Columbiana County Municipal Court, Ohio Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

A party who has demanded a jury trial must notify the Court by 3:30 P.M. on the last business day before trial of a withdrawal or change of plea, or jury costs will be assessed.

Any party filing a demand for trial by jury shall notify the Court by 3:30 P.M. on the last business day preceding his or her trial of any withdrawal of demand for jury or change of plea, otherwise jury costs will be assessed to his or her case.

CRITICAL

An electronically submitted document is deemed filed when the Clerk time-stamps it, using the Court’s Eastern Standard time.

An electronically submitted document will be deemed filed when time stamped by the Clerk. Time at the Court (Eastern Standard) governs, rather than the time zone from which the submission is made.

CRITICAL

An electronically submitted document is not filed until all required fees are paid.

Any document electronically submitted will not be filed until all required fees have been paid.

CRITICAL

A special proceeding with no action for six months that is not set for trial will be dismissed unless good cause is shown.

c. It no action has been taken on a file for a six (6) month period and the case is not set for trial, the matter will be dismissed unless good cause is shown.

WARNING

Every electronically submitted document must receive a confirmation acknowledging its date and time.

All electronically submitted documents shall receive a confirmation date and time acknowledgement as set forth in this Rule.

WARNING

After the Clerk successfully processes an electronic submission, the User will receive an email with the confirmation number and any assigned case number.

Upon successful processing of the electronically submitted document by the Clerk, an electronic mail message containing the confirmation number and case number assigned, if any, will be sent to the User.

WARNING

A confirmation number is assigned when the Clerk's receiving device receives an entire electronic submission.

A confirmation number will be assigned to each electronically submitted document when it is received in its entirety by the Clerk's receiving device.

WARNING

The User will be notified by email if an electronically submitted document is rejected for filing.

The User will be notified by an electronic mail message if the electronically submitted document is rejected for filing for any reason.

WARNING

After submission and acceptance, each document receives a separate timestamp showing when the Clerk accepted the full submission and any case number.

Upon successful completion of submission and acceptance by the Clerk, each electronically submitted document will receive a separate electronic time stamp. b. The electronic time stamp will include the date and time that the Clerk accepted the User's entire electronic submission as well as the case number of the filing, if any.

WARNING

Users should submit documents early enough to allow processing when a deadline is imminent.

submissions should be made in adequate time to permit processing in the event of an imminent deadline.

WARNING

After successful electronic submission, the confirmation number and filing date and time will appear on the User's My Filings screen.

The confirmation number and the date and time of the filing will be displayed on the My Filings screen of the User's computer upon successful electronic submission of the document.

WARNING

The Clerk may deem its website to have a technical failure when it cannot accept electronic submissions continuously or intermittently, and will post a known outage period in advance whenever possible.

a. The Clerk may, at any time, deem its website at www.ccclerk.org. subject to a technical failure if the website is unable to accept electronic submissions continuously or intermittently. If known in advance, the period of any system outage will be posted on the Clerk's website whenever possible.

INFO

The Clerk receives electronically submitted documents 24 hours a day, seven days a week, whether or not the Clerk’s Office is open.

The Clerk shall receive electronically submitted documents 24 hours per day, seven days per week, regardless of whether or not the Clerk's Office is actually open.

INFO

A User whose filing becomes untimely because of a technical failure in the Clerk’s system or the User’s system may seek appropriate relief from the Court.

c. A User whose filing is made untimely as a result of a technical failure of the Clerk's system or website, or as a result of problems or failures in the User's system, may seek appropriate relief from the Court.

INFO

Settlement entries may be filed at any time.

Entries of settlement may be filed at any time.

CRITICAL

A person disputing a signature on an electronically filed document with multiple signatures must file an objection or motion to strike within ten days after receiving the notice of electronic filing.

Any person that disputes the authenticity of a signature on an electronically filed document containing multiple signatures must file an objection to the document or a motion to strike within ten (10) days of receiving the notice of electronic filing..

CRITICAL

A case that has had no action for six months and is not set for trial will be dismissed unless good cause is shown.

If no action has been taken on a file for a six (6) month period and the case is not set for trial, then the matter will be dismissed unless good cause is shown.

CRITICAL

A settlement may avoid trial without an entry, but the settlement entry must be filed within 30 days or the case will be dismissed for want of prosecution.

The avoidance of trial by settlement shall be allowed without the filing of any entry, but such entry shall be filed within thirty (30) days or the case will be dismissed for want of prosecution.

CRITICAL

The journal entry must be submitted to opposing counsel within five days of the decision.

The entry shall be submitted to opposing counsel within five (5) days of the decision..

CRITICAL

Opposing counsel must approve or reject the journal entry within five days.

Opposing counsel shall approve or reject the entry within five (5) days.

CRITICAL

The journal entry must be submitted to the Judge within 15 days of the decision; otherwise, the court will prepare it.

Within fifteen (15) days of the decision, the journal entry shall be submitted to the Judge, or thereafter, the court will prepare the journal entry.

CRITICAL

The settlement entry must be received by the Court within 30 days after the Court is advised of settlement, or the case will be dismissed.

When the court is advised that settlement has been reached, the court shall receive the entry within thirty (30) days. If the entry is not received, the case will be dismissed.

CRITICAL

After the clerk notifies counsel that the case has defaulted, prevailing counsel must submit an application for default judgment within 15 days or the case will be dismissed for want of prosecution.

Upon notification from the clerk that the case has defaulted, prevailing counsel shall submit an application for default judgment within fifteen (15) days or the case will be dismissed for want of prosecution.