Columbiana County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Electronic Filing Rules

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Pleadings may not be filed by fax; filings must be mailed or presented in person.

Faxed pleadings will not be accepted. All filings must be mailed or presented in person.

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Written notice of contact information change

A written notice reporting changed contact information must be filed with the Clerk on paper or sent electronically to clerk@ccclerk.org.

C. If any of the contact information of an attorney or person representing themselves changes while the case is pending, the revised information shall be reported to the Clerk, through filing a written notice on paper or electronically through email to clerk@ccclerk.org.

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Electronic filing is permitted subject to the rule, but users must pre-register and receive the Clerk's approval before using it.

Subject to the provisions of this Rule, filing with the Clerk may be accomplished through electronic filing (E-Filing). All persons desiring to utilize electronic filing must pre-register and be approved by the Clerk. The requirements for pre-registration and approval can be found at the Clerk's website: www.ccclerk.org.

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All documents are permitted to be filed electronically with the Clerk, subject to the governing rules.

All documents may be electronically filed with the Clerk, subject to the provisions of these Rules.

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An electronically filed document is accepted as the original filing when the User complies with all requirements of the electronic-filing rule.

An electronically filed document shall be accepted as the original filing, if the User complies with all of the requirements of this Rule.

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Applies to

Attachments and exhibits

Attachments and exhibits accompanying an electronically submitted document must also be submitted electronically.

Attachments and exhibits to an electronically submitted document shall also be submitted electronically.

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A user unable to submit or file electronically because of any problem must file a paper copy with the Clerk.

b. A User who cannot submit or file a document electronically due to any problem of any nature must file a paper copy with the Clerk.

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A User need not file a paper copy of an electronically filed document but must retain the source document for production when requested.

The User is not required to file a paper copy with the Clerk of any electronically filed document, but must maintain in the User's records, and have available for production upon request by the Court, the Clerk, or counsel, the source document of any document electronically filed.

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A new document may be filed to an existing case through the e-File Menu or an accessible case record when the user has the required Rights and Roles permissions.

There several methods by which a new document may be filed to an existing case. This may be done from the e-File Menu or from any case record based on Rights and Roles permissions to file to the case.

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The e-File interface permits users to submit a new filing or view previously submitted e-filings.

Choose the e-File option on the left side menu. You may choose Submit New or My Filings (to see previously submitted e-Filings)

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The Court and the Clerk do not accept filing by facsimile transmission.

Summary: Neither the Court nor the Clerk accepts filings submitted by facsimile transmission.

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Applies to

Electronically submitted document

Any electronically submitted document must be signed by an attorney admitted, in good standing, and licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio or person representing themselves.

Summary: An electronically submitted document must be signed by a qualified Ohio attorney or by the person representing themselves.

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c. If an electronically submitted document is filed in error, a User should not attempt to re-submit the document.

Summary: A user should not resubmit an electronically submitted document that was filed in error.

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In order to register for an account with the Columbiana County Clerk of Courts ("Clerk") for access to the Clerk's system for purposes of viewing case documents and filing electronically ("e-filing"), you must accept the terms of the following User Agreement. Failure to accept these terms and provide the information required herein will result in you being denied access to e-filing and document viewing (hereafter referred to collectively as "online access").

Summary: An attorney must accept the Online Access User Agreement and provide the required information to obtain access to electronic filing and document viewing through the Clerk's system.

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No User shall authorize any person to electronically submit on that User's behalf any document to the Clerk for filing, except the User's employee or a service provider retained to assist the User in electronic filing.

Summary: A user may authorize electronic filing only by the user's employee or a retained electronic-filing service provider.

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The Clerk reserves the right in its discretion to deny any person the use or continued use of the E-Filing system, for reasons including that person's non- compliance with these Rules or any other rule governing the use of the E-Filing system, equipment incompatibility issues that are not corrected, or due to any misuse of the E- Filing system.

Summary: The Clerk may deny a person access to or continued use of the e-filing system for noncompliance, uncorrected equipment incompatibility, or misuse.

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(Currently E-Filing is available for Common Pleas Court and County Municipal Court)

Summary: Electronic filing through Benchmark Web is available for Common Pleas Court and County Municipal Court.