Crawford County Municipal Court, Ohio Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

Applies to

Jury trial demand

A party requesting a jury trial must make an advance deposit within fourteen days of the scheduled trial or the jury demand is waived and the case proceeds before the Court.

When a jury trial is demanded, the party requesting the same shall make an advance deposit. If the deposit is not made within fourteen days of the scheduled trial, the jury demand will be deemed to have been waived and the case will proceed as a trial before the Court.

CRITICAL

Fee

25 Dollars

Applies to

Court appointed attorney

Upon request, a Defendant must pay the $25 court-appointed-attorney fee, which the Court may waive or assess as court costs.

Defendant shall pay the required twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) fee upon request for a court appointed attorney. The Court, in its discretion, may waive this cost or assess it to the court costs.

CRITICAL

Fee

2

Applies to

Trusteeship payment

A two-percent processing fee is assessed on all trusteeship payments and must be distributed to the Court before other distributions.

A two percent (2%) processing fee will be assessed against all payments made to the Trustee towards the trusteeship. The Trustee shall distribute the processing fee to the Court before any other distributions are made.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Small claim transfer

Filing costs must be paid before a Small Claim may be transferred to the regular docket.

Upon filing of motion and affidavit, as required by Ohio Revised Section 1925.10 (B), and upon payment of the required cost, the Small Claim may be transferred to the regular docket. No transfer will be granted until the filing costs are paid.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Satisfaction of judgment

The Clerk may not enter satisfaction of judgment until all court costs are paid.

No satisfaction of judgment shall be entered by the Clerk unless all court costs have been paid.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Praecipe

The praecipe must be accompanied by a deposit in accordance with the Court Costs Schedule.

When a judgment has been rendered ordering a defendant to vacate premises, the person authorized by the Court shall not proceed until there is filed with the Court a praecipe requesting such action, and the praecipe shall be accompanied by a deposit in accordance with the Court’s Court Costs Schedule.

CRITICAL

Fee

270

Applies to

Jury deposit

Civil cases require a $270 jury deposit; nonpayment means no jury will be summoned and waives jury trial, although an indigent person may petition for a waiver, and criminal cases require no deposit.

In civil cases, a jury deposit of Two Hundred Seventy and 00/100 Dollars ($270.00) shall be assessed. In the event the deposit is not made, no jury will be summoned, and the failure to make said deposit shall be deemed a waiver of the right to trial by jury. A person determined to be indigent may petition the Court for a waiver of the jury deposit requirement. In criminal cases, no deposit shall be required.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil jury trial demand

A civil jury-trial demand must comply with Civil Rule 38 and include a deposit securing the first day’s jury cost.

A demand for a civil jury trial shall be made as required by Civil Rule 38 and shall be accompanied by a deposit as security for the first day jury cost.

CRITICAL

A filing will not be accepted unless its scheduled filing fee is deposited before or at the same time as filing.

No pleading, motion or other document shall be accepted for filing by the Clerk of Courts unless there is first deposited or simultaneously deposited the filing fee set forth in the schedule of costs.

CRITICAL

Fee

$35

Applies to

Trusteeship

The filing fee to establish a trusteeship is $35.00.

The filing fee for establishing a trusteeship in this Court is $35.00.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Jury demand

A jury demand must be accompanied by payment of jury costs.

A jury demand must be accompanied by payment of jury costs.

WARNING

The Court charges a fee to retrieve and copy electronic recordings, and the requester must pay that cost in advance.

The Court shall charge a fee to retrieve and copy any electronic recordings of proceedings and the person requested said copy shall be responsible for the advance payment of said cost.

WARNING

Applies to

Civil jury trial deposit

The jury-cost deposit is applied to the case costs if those costs are taxed to the party who posted it.

Said sum shall be applied to the costs of the case in the event that costs are taxed to the party posting such deposit upon disposition of the case.

WARNING

A party who requests a transcript must pay for it.

In instances where one of the parties has requested a transcript, the party requesting shall pay for such transcripts.

WARNING

If a party’s judgment for costs appears unsatisfied, the Clerk may refuse that party’s new filing until the unpaid costs are paid, unless the Court orders otherwise.

When a judgment for costs against a party appears unsatisfied, the Clerk may refuse to accept for filing any new action or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of such party, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, without such party first making payment to the Clerk for such unpaid costs.

WARNING

The party requesting a Court Reporter must bear the cost and pay the Court Reporter directly.

In such a case, the Court Reporter’s cost shall be borne by the party requesting