Ohio

Bail/Bond Schedules

  • Only cash or money order may be accepted for bail/bonds (except bonds may be specified in R.C. 2937.281)
  • When the defendant fails to appear at the appointed hour and place for hearing, any bond or bail posted by such defendant shall then there be forfeited.
  • Where bond or bail has been declared forfeited by the Court, the forfeiture may be set aside with or without costs, as the Court deems proper. If the defendant, in such cases, appears before adjournment of Court or shows good cause for non-appearance.

Bail/Bond schedule for Bellevue Municipal Court is as follows:

Misdemeanor Bonds
1st Degree - M1 $1,000.00
2nd Degree - M2 $750.00
3rd Degree - M3 $500.00
4th Degree - M4 $250.00
Minor/Unclassified - MM/UM OR BOND
2919.25 Domestic Violence NO BOND - MUST BE SET BY JUDGE
2919.27 Violation Protection Order NO BOND - MUST BE SET BY JUDGE
Any O.R.C. Section 2903 NO BOND - MUST BE SET BY JUDGE
Aggravated Menacing ORC 2911.211
(has prior conviction with same victim involved)		 NO BOND - MUST BE SET BY JUDGE
Any Sexual Oriented Offense ORC 2950.01
(has prior conviction with same victim involved)		 NO BOND - MUST BE SET BY JUDGE
Felony Bonds
1st Degree - F1 NO BOND - MUST BE SET BY JUDGE
2nd Degree - F2 $30,000.00
3rd Degree - F3 $20,000.00
4th Degree - F4 $10,000.00
5th Degree - F5 $5,000.00

Pursuant to Crim.R. 46(G) and Ohio Supreme Court Rule of Superintendence 5.02, the bail schedule for misdemeanor charges, including traffic offenses, unless excluded below, shall be set as follows:

  1. Personal recognizance
    • If the police officer, prosecutor, or law director has reasonable cause to believe that a personal recognizance bond is insufficient, a motion regarding same shall be filed by the State with the Court for additional authority. If the judge determines that personal bail is insufficient, the conditions of release shall be set pursuant to Crim.R. 46.
    • When a judge has previously set bail in a case, or has ordered a new amount in its last capias or warrant entry, that bail shall remain in effect unless otherwise ordered by a judge.

For all other charges, the Judge shall set bail pursuant to Crim.R.46. This includes:

  1. Felonies;
  2. Misdemeanor charges regardless of whether charged under the Ohio Revised Code, local ordinance, or other statutory provision;
    1. Domestic Violence or any other offense of violence if the victim is a family or household member (see: R.C. 2919.251);
    2. Violation of any protection order or condition of community control, supervision, or probation involving prohibition from contact with specified persons or place;
    3. The following offenses if the accused was subject to a protection order and/or has a prior conviction involving the same complainant/victim pursuant to R.C. 2903.212:
      1. Aggravated Menacing (R.C. 2903.21);
      2. Menacing by Stalking (R.C. 2903.211);
      3. Menacing (R.C. 2903.22);
      4. Aggravated Trespass (R.C. 2911.211); and
      5. Any sexually oriented offense as defined by R.C. 2950.01; and
    4. Any other offense when the victim, police officer, or prosecutor is seeking a protection order, no contact order, or other conditions of bond.