Crawford County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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A fax’s printed timestamp establishes when it was received; accepted faxes are file-stamped upon receipt during office hours or, if received after hours, before other filings the next court morning, and are deemed filed when stamped.

The date and time as imprinted on each page of the transmitted document shall be the time the document is received by the Clerk. Any transmission received and accepted for filing outside the standard office hours of Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding observed holidays, shall be file stamped by the Clerk prior to accepting and file stamping any other case documents the morning of the next court day. Such accepted faxed flings shall be file stamped in the order in which they have been received. Any transmission received and accepted for filing within the standard office hours shall be file stamped by the Clerk upon receipt. Any transmission received and accepted shall be deemed filed with the Court upon being file stamped by the Clerk.

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The Clerk need not notify a sender of a failed fax filing; the sender must keep the transmission receipt with the source document and bears the risk of fax transmission.

The Clerk of Courts Office is not responsible to notify any sending party of a failed fax filing. The sending party shall retain receipt generated by their sending device as evidence of the filing of the document and shall maintain said receipt with the source document. The sending party bears the entire risk of transmitting a document by fax to the Crawford County Clerk of Courts Office.

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A party or counsel has 14 days to object to the magistrate’s decision, and filing objections automatically stays the judgment.

Counsel and/or party have fourteen (14) days in which to object to the decision. Upon objections being filed, the judgment shall be automatically stayed.

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The assigned judge must designate the arbitration chair within 45 days after the complaint is filed, and each side must submit its arbitrator’s name within 10 days after receiving the designation.

The judge to whom the case is assigned shall designate, within forty‑five (45) days after the filing of the Complaint, the arbitration panel chairman. The names of the two (2) members of the panel to be appointed by the plaintiff(s) and defendant(s), respectively, shall be submitted to the judge within ten (10) days after receipt of the designation provided for in (1) above.

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The arbitration hearing must be scheduled within 45 days after the board is appointed, with written notice of time and place at least 15 days beforehand; weekend, holiday, and evening hearings require agreement of all parties and arbitrators.

A hearing shall be scheduled not more than forty‑five (45) days after the appointment of the board of arbitration and the Assignment Commissioner shall notify the arbitrators and the parties or their counsel in writing at least fifteen (15) days before the hearing of the time and place of the hearing. No hearing shall be fixed for Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays or evenings, except upon agreement of all parties and the arbitrators.

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The affidavit must be executed within six months before filing; noncompliant affidavits will be rejected by the Clerk.

NOTE: This affidavit must be executed not more than six months prior to being filed in the court. Affidavits not in compliance will be rejected for filing by the Clerk.

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An interested party must elect to take the property within 14 days after confirmation and notify all counsel; if an election is timely made and noticed, other eligible parties receive an additional 14 days to elect.

Any interested party having a right to elect to take said premises or any part thereof at the appraised value shall do so within fourteen days after the confirmation of said appraisement, and notice of such election shall be given by such parties so electing to counsel of record for all parties. Should such an election be made within said fourteen‑day period and notice given to all counsel of record, then any other parties entitled to elect shall have an additional fourteen‑day period to file a similar election.

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When the nonmoving party files a hearing request, the Court must schedule a hearing on the merits of the ex parte order within 10 days.

Upon the filing of a request for hearing by the non-moving party, the Court shall schedule a hearing on the merits of the ex parte order within ten (10) days.

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Drafting counsel shall prepare and mail said entry to all counsel and all guardians ad litem within fourteen (14) days of the hearing date.

Drafting counsel shall prepare and mail said entry to all counsel and all guardians ad litem within fourteen (14) days of the hearing date.

CRITICALCriminal cases

If you are interested in providing any information regarding this petition, please complete the attached form and file with the undersigned clerk of courts within fourteen days.

If you are interested in providing any information regarding this petition, please complete the attached form and file with the undersigned clerk of courts within fourteen days.

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The arbitration chairman must file the report and award within 30 days after the hearing and send copies to the assigned judge and all parties or counsel on the same day.

Within thirty (30) days after the hearing, the chairman of the panel shall file a written report and award with the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and a duplicate copy with the judge to whom the case is assigned and on the same day shall mail or otherwise forward copies thereof to all parties or their counsel.

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Deadline

5 court days

An exhibit omitted from a fax because it cannot be accurately or practically transmitted must be identified by an explanatory insert and filed separately within five court days, unless the Court orders otherwise.

