Celina Municipal Court, Ohio Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Only the Judge and Clerk of Court may access the Supreme Court website login credentials, and they must take all necessary steps to secure them.

Only the Judge and the Clerk of Court shall have access to the Supreme Court website login credentials. The Judge and the Clerk shall take all necessary steps to ensure and maintain the security of the Supreme Court website login credentials.

CRITICAL

An electronically filed document is accepted as the effective original; the filer need not submit the source document to the clerk but must retain it with required original signatures and produce it to the court on request.

A document filed by electronic means shall be accepted as the effective original filing. The person making an electronic filing need not file any source document with the clerk of court but must, however, maintain in his or her records and have available for production on request by the court the source document filed electronically, with original signatures as otherwise required under the applicable rules.

CRITICAL

The clerk must provide electronic filing service for all documents and case categories unless the Judge restricts it.

The clerk shall provide electronic filing service to all court users for all documents in any category of cases or any particular case unless otherwise restricted by the Judge.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Reports

The Clerk of Court must submit the reports required by Supreme Court Sup.R. 37.01 through 37.03 electronically through the Ohio Supreme Court website.

The Clerk of Court shall submit in electronic format via the Ohio Supreme court website reports as required by Supreme Court Sup.R. 37.01 through 37.03.

CRITICAL

An attorney may authorize electronic filing on the attorney’s behalf only by an employee or a service provider retained to assist with electronic filing.

(B) No attorney shall authorize anyone to electronically file on that attorney’s behalf, other than their employee or a service provider retained to assist in electronic filing.

CRITICAL

No person may use another person’s electronic-filing password or allow another person to use it.

(D) No person shall utilize, or allow another person to utilize, the password of another in connection with electronic filing.

WARNING

The sending party bears the risks of electronic transmission and is urged to verify receipt with the Clerk of Court using available technology.

The risks of transmitting a document electronically to the clerk of courts shall be borne entirely by the sending party. Anyone using electronic filing are urged to verify receipt of such filing by the Clerk of Court through whatever technological means are available.

WARNING

Anyone who elects electronic filing bears the risk of delays, disruptions, interruptions, and document readability problems that may prevent proper filing.

31.11 Any attorney, party or other person who elects to file any document electronically shall be responsible for any delay, disruption, interruption of the electronic signals, and readability of the document, and accepts the full risk that the document may not be properly filed with the clerk as a result.

INFO

The Clerk of Court may acknowledge an electronic transmission but is not required to do so.

The Clerk of Court may, but need not, acknowledge receipt of an electronic transmission.

INFO

Applies to

Pleadings and other papers

Pleadings and other papers may be filed with the Clerk by fax or email, subject to the stated conditions.

Pleadings and other papers may be filed with the Clerk of Courts by facsimile transmission to 419-586-4735 or by electronic mail transmission to court@celinaohio.org subject to the following conditions:

INFO

Applies to

Traffic ticket

The court permits the use and filing of tickets produced by computer or other electronic means.

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

INFO

The court's fax machine and email account are available to receive document transmissions 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays.

However, the fax machine and email account will be available to receive transmission of documents on the basis of 24 hours per day seven days per week including holidays.