Miscellaneous

Chillicothe Municipal Court: Veterans Treatment Docket

The Chillicothe Municipal Court, which hears the misdemeanour and traffic cases of all of Ross County, runs a veterans treatment docket under Judge Keith A. Washburn that the Supreme Court of Ohio certifies as "Substance Use - Veterans Treatment"; the court publishes no eligibility or application for it, so a veteran or defence lawyer asks the court (95 East Main Street, Chillicothe, 740-773-3515).

Also called: veterans court, veterans treatment court, veterans docket, Chillicothe Municipal Court, Keith Washburn, specialized docket, 740-773-3515, Chillicothe, Kingston, Frankfort, Clarksburg, Richmond Dale, Bainbridge.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The Supreme Court of Ohio's list of certified specialized dockets carries the Chillicothe Municipal Court's "Substance Use - Veterans Treatment" docket under Judge Keith A. Washburn. A certified docket is run under the Supreme Court's Superintendence Rule 36.20 standards: a court-supervised treatment programme a defendant enters voluntarily, with a written participation agreement, treatment and regular appearances before the judge. What the court publishes. Nothing more: the court's site has no page or form for the docket, and its Local Rules revised August 31, 2026 carry no specialized-docket rule, so who is eligible, which charges are taken and how to apply are not published. Judge Washburn, who took the bench on February 3, 2025, served from 1990 to 1993 as an Intelligence Analyst Specialist in the Army's 4th Infantry Division, by the court's own biography. Who to ask. The Chillicothe Municipal Court, 95 East Main Street, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601; 740-773-3515, probation fax 740-774-3091; weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. A defendant's lawyer or the Ross County Veterans Service Commission (740-772-1600) can raise the docket. The county's other certified dockets - the Common Pleas General/Domestic Relations substance-use docket and the Probate/Juvenile family dependency docket - are not veterans dockets.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Chillicothe Municipal Court: Veterans Treatment Docket
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Justice-involved veteranFor a veteran charged in the Chillicothe Municipal Court; the court publishes no further eligibility. A disability rating is not the test.

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