HOURS & LOCATION

Hours:
Monday - Friday (Except Legal Holidays) 
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM** 

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** All filings and Marriage License Applications must be submitted by 3:45 PM.

Location:
William Howard Taft Center
230 East Ninth Street, 9th and 10th floors
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
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Holiday Hours

2023
MondayFebruary 20, 2023Presidents DayClosed
FridayApril 7, 2023Good FridayClosed at Noon (12:00 P.M.)
MondayMay 29, 2023Memorial DayClosed
MondayJune 19, 2023JuneteenthClosed
TuesdayJuly 4, 2023IndependenceClosed
MondaySeptember 4, 2023Labor DayClosed
MondayOctober 9, 2023Columbus DayClosed
TuesdayNovember 7, 2023Election DayClosed at Noon (12:00 P.M.)
FridayNovember 10, 2023Veteran's Day (Observed)Closed
ThursdayNovember 23, 2023Thanksgiving DayClosed
FridayNovember 24, 2023Day After Thanksgiving DayClosed
MondayDecember 25, 2023Christmas DayClosed
2024
MondayJanuary 1, 2024New Years DayClosed

MAGISTRATE SCHEDULE

Magistrates are available (except for vacations, etc.), for scheduled or unscheduled matters, according to the following schedule:

 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
Scheduled HearingsPaul RattermannKaren RosenKendal CoesKaren RosenPaul Rattermann
 Kendal CoesRogena StargelMark WatersRogena StargelMark Waters
Walk-InsRogena StargelKendal Coes
Paul Rattermann***Paul RattermannRogena Stargel
 Karen RosenMark WatersKaren RosenMark WatersKendal Coes

The magistrates will typically be absent for lunch during the following times:

 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
12:00 - 1:00 P.M.Coes
Rosen
Rattermann
Stargel

Coes
Rosen
Stargel
Waters

Coes
Rattermann
Stargel
Waters
Rosen
Rattermann
Stargel
Waters
Coes
Rosen
Rattermann
Waters
1:00 - 2:00 P.M.WatersRattermannRosenCoesStargel

If a case is assigned to a magistrate, you must see the assigned magistrate on an available day for that matter. A magistrate may not be available on a day of scheduled hearings. There are limited exceptions for the opening of an estate as well as for the appointment of an appraiser, obtaining an inventory hearing date and approving the sale or transfer of a motor vehicle. Any magistrate can approve these filings.

Note: All magistrates are in a magistrates' meeting from 8:00 - 9:00 every Monday morning.

*** Paul Rattermann will be hearing the Citation docket every Wednesday at 9:30 A.M.