Exhibits to a faxed filing that cannot be accurately transmitted via fax for any reason or are too lengthy to be faxed must be replaced by an insert page describing the exhibit and the reason(s) it is missing. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the exhibit must then be filed, as a separate document, no later than five (5) court days following the receipt of the faxed document. Failure to file the exhibit as outlined in this section may result in the Court’s striking the document and/or exhibit.

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If the decision of the arbitrators is rejected pursuant to Section 2711.21 O.R.C., pleadings shall be amended and filed with the Clerk of Courts within thirty (30) days after filing of the report and award of the arbitrators. The parties making such pleadings amendments shall serve other parties pursuant to Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure.

If the decision of the arbitrators is rejected pursuant to Section 2711.21 O.R.C., pleadings shall be amended and filed with the Clerk of Courts within thirty (30) days after filing of the report and award of the arbitrators. The parties making such pleadings amendments shall serve other parties pursuant to Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure.

WARNING

If opposing counsel does not respond within 14 days after mailing, drafting counsel may submit the entry without approval but must tell the Court that no response was received.

In the event that opposing counsel fails to respond to drafting counsel within fourteen (14) days from the time drafting counsel mails the entry to opposing counsel, drafting counsel may then submit the entry to the court without the approval of opposing counsel, and in the event, drafting counsel shall inform the court of the fact that drafting counsel received no response from opposing counsel within that fourteen (14) day period.

WARNING

Opposing counsel has 14 days after mailing to review the proposed entry and must sign and return it, attempt to resolve discrepancies, or contact the Court for direction.

Opposing counsel shall then have fourteen (14) days, after the entry was mailed by drafting counsel, to review the same, and within the same period opposing counsel shall do one of the following: Sign the entry and return it to preparing counsel, who is to file it with the court; or Contact opposing counsel to attempt to resolve any discrepancies; or Contact the court for further direction.

WARNINGCriminal cases

If you are interested in providing any information regarding this petition, please complete the attached form and file with the undersigned clerk of courts within fourteen days.

If you are interested in providing any information regarding this petition, please complete the attached form and file with the undersigned clerk of courts within fourteen days.

WARNING

If only the defendant seeks temporary orders, the plaintiff may file the appropriate informational documents within 14 days after service of the defendant’s proposal and accompanying documents.

However, in the event a plaintiff does not seek temporary orders, but a defendant requests them, the plaintiff shall have the opportunity to respond by filing the appropriate informational documents within fourteen (14) days after the service of defendant’s “Proposal for Temporary Orders” and accompanying documents.

WARNING

If a party fails to appoint an arbitrator, the judge must appoint one upon motion within five days after the motion is filed.

If there is a failure of one or more parties to appoint one or more arbitrators as in (2) above, the judge shall, upon motion, appoint an arbitrator or arbitrators for the party or parties failing to comply, such appointment shall be made within five (5) days of the filing of such motion.

WARNINGCriminal cases

The Petitioner must provide the requested information within a number of days after the Order, but the number of days is not specified.

Upon consideration of the above captioned Petition for Certificate of Qualification for Employment, the Court hereby Orders the Petitioner to provide the following information within days of this Order:

WARNING

A scheduling conference must be assigned 30 to 90 days after the last responsive pleading is filed and may be conducted by telephone.

The Assignment Commissioner shall, in not less that thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days after the last responsive pleading is filed, assign a scheduling conference with all parties which may be conducted by telephone.

WARNING

A party in a partition case has five days after return of the appraisal order to object; absent objections, the Court may confirm the appraisal after that period.

In a partition case any party shall have five days after the return of the order of appraisement to file objections to said appraisement. If no objections are filed, said appraisement may be confirmed by the Court at the expiration of said five‑day period.

WARNING

After receiving all requested information, a judge must decide the CQE petition within 60 days unless the petitioner requests and receives an extension.

Once all information requested has been received, a Judge shall decide whether to Grant (Form H) for Deny (Form I) the Petition within sixty days, unless Petitioner requests and is granted an extension of time.

WARNING

The Court will conduct the modification hearing within 28 days after a timely request is filed.

Within twenty-eight (28) days of the timely filing of a request for oral hearing seeking modification of a temporary order, the court will conduct the oral hearing.

WARNING

Any other party may file its own modification-hearing request within 10 days after the first request, identifying the challenged portions and proposed modifications with particularity.

Within ten (10) days after the filing of a request for oral hearing seeking modification of a temporary order, any other party to the case may file such a request of her or his own, specifying with particularity the specific portions of the order to which the party objects, and the specific modifications to the temporary order suggested by such objecting party.