The Ohio Supreme Court approved rule changes requiring that:

• Counties establish as their first choice the release of an individual on nonmonetary personal recognizance before resorting to formal bail
• Counties with more than one municipal or county court adopt a uniform bail schedule.

The changes take effect July 1 and were proposed by the group charged with implementing the 2019 recommendations of the Ohio Task Force to Examine the Ohio Bail System.

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