Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Documents containing sensitive personal information must be maintained in a separate non-public file by the Clerk of Courts.

A. Documents filed in any case containing sensitive personal information shall be kept in a “non-public file,” separate from the public case file otherwise maintained by the Clerk of Courts. The non-public file shall be maintained by the Clerk of Courts in such manner and in such location as the Clerk deems appropriate.

WARNING

On a party’s motion or the Court’s own motion, other documents containing sensitive personal information may be ordered into the non-public file.

C. Upon the motion of any party or upon the Court’s own motion, other documents containing sensitive personal information may be ordered to be maintained in the non-public file.

Checked and corrected to match the court's document on Oct 9, 2026WARNING

The Court may order documents filed under seal by the Clerk of Courts, and those documents are inaccessible without Court permission.

F. Notwithstanding the provisions of this rule, the Court may order certain documents to be filed under seal by the Clerk of Courts. Said documents would not be accessible to any person without permission of the Court.