Bellevue Municipal Court, Ohio Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Criminal document

The Clerk accepts criminal documents by fax on the condition that the original is filed within three business days of the fax’s receipt and is timely filed.

In criminal cases the Clerk of Court will accept for filing documents by facsimile transmission, provided however, that the original of that document is filed with the Court within three (3) business days when received by the Clerk of Court by facsimile transmission on condition that the original of that document is timely filed.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Court ordered registration blocks

Effective January 1, 2023, all court-ordered registration blocks must be submitted to or removed from the BMV electronically.

Effective January 1, 2023, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) requires the electronic submission/removal of all Court Ordered Registration Blocks.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pleading motion or other document

Civil pleadings, motions, and other documents may be filed by fax without prior permission, except specified pleadings; fax filings must use the court’s fax machine or another court-ordered machine, and indirect transmissions may not be accepted absent a court order.

Pursuant to Civil rule 5 (B) & (E), all pleadings, motions and other documents other than the original complaint, third party complaint or any other pleading that joins or adds a new party, may be transmitted to the Court by facsimile transmission. Prior pe1mission of the Court, Clerk or opposing party is not required to file a document by facsimile transmission. All such documents, filed with the Comi by facsimile transmission must be done directly through the Bellevue Municipal Court's facsimile machine at 4 1 9-484-8060, or some other telephone number and facsimile machine specifically ordered by the Court. Documents indirectly transmitted through some other facsimile machine and indirectly presented to the Clerk of Court may not be accepted in lieu of the original, unless specifically ordered by the Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Registration blocks and statistics

The court uses the Supreme Court FTP file to transfer registration-block information to or from the BMV system, and must send gathered statistics to the BMV in compliance with R.C. 2947.09.

The type of Statistical Reporting uti)ized by The Bellevue Municipal Court is the Supreme Court's File Transfer Protocol (FTP) file, that is an automated process which allows the Court to transfer a file and add/remove a registration b lock to the BMV system programmatically. Statistics gathered from the Supreme Court FTP file shall be sent to the BMV in compliance with Ohio Revised Code (R.C) 2947.09.

INFO

Applies to

Supreme Court Administrative and Individual Judge Statistical Reports

The Bellevue Municipal Court may use and file electronically submitted Supreme Court Administrative and Individual Judge Statistical Reports.

The use and filing of electronically submitted Supreme Comt Administrative and Individual Judge Statistical Reports, which are produced by computer, or other electronic means, is hereby authorized in the Bellevue Municipal Court.

INFO

Applies to

Electronically produced ticket

Computer- or electronically produced tickets may be used and filed in the Bellevue Municipal Court.

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