Cambridge Municipal Court, Ohio Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

A fax filing's effective date and time are when the Clerk accepts it for filing.

6. An “effective date and time of filing” means the date and time that a facsimile document is accepted by the Clerk of Court for filing.

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Documents due that day must be submitted by 3:50 p.m. local observed time in Cambridge, Ohio.

Documents must be submitted by 3:50 p.m. local observed time in Cambridge, Ohio on or before the date they are due.

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A rejected submission is not part of the Court record, and the filer must correct the deficiencies and resubmit it.

If the submission is rejected, the document shall not become part of the Court record and the filer shall be required to re-submit the document after correcting deficiencies.

CRITICAL

An accepted fax filing is considered filed when the Clerk time-stamps it, not when it was transmitted.

Subject to the provisions of these rules, all documents sent by fax and accepted by the Clerk shall be considered filed with the Clerk of Court as of the date and time the Clerk time-stamps the document received as opposed to the date and time of the fax transmission.

CRITICAL

An electronically submitted document is considered filed when the Clerk accepts and time-stamps it.

The filing is considered filed when accepted by the Clerk and “time-stamped”.

WARNING

Upon satisfactory proof of a system error, the Court may permit a document to be filed nunc pro tunc to its submission date.

If a submission is not received by the Court because of a system error, the Court may, upon satisfactory proof, enter an order permitting the document to be filed nunc pro tunc to the date it was submitted.

WARNING

The Clerk's office will not review documents submitted after 3:50 p.m. until the next business day.

Documents submitted after 3:50 p.m. will not be reviewed by the Clerk’s office until the next business day.

WARNING

The Clerk will process e-filing throughout normal business hours, except on holidays per Court Holiday Schedule.

The Clerk will process e-filing throughout normal business hours, except on holidays per Court Holiday Schedule.

WARNING

Fax documents received outside normal Clerk business hours are queued in receipt order based on the receiving machine's date and time imprint and time-stamped accordingly.

Documents received outside of normal business hours of the Clerk of Court will be queued in the order of their receipt as documented by the date and time imprinted by the receiving facsimile machine and time-stamped accordingly.

WARNING

The Clerk's office is deemed open for fax receipt during regular court business hours, but the fax machine is available around the clock, including holidays.

The Clerk of Court office will be deemed open to receive facsimile transmission of documents on the same days and at the same time the court is regularly open for business. However, the fax machine will be available to receive facsimile transmission of documents 24 hours per day, seven days a week, including holidays.

WARNING

If required cover-page information is missing, the Clerk may file the fax or place it among failed fax submissions, in which case it is not considered filed.

F. If a document is sent by fax to the Clerk without the cover page information listed above, the Clerk may, at its discretion, 1. Enter the document in the Case Docket and file the document; or 2. Deposit the document in a file of failed faxed documents with a notation of the reason for the failure, and the document shall not be considered filed with the Clerk of Court.

INFO

For offenses not listed in Section F, a defendant may enter a written not-guilty plea before the scheduled arraignment if counsel sends it.

E. Written Not Guilty Plea: A defendant may enter a written plea of not guilty prior to defendant’s scheduled arraignment provided that the written not guilty plea is sent by counsel for offenses other than those listed in Section F of this rule.

INFO

An accepted submission will be docketed and filed.

If the submission is accepted, the document shall be docketed and filed.

INFO

Documents may be submitted to the Clerk of e-filing 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Submission: Documents may be submitted to the Clerk of e-filing 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

CRITICAL

All pretrial motions, including motions in limine, must be filed at least 14 days before the final pretrial.

All pretrial motions, including motions in limine, shall be filed at least fourteen (14 days) before the final pretrial.

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The juror questionnaire must be returned within five days.

RETURN WITHIN FIVE DAYS

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Proposed jury instructions must be filed at least 7 days before the final pretrial.

Proposed jury instructions shall be filed at least seven (7 days) before the final pretrial.

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Written objections to the jury procedure must be filed with the Court before the final pretrial.

Written objections to this procedure shall be filed with the Court prior to the final pretrial.

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When judgment is more than thirty but less than sixty days old, the plaintiff must file a motion for leave to apply for a writ and serve it on the defendants.

2. Where the judgment is more than thirty (30) days old, but less than sixty (60) days old, plaintiff must file a Motion for Leave to Apply for a Writ and serve a copy of the motion on the defendant(s).

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If the plaintiff delays or cancels a set-out and more than fifteen business days pass after issuance, the plaintiff must apply for a new writ and pay another fee.

If a set-out is delayed or canceled by the plaintiff, and more than fifteen (15) business days pass after the date the Writ was issued, the plaintiff must apply for a new Writ and pay another fee.

CRITICAL

An E-ticket must be filed by the arraignment date and time or the case will be dismissed.

If the E-ticket is not filed by the arraignment date and time, the case will be dismissed.

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A motion to withdraw must be filed at least seven days before the next scheduled hearing.

Said motion shall be filed at least seven (7) days prior to the next scheduled hearing.

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A jury demand must be filed within the time frame established by the applicable rule.

The jury demand must be filed in compliance with the time frame set forth in the applicable Rule.

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When ordered by the Court, counsel must submit the Journal Entry within fourteen days of the order.

The Court shall prepare Journal Entries. However, when ordered by the Court, counsel for the party in whose favor an entry, order, judgment, or decree is entered, shall prepare a proper Journal Entry and submit it to the Court within fourteen (14) days of the order.

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Deadline

48 hours

Remote Appearance Request Forms must be submitted at least 48 hours before the hearing; late requests may be denied and the party may have to appear in person.

C. Requests must be submitted no later than 48 hours before the scheduled hearing. Failure to submit the Remote Appearance Request Form within the 48-hour period may result in a denial of the request and the party may be required to appear in person.

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A plaintiff must apply for a Writ of Restitution within thirty days of judgment unless the judgment orders otherwise.

1. Within thirty (30) days of the date of the judgment unless the judgment orders otherwise.

CRITICAL

The required certification procedure must be completed within 30 days after filing the counterclaim, crossclaim, or third-party complaint, or the claim may be dismissed under Civil Rule 41(B).

Failure to comply within thirty (30) days of the filing of such counterclaim, crossclaim or third-party complaint shall be grounds for dismissal under Civil Rule 41(B).

CRITICAL

Courtroom broadcast, recording, photography, or television requests must be made as far in advance as reasonably practical and no later than one-half hour before the session, unless the trial Judge permits otherwise.

Requests for permission to broadcast, record, photograph or televise in the courtroom shall be made in writing to the Judge or Magistrate to whom the case is assigned as far in advance as reasonably practical by a motion form available at the Court, but no later than one-half (1/2) hour prior to the courtroom session unless otherwise permitted by the trial Judge.

CRITICAL

Deadline

5 court days

Unless the court orders otherwise, a missing exhibit must be filed separately within five court days after the facsimile document, or the document or exhibit may be stricken.

Unless the court otherwise orders, the missing exhibit shall be filed with the court, as a separate document, not later than five (5) court days following the filing of the facsimile document. Failure to file the missing exhibits as required by this paragraph may result in the court striking the document and/or exhibit.

CRITICAL

Deadline

15 business days

The scheduled set-out must occur within fifteen business days after the Clerk’s office issues the writ.

3. Writs must be executed upon (the scheduled set-out must occur) within fifteen (15) business days of issuance by the Clerk’s office.

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Applies to

Hearing request

A citation recipient may contest by filing a written hearing request within 30 days after receiving the citation.

A recipient may contest by filing a written request for a court hearing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the citation.

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Jury instructions must be filed no later than the day of the scheduled Final Pretrial.

Each party shall file a complete set of instructions suitable for charging the jury in the captioned matter no later than the day of the scheduled Final Pretrial.

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Compensation requests must be submitted within 30 days after counsel’s withdrawal or case termination, whichever occurs first.

All requests for compensation for payment shall be made by accurately completing the prescribed Ohio Public Defender forms and submitting them to the Court within thirty (30) days after withdrawal by counsel or termination of the case, whichever is sooner.

CRITICAL

Motions and responses must be filed within the time limits set by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure.

B. Motions and responses must be filed within the time guidelines set forth in the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure.

WARNING

The plaintiff may apply for a Writ of Restitution after the court-ordered move-out date has passed and may arrange a set-out with the Bailiff.

Plaintiff may apply for the Writ after the Court ordered move-out date has passed and schedule a set-out date and time with the Bailiff.

WARNING

Although the Court has permitted late jury demands, a demand outside the applicable rule’s timeframe may delay trial, and resulting scheduling delay is charged to the Defendant.

The procedure of the Court has permitted the jury demand to be filed outside of the time frame set forth in the applicable Rule. However, any demand made outside of that time frame may result in a time delay in bringing the case to trial. Any delay in scheduling a jury trial necessitated by the demand for a jury trial made outside of the time frame set forth within Criminal Rule 23 shall be charged to the Defendant.

WARNING

A person who must appear at court to file a document may do so during normal business hours.

If a person must appear at the court to file a document, they may do so during normal business hours.

WARNING

Failure to comply within 14 days after receipt of the file may result in its return to the transferor court.

Failure to comply with this rule within fourteen (14) days from receipt of the file from the transferor court may form the basis for returning the file to the transferor court.

WARNING

The completed juror questionnaire must be returned within five days of receipt.

PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS OF RECEIPT.

WARNING

A paper ticket filed after the arraignment date will be returned.

If a paper ticket is filed after the arraignment date, the ticket will be returned.