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

2025
MondaySeptember 1, 2025Labor DayClosed
MondayOctober 13, 2025Columbus DayClosed
TuesdayNovember 4, 2025Election DayClosed at Noon (12:00 P.M.)
TuesdayNovember 11, 2025Veterans DayClosed
ThursdayNovember 27, 2025Thanksgiving DayClosed
FridayNovember 28, 2025Day after Thanksgiving DayClosed
WednesdayDecember 24, 2025Christmas EveClosed at Noon (12:00 P.M.)
ThursdayDecember 25, 2025Christmas DayClosed
WednesdayDecember 31, 2025New Year's EveClosed at Noon (12:00 P.M.)
2026
ThursdayJanuary 1, 2026New Year's DayClosed
MondayJanuary 19, 2026Martin Luther King, Jr. DayClosed
MondayFebruary 16, 2026Presidents DayClosed
FridayApril 3, 2026Good FridayClosed at Noon (12:00 P.M.)
MondayMay 25, 2026Memorial DayClosed
FridayJune 19, 2026JuneteenthClosed
FridayJuly 3, 2026Independence Day (Observed)Closed
MondaySeptember 7, 2026Labor DayClosed
MondayOctober 12, 2026Columbus DayClosed
TuesdayNovember 3, 2026Election DayClosed at Noon (12:00 P.M.)
WednesdayNovember 11, 2026Veterans DayClosed
ThursdayNovember 26, 2026Thanksgiving DayClosed
FridayNovember 27, 2026Day After Thanksgiving DayClosed
ThursdayDecember 24, 2026Christmas EveClosed at Noon (12:00 P.M.)
FridayDecember 25, 2026Christmas DayClosed
ThursdayDecember 13, 2026New Year's EveClosed at Noon (12:00 P.M.)

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.