Athens County Municipal Court, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

All motions must be submitted in writing.

All motions must be in writing.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

E-filed documents and attachments must be searchable, non-editable PDFs; external links are prohibited, while internal links are permitted but may not work with the case management system.

E-filed documents, including attachments, shall be filed in searchable (but not editable) PDF format. External electronic links to material outside the filed document are strictly prohibited. Internal links to other parts of the same filing are permissible, but may not be compatible with the case management system.

CRITICAL

A party submitting a hard-copy filing must provide the appropriate number of copies for service and the court record.

Any party submitting hard copy filings will provide the Court with the appropriate number of copies for service and for the court record.

CRITICAL

A document requiring a Judge’s or Case Assignment Manager’s signature must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document with the appropriate e-filing-system signature token.

Documents requiring a signature by a Judge or Case Assignment Manager shall be submitted as a Microsoft Word document with the appropriate signature token as per the instructions of the e-filing system.

CRITICAL

Electronically filed documents must follow the applicable formatting rules for paper filings.

All electronically filed documents shall be formatted in accordance with the applicable civil, criminal, traffic, and local rules governing formatting of paper filings.

CRITICAL

Appellate-purpose transcripts must comply with Appellate Rule 9(A) and (B) and the Fourth District Court of Appeals scheduling order.

Transcriptions for appellate purposes shall be prepared in accordance with Appellate Rule 9(A) and (B) and the scheduling order issued by the Fourth District Court of Appeals.

CRITICAL

A document with a third-party signature must be scanned as an image and filed electronically.

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

CRITICAL

An electronically produced ticket must conform in all substantive respects to the Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket.

The electronically produced ticket shall conform in all substantive respects to the Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket.

CRITICAL

An electronically filed document must use a digitized format specified by the Clerk under the applicable procedures and orders.

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.

CRITICAL

An attorney's or party's signature on an electronically filed document must appear as “/s/ (name).”

The signature of an attorney or a party on a document that is filed electronically shall be represented with a conformed signature of “/s/ (name).”

WARNING

Format

PDF

A public-record request seeking information in electronic format must be fulfilled in PDF format.

Any public record request that seeks information in electronic format will be delivered in PDF format.

WARNING

Parties must provide discovery in the format in which their respective records are stored.

Parties shall provide discovery in the same format as their respective records are stored.

WARNING

Electronic signatures are permitted, but signers must authenticate through the court’s secured network when required, and attorneys must not share their passwords.

1. Documents may be signed by an Attorney with an electronic signature. To ensure that the electronic signature is authentic, the signer must use a user name and password to log into the court’s secured network to access the document to be signed. No attorney shall share these passwords with others. 2. Documents may be signed by a Plaintiff, Defendant or Litigant with an electronic signature. If filing a document through the electronic case management e-file system, the signer must use a user name and password to log into the court’s secured network to access the document to be signed. No attorney shall share these passwords with others.

INFO

Traffic citations may be produced by computer or other electronic means.

Pursuant to Traffic Rule 3 (F)(1), traffic citations may be produced by computer or other electronic means.

INFO

A party submitting a hard-copy filing may provide an additional copy for its own use.

An additional copy may be submitted for the submitting party’s use.