Athens County Municipal Court, Ohio Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Documents may be e-filed in the Clerk-specified digitized format; the Clerk must accept presented paper or electronic filings, but the Court may strike filings that violate the rule.

Any document to be filed in an action proceeding before the Athens County Municipal Court may be filed with the Clerk electronically, except as otherwise provided for in this rule. Such filing shall be in a digitized format specified by the Clerk pursuant to the Clerk of Court’s electronic filing procedure, this Court’s Local Rules of Practice and Procedure, and any administrative order(s) regarding electronic filing. The Clerk of Courts is directed to accept any paper or electronic filing that is presented. However, the Court may strike such filing if it is found to be in contravention of this rule.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Document containing third party signatures

Documents containing third-party signatures must be filed electronically.

Documents containing signatures of third parties, including signatures of notaries public, shall be scanned as an image and filed electronically.

CRITICAL

Documents filed under seal are prohibited from electronic filing, scanning into electronic format, and upload to the case management system.

Documents filed under seal shall not be filed electronically or scanned by the clerk into electronic format nor uploaded to the court’s case management system.

CRITICAL

Filing documents by facsimile or fax is prohibited.

Facsimile or Fax filings will not be permitted.

WARNING

Except for sealed documents, paper filings will be scanned and uploaded to the case management system or appropriate e-signature program, and the uploaded document constitutes the original.

Any document filed in paper form will be scanned and uploaded to the clerk of court’s case management system, or if a signature is needed, to the appropriate e-signature program. The uploaded electronic document shall constitute the original document.

INFO

Applies to

Traffic citation

Traffic citations may be electronically filed if the clerk has the appropriate system in place.

Pursuant to Traffic Rule 3 (F)(2), traffic citations may be electronically filed when the clerk has the appropriate system in place.

INFO

Parties may file pleadings on paper or electronically, and the Clerk will promptly scan paper pleadings into an approved electronic format.

Parties may file any pleading in paper form or electronically. If filed in paper form, the Clerk will scan the document into an approved electronic format promptly upon receipt.

INFO

Applies to

Traffic citation

The court authorizes the use and filing of tickets produced by computer or other electronic means.

The use and filing of a ticket that is produced by a computer or other electronic means is hereby authorized in the Athens County Municipal Court.