Chardon Municipal Court, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Forcible entry and detainer claims and claims for past-due rent and money damages must be pleaded as separate counts in one complaint.

Claims for forcible entry and detainer and claims for past due rent and money damages must be filed as separate counts in a single complaint and the court shall hear each count separately.

CRITICAL

All exhibits must be marked with an appropriate exhibit number.

All exhibits shall be marked with an appropriate exhibit number.

CRITICAL

Court-prescribed and approved forms must reserve adequate top-right space for endorsements or file stamps and have proportional side and bottom margins.

Forms prescribed and approved by the Court in a form format shall reserve an adequate space in the top right-hand corner for endorsements or file stamps and shall have appropriate side and bottom margins proportional with the format of the form or document.

CRITICAL

Margins

top 1 in, bottom 1 in, left 1 in, right 1 in

Filed pleadings, motions, briefs, and similar documents must meet the stated typeface, spacing, paper-size, pagination, and margin requirements.

All pleadings, motions, briefs and other similar documents that are filed with the Clerk shall be typewritten or printed, double spaced, on 8 1/2 " x 11" paper, in at least a 12 point regular type font, and paginated sequentially. In all filings a blank space of at least one and one-half inches shall be left at the top of the first page for endorsements and shall have appropriate side and bottom margins of not less than one inch. Forms prescribed and approved by the Court in a form format shall reserve an adequate space in the top right-hand corner for endorsements or file stamps and shall have appropriate side and bottom margins proportional with the format of the form or document. Each consecutive page shall have appropriate top, bottom, and side margins of not less than one inch.

CRITICAL

The parties must prepare trial exhibits before the hearing; Plaintiffs must number them and Defendants must letter them.

The parties shall prepare their trial exhibits prior to the hearing; Plaintiffs shall use numbers, and Defendants shall use letters.

CRITICAL

A civil jury-trial request must be in writing.

Request for Civil Jury Trial must be in writing and requires a deposit and fee to secure trial date.

CRITICAL

Oversized demonstrative exhibits must be substituted with an exact 8½-by-11-inch duplicate supplied by introducing counsel and clearly marked with the exhibit number.

Oversized demonstrative exhibits, such as presentation boards, shall be substituted with a duplicate 8 1/2 " x 11" exact copy, which shall be provided by counsel introducing such exhibits, and shall be clearly marked with the exhibit number.

CRITICAL

An electronically produced ticket must conform in all substantive respects to the Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket.

The electronically produced ticket shall conform in all substantive respects to the Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket.

CRITICAL

The electronic deposition format must be compatible with the Court’s presentation equipment.

2. Ensure that the format of the electronic version of the deposition is compatible with the Court’s presentation equipment;

INFO

Attorneys should mark their own anticipated exhibits, with plaintiffs using numbers and defendants using letters.

Each attorney should mark his or her own anticipated exhibits, plaintiff taking numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., and defendants taking letters A, B, C, etc.

INFO

Each party should date and initial the exhibits of the other side at the time of the examination.

Each party should date and initial the exhibits of the other side at the time of the examination.