Auglaize County Municipal Court, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Fax filings may be transmitted for filing only through facsimile equipment operated by the Clerk, not directly to the court.

(B) Fax filings may NOT be sent directly to the court for filing but may only be transmitted directly through the facsimile equipment operated by the Clerk of Courts.

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The filer is solely responsible for removing metadata and non-public data before submitting documents for e-filing.

The filer is solely responsible for removing all metadata and non-public data from documents submitted for e-filing.

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Proposed orders and entries must be submitted in Word (.doc) format.

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

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Format

PDF

Documents must be submitted as searchable PDFs.

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

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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.

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Documents may not contain links to other material.

Cannot contain links to other material.

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Documents must be typewritten or printed on letter-size paper in 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.

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Margins

top 1.5 in

Filed papers must be legibly typed or printed on letter-size paper, single-sided, leave the specified upper-right area blank on the first page, have a 1½-inch top margin on later pages, and be secured and bound at the top; the Clerk may refuse nonconforming documents.

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. The Clerk is authorized to refuse to accept any document not conforming to such requirements.

WARNING

The Clerk may refuse nonconforming papers or pleadings, including pleadings that are unsigned or have an illegible original signature.

The Clerk shall have the following discretionary powers: c. To refuse to file any paper or pleading not filed in complete conformity with these rules, or any pleading which is not signed or in which the original signature is illegible.

WARNING

For testimony recorded on video tape under Civil Rule #40, counsel must instruct the Notary Public to mark where objections occur using a digital counter or another clock device connected to the tape.

When testimony is recorded on video tape pursuant to Civil Rule #40, it will be the responsibility of counsel to instruct the Notary Public before whom the testimony is taken to note by the use of a digital counter or other clock device connected with the tape, the point on the video tape where objections are made.

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.

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Additional sheets may be attached if the application does not have enough space.

[Attach additional sheets if more space is needed,]

WARNING

Pleadings and motions may be amended under Civil Rule 15, but amendment by interlineation or obliteration requires leave of Court.

(E) Pleadings and Motions may be Amended as provided in Civil Rule #15, but no Pleading or Motion shall be Amended by interlineation or obliteration except upon leave of Court.

INFO

A judge or judicial officer may digitally sign e-filed documents, and those signatures have the same force and effect as signatures on paper documents.

E-filed documents may be signed by a Judge or Judicial officer via a digital signature. All orders, decrees, judgment and other documents signed in this manner shall have the same force and effect as if the Judge and/or Magistrate had affixed his/her signature to a paper copy of the order and journalize it.