Ross County Clerk of Courts

Clerk of Courts

Jordan L. Wheeler

"Keeper of the Records"

Jordan Wheeler was elected as Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in 2024. Prior to his election, Jordan dedicated over a decade to a successful career with Norfolk Southern Railroad, beginning as a Conductor and advancing to Locomotive Engineer, where he operated locomotives through communities across Ohio. He serves on the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) Ohio State Legislative Board and Executive Committee and has held various leadership roles within BLET Division 234 over the years. Jordan also serves as the Legislative Representative for BLET Division 234 in Columbus and is the Director of Political Affairs for the Ohio State Legislative Board. His work has focused on advocating for worker safety, fair labor practices, and policies that benefit Ohio’s working families.

As Clerk of Courts, Jordan’s responsibilities include upholding over 250 state statutes and court rules by providing public access to the records of the Common Pleas Court and 4th District Court of Appeals; facilitating civil, criminal, and domestic relations cases; collecting and distributing court-ordered fees, fines, and restitution; and managing all motor vehicle and watercraft titles for Ross County. Jordan is committed to transparency, accessibility, and delivering exceptional service to the public.

Ross County Clerk of Courts Legal Division

The Clerk of Courts Office, located in the Ross County Court House -plays a vital role in serving the interests of justice. This includes filing, docketing, indexing and preserving all court pleadings for civil, felony criminal and domestic relations cases. The Clerk of Courts must also follow procedure required by law and issue writs to carry out Court orders. Some of these writs include summons, subpoenas, warrants to arrest and to convey to penal institutions and the signing of the death warrant in capital cases.

In addition to processing all Court paperwork, the Clerk of Courts must preserve the records for use by future generations. A computer system has been in use since 1989 to record the index and docket of court cases allowing faster access to the information.

Older court casefiles are kept on microfilm. By reducing the files to microfilm, the amount of space needed to permanently retain casefiles is manageable and the files are safer. The master microfilm is kept offsite and the Clerk's office makes available a copy for use in the office.

Ross County Clerk of Courts Title Division

The Title Bureau, now located at 475 Western Ave. Suite M- issues a certificate of title to document the ownership of motor vehicles including automobiles, watercraft and all terrain vehicles. An Automated Title Processing System links all 88 counties Title Bureaus into a common database. The computer system, provided by the State of Ohio, was completely upgraded in January 2016. New hardware and software have been installed, and all Title Division staff members were trained on the new procedures.

Computerized court records go back to November 1989.

Public information data is furnished by the Ross County Clerk of Courts from computerized records. While we make an effort to assure the data is accurate and up-to-date, it must be accepted and used by the recipient with the understanding that we make no warranties, expressed or implied, concerning the accuracy, reliability or suitability of this data. We furthermore assume no liability whatsoever associated with the use or misuse of such data.