Adams County, Ohio (Judicial)

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Adams County is located within the Fourth District Court of Appeals.

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

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

Judges

Adams County, Ohio

Court of Common Pleas

Adams County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio

• Brett M. Spencer

County Court

Adams County Court, Ohio

• Alan Foster

Elections

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, 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

Primary election

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."

See also

• Ohio counties
• Courts in Ohio

External links

• Adams County, Ohio website

Footnotes

Ohio courts

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Federal courts:

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio

State courts:

Ohio Supreme Court • Ohio District Courts of Appeal • Ohio Courts of Common Pleas • Ohio County Courts • Ohio Municipal Courts • Ohio Court of Claims

State resources:

Courts in Ohio • Ohio judicial elections • Judicial selection in Ohio