While some offenses do not require a court appearance and can be paid at the Clerk’s Office by “waiver”, others are considered “non-waiverable” – meaning that you must appear before a judge. Some of the most commonly-cited “non-waiverable” offenses, according to the Ohio Traffic Rules, the Ohio Revised Code and local Court rules, include:
| • Indictable felony offenses • Reckless driving where charged under Kettering Ordinance as a fourth degree misdemeanor • Leaving the scene of an accident • Driving under suspension/revocation or without a license when jail is a possible penalty • Willfully eluding or fleeing a police officer • Drag racing • Drug-related offenses with the exception of public intoxication M-M and M-4 • All speeding citations which are for 36+ miles per hour over the posted speed limit • Wrongful entrustment • Passing a stopped school bus • Failure to stop and remain standing upon meeting or overtaking a school bus stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging a school child |