicial elections, 2014
  • Ohio judicial elections, 2013
  • Ohio judicial elections, 2012
  • Ohio judicial elections, 2011
  • Ohio judicial elections, 2010

Election rules[edit]

Primary election[edit]

In Ohio, primary elections serve to nominate a candidate of a political party for election to an office. The winners of each party's primary go on to face each other in the general election. Primaries are held "on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each year except in years in which a presidential primary election is held."[2]


See also[edit]

  • Knox County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio
  • Ohio counties
  • Courts in Ohio

External links[edit]

  • Knox County, Ohio website

Footnotes[edit]

  1. Knox County, "Elected Officials"
  2. Ohio Revised Code, "3501.01 Election Procedure - Election Officials Definitions," accessed September 13, 2017

Categories: [Ohio counties (judicial)]


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