Judge Kent L. North

Applies to

Facsimile filing

Facsimile filings incur additional fees under the attached Exhibit A cost schedule.

Applies to

Document requiring a filing fee

Applicable filing fees, deposits, and copy costs are collected by credit card or deposit when the Clerk processes the filing, and an electronically filed document may be rejected if the filer has not followed the required payment mechanism.

Applies to

Civil original filing

Civil Court costs are due to the Clerk when filing, and costs on original filings are non-refundable filing fees.

Applies to

Pleading

Must include

caption, case number

A pleading must include a caption stating the Court’s name, the action’s title, and the case number to be accepted for filing.

Written complaints, motions, briefs, memoranda of law, and proposed journal entries must be filed with sufficient copies for service on other parties or counsel.

Applies to

Fax source document

The filer must retain the source document for a fax filing until the case is closed and all opportunities for post-judgment relief are exhausted.

If a fax filing lacks the required cover-page information, the Court may file it or place it in the failed-fax file, in which case it is not considered filed.

Deadline

5 court days

Unless the court orders otherwise, missing exhibits must be filed separately within five court days after the fax filing; failure may result in the document or exhibit being struck.

An accepted fax filing is considered filed at the date and time the Clerk time-stamps it as received, not when it was transmitted.

Applies to

Missing exhibit

A separately filed missing exhibit must be signed and served under the rules governing the signing and service of pleadings in the court.

Applies to

Service copy

A filer may not transmit service copies by facsimile.

Court-filed documents must be served under Ohio Civil Rule 5 and Ohio Criminal Rule 49 unless the attorney or unrepresented party has filed an email address with the Court.