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Clerk of Courts
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Email
ClerkofCourtsLegal@unioncountyohio.gov, ClerkofCourtsTitle@co.union.oh.us
Phone Numbers
937-645-3006 937-645-2001
Fax: 937-645-3162
Emergencies: Dial 911
Location
215 West 5th Street
940 London Avenue
Marysville,
OH
43040
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Hours
Clerk of Courts Legal Office
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Clerk of Courts Title Office
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Clerk of Courts Branch Title Office
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Bond Guidelines

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All Common Pleas Court bonds must be taken by the Clerk of Courts or her appointed deputy. 

Posting of bonds will only be accepted Monday through Friday 8:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

Video bond will be taken when the defendant is being held at the Tri-County Jail.  The process will begin with the surety or bondsman posting the bond in person at the Clerk of Courts Office.  The original bond will then be taken to the Tri-County Jail by the person who just posted the bond.  Tri-County will set the video time and the defendant will sign the bond via video camera in front of the Clerk or her appointed deputy.  At that time, the defendant may be released from jail.  

Surety Bond Agents must have a current Power of Attorney and Certificate of Authority on file in the Clerk of Courts Office. The Insurance Company must appear in the current year’s State of Ohio list of Insurance Companies Authorized to Transact Business.

Additional Bonding Agencies will be accepted upon presenting the proper documentation, in person, to the Union County Clerk of Courts Office in Marysville, Ohio

Sureties posting a cash bond will be required to provide an affidavit signed and notarized stating they are financially responsible for the full amount of the bond according to ORC. 2937.011(L).

O.R.C. 2937.011(L)

Every surety, except a corporate surety licensed as provided by law, shall justify by affidavit and may be required to describe in the affidavit, the property that the surety proposes as security and the encumbrances on it, the number and amount of other bonds and undertakings for bail entered into by the surety and remaining undischarged, and all of the surety’s other liabilities. The surety shall provide other evidence of financial responsibility as the court or clerk may require. The court shall not approve a bail bond unless the surety or sureties appear, in the opinion of the court or clerk, to be financially responsible in at least the amount of the bond. A licensed attorney at law may not be a surety.