Brown County Court of Common Pleas, General and Domestic Relations Division Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Fax filing is permitted for otherwise fileable pleadings, motions, and other documents of no more than 10 pages, except specified case-commencing filings and listed documents.

This Rule authorizes the filing of facsimile transmission of all pleadings, motions, and other documents not exceeding 10 (ten) pages (see Local Rule 3.6) that may otherwise be filed with the Clerk of Courts, but anything stated or implied above to the contrary notwithstanding, the following documents may NOT be filed by facsimile transmission. 1. Any filings commencing an action (Complaint, Counterclaim, Cross Claim) for which the Clerk of Courts must collect an initial case deposit against costs or a specific filing fee; and 2. Motion for Summary Judgment, Affidavit or Entry Terminating a Case.

CRITICAL

Fax filings must be transmitted through the Clerk of Courts' fax equipment and may not be sent directly to the Court or another location.

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. Transmissions sent to any other location are not covered by nor permitted under this Local Rule.

CRITICAL

A fax transmission may include multiple documents, but each transmission may relate to only one case number.

A “fax transmission”, as referred to in this Local Rule, may contain more than one (1) document but may not apply to more than one (1) case number per transmission.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion or other filing with exhibits

Motions and other filings that refer to or incorporate documents attached as exhibits will not be accepted for fax filing.

Motions and other filings making reference to or incorporating other documents attached to the motion or other filing as an exhibit thereof shall not be accepted for fax filing.

WARNING

The sender bears all risks of fax transmission, including poor-quality printouts.

The risks of transmitting a document by fax to the Clerk of Courts shall be borne entirely by the sender (including poor quality print outs).

INFO

The Clerk of Courts receives fax filings at separate numbers for the Criminal Division and Civil/Domestic Divisions, and both lines are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The telephone number of the facsimile machine available for receiving fax filings for the Clerk of Courts (Criminal Division ) is (937) 378-4509, (Civil/Domestic Divisions) is (937) 378-1753. These lines are available twenty-four (24 hrs.) hours per day, seven (7) days a week.