Minor Marijuana Offense Diversion Program | Stow Municipal Court

Serves as community-based program that provides educational services or other prescribed social services for adults who have been arrested for a misdemeanor marijuana drug abuse or possession or marijuana paraphernalia offense. Successful completion of the program generally prevents fines, court costs, jail time, license suspension, and a permanent record of the offense.

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211 Summit

Physical Address

4400 Courthouse Boulevard, Stow, OH 44224

Hours

Varies. Call for details.

Application process

Plead guilty at arraignment and complete intake at probation. Must be approved by the prosecutor.

Fee

Fixed fee.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the program, applicant must: - Be charged with a misdemeanor marijuana drug abuse or possession or marijuana paraphernalia offense. - Pay a $100 non-refundable fee (to be credited against the $550 program fee); - Satisfactorily compete the program application; - Be a first offender with no prior felony conviction, misdemeanor drug conviction or other or serious misdemeanor conviction at any time, or an alcohol related conviction within the last three years; - Not be in another diversion program or having completed any other diversion program, nor in the process or having a prior offense sealed or having previously had an offense sealed; - Have no pending cases in any court; - Not be rejected for the program by the prosecutor for the jurisdiction that cited the applicant.

Languages

None.

Service area

Boston Heights Village, Ohio Twinsburg, Ohio Hudson, Ohio Peninsula, Ohio Silver Lake, Ohio Sagamore Hills, Ohio Macedonia, Ohio Munroe Falls, Ohio Reminderville, Ohio Tallmadge, Ohio Northfield, Ohio Stow, Ohio Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

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Stow Municipal Court

The court has jurisdiction over misdemeanor and traffic offenses committed within its geographical boundaries and civil cases in which the amount does not exceed $15,000. Serves 16 communities including Boston Heights, Boston Township, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Macedonia, Munroe Falls, Northfield Center, Northfield Village, Peninsula, Reminderville, Sagamore Hills, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and Twinsburg Township.