Auglaize County Court of Common Pleas Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Pleadings and other papers must be legibly typed or printed on letter-size paper, printed on the front only, leave a 2.5-by-2.5-inch filing-stamp area on the initial page, and have subsequent pages with at least a 1.5-inch top margin and secured binding at the top.

(A) All pleadings, Motions, Memoranda, Briefs and other papers filed for record shall be legibly typewritten or printed on letter size (8 ½” x 11”) paper and must be on the FRONT side only. The top right hand corner of the initial sheet of every pleading, motion, brief, or other paper filed for record shall have an area approximately two and one half inches by two and one half inches (2 ½” x 2 ½”) left blank for the Clerk of this Court to file stamp the date and time of filing. All subsequent pages shall have a top margin of at least one and one half inches (1 ½”), shall be secure and bound at the top.

CRITICAL

Documents must be typewritten or printed on 8½-by-11-inch paper using at least 12-point regular type.

Documents shall be typewritten or printed on 8 ½ X 11” paper, with at least 12- point regular type font.

CRITICAL

A proposed order or proposed entry must be submitted in Word (.doc) format.

A proposed order or proposed entry shall be submitted in Word (.doc) format.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

E-filed documents must be searchable PDFs.

Must be in searchable portable document format (“PDF”).

CRITICAL

Submissions may not exceed 20 MB; larger submissions must be divided into additional PDFs of 20 MB or less.

Not to exceed twenty megabytes (“20MB”). Larger submissions must be broken into additional PDF’s of 20MB or less.

CRITICAL

E-filed documents may not contain links to other material.

Cannot contain links to other material.

CRITICAL

Depositions must be filed in a sealed envelope with the Clerk, include a printed transcript, and identify the case number and parties on the envelope; a CD or flash drive may also be included, but electronic filing is prohibited.

Depositions must be filed in a sealed envelope in the office of the Clerk of Courts and shall include the printed transcript but may include a CD or flash drive. The Case number and parties shall be notated on the envelope. Depositions shall not be filed electronically.

CRITICAL

Judgment entries must be completed and typewritten; the court will not accept handwritten proposed judgment entries.

Said Judgment Entry must be completed and typewritten. Handwritten proposed judgment entries will not be accepted by the Court.

WARNING

Electronically filed documents should follow the formatting rules for paper pleadings, motions, and documents.

All electronically filed documents should be formatted according to the rules governing formatting of paper pleadings, motions, and documents.