Barberton Municipal Court, Ohio Document Format Requirements

Pleadings must reserve a three-inch-diameter space at the upper right for the Clerk’s timestamp; civil complaint face sheets must also include the specified horizontal line.

The caption on all pleadings shall provide a blank space of approximately three inches (3") in diameter on the upper right portion of the pleading for the Clerk's time-stamp imprint. The face sheet of all complaints filed in civil cases shall provide a two and one-half inch (2-1/2") type horizontal line approximately one-half inch (1/2") below and parallel to the line provided for the case number.

Pleadings and other papers must be typed or printed on 8½-by-11-inch paper and submitted without backing; original exhibit documents are exempt from the paper and backing requirements but exhibits must be neatly bound.

All pleadings and other papers shall be typewritten or printed on 8 ½ x 11-inch paper only. They shall be offered without backing, suitable for a flat filing system. Original documents attached or offered as exhibits are exempt from this requirement, provided that all exhibits shall be neatly bound.