Ohio Revised Code Title XV. Conservation of Natural Resources § 1531.22

A person authorized by law to prosecute a case under a division rule or this chapter or Chapter 1533. of the Revised Code shall not be required to advance or secure costs therein. If the defendant is acquitted or discharged from custody, the costs shall be certified under oath by the court to the chief of the division of wildlife, who shall correct all errors therein and pay the person entitled to payment out of the wildlife fund created in section 1531.17 of the Revised Code.