Ohio Revised Code Title XXIII. Courts Common Pleas § 2301.04

(A) In the event of a natural or man-made disaster, civil disorder, or any extraordinary circumstance that interrupts or threatens to interrupt the orderly operation of a division of a court of common pleas within the territorial jurisdiction of the division, the administrative judge of the division may issue an order authorizing the division to operate at a temporary location inside or outside the territorial jurisdiction of the division. The order shall identify the temporary location at which the division shall operate and the date on which operations shall commence at the temporary location. The division shall operate at the temporary location until the administrative judge withdraws, cancels, or rescinds the order.

(B) The authority of an administrative judge of a division of a court of common pleas to issue an order authorizing the division to operate at a temporary location pursuant to division (A) of this section is independent of and shall not be conditioned upon a declaration of a judicial emergency issued by the chief justice of the supreme court pursuant to Rule 14 of the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio.

(C) For the period during which a division of a court of common pleas operates in a temporary location pursuant to division (A) of this section, the division shall continue to have the territorial jurisdiction set forth in section 2301.01 of the Revised Code and the court shall have jurisdiction to hear actions and conduct proceedings the same as if the division were operating within that territorial jurisdiction.

(D) As soon as practicable following issuance of an order pursuant to division (A) of this section, both of the following shall occur:

(E) As soon as practicable following the withdrawal, cancellation, or rescission of an order issued pursuant to division (A) of this section, each of the following shall occur: