Athens County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Filing Fees and Waivers

WARNING

Applies to

Appeal

The Court of Appeals usually allocates appeal costs by outcome, and those costs include the filing fee.

The Court of Appeals usually will asses costs as follows: (1) if an appeal is dismissed or the judgment is affirmed, the appellant will be responsible; (2) if the judgment is reversed, the appellee will be responsible; (3) if the judgment is affirmed or reversed in part or is vacated, as ordered by the Court of Appeals. Costs include the expense in preparing the record, fees allowed by law, and the fee for filing the appeal.

WARNING

Applies to

Printed document copy

Users must pay the Law Library's established rates for printed copies of documents.

Users shall be charged for printed copies of documents at rates established by the Law Library.

WARNING

Other entities may obtain fee deferral by applying to the Court and receiving its approval.

Other entities may obtain fee deferral upon application to and approval by the Court.

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A party may request delayed prepayment of the filing fee by submitting the specified forms for review and having the applicant's attorney provide the required affidavit.

E) A party may request the court to DELAY the prepayment of the filing fee by the following procedure: (1) Present a Financial Disclosure/ Affidavit of Indigency and Order (Local Form DR-1) and Application to Delay Payment of Required Filing Fee (Local Form DR-2) to the Domestic Relations Magistrate for review and 2) Cause applicant's attorney to present an affidavit that said attorney has not received any funds from the applicant as attorney fees or is a LEGAL AID OF SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL OHIO "Reduced Fee Panel Attorney;"

WARNING

Applies to

Copy or certified copy

Copies and certified copies may be obtained from the Clerk upon payment of applicable copy and related fees.

Alternatively, copies and certified copies of documents may be obtained from the clerk upon paying any copy and related fees set forth by the Clerk.

WARNING

Fee

0.25

Applies to

Service copy

The Clerk must charge $0.25 for each service copy produced in the specified situations and assess the fees as costs against funds on deposit.

In those situations, the Clerk shall charge a fee of $0.25 per service copy produced and shall assess those fees as costs against the funds on deposit.

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Prisoners and some pro se filers who qualify for indigent status, along with some government agencies, Legal Aid Central and Southeastern Ohio (formerly known as SEOLS) will need to have their costs deferred, and the Clerk and/or the Court will need to validate that those parties are in fact indigent or that they represent a qualifying government agency.

Prisoners and some pro se filers who qualify for indigent status, along with some government agencies, Legal Aid Central and Southeastern Ohio (formerly known as SEOLS) will need to have their costs deferred, and the Clerk and/or the Court will need to validate that those parties are in fact indigent or that they represent a qualifying government agency.

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Postponing payment does not excuse the applicant from paying the required filing fee or other costs.

I understand that postponing the payment of the filing fee DOES NOT exempt me or excuse me from paying the required filing fee or any other costs incurred in this action.

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Agencies and others may apply to be exempted from costs, subject to Court authorization.

Agencies and others may make application and be exempted if authorized by the Court.

INFO

A court may approve or affirm indigent-litigant status even when an applicant exceeds the stated income limit or has liquid assets equal to or greater than monthly expenses.

Nothing in this section shall prevent a court from approving or affirming an application to qualify as an indigent litigant for an applicant whose gross income exceeds one hundred eighty-seven and five-tenths per cent of the federal poverty guidelines as determined by the United States department of health and human services for the state of Ohio, or whose liquid assets equal or exceed the applicant's monthly expenses as specified in division (C)(2) of section 120-1-03 of the Administrative Code, as amended, or a substantially similar provision.

INFO

Applies to

Oath administration

If available, an authorized individual at the Clerk of Court's Office will administer the oath at no cost to the applicant.

If available, an individual duly authorized to administer this oath at the Clerk of Court's Office will do so at no cost to the Applicant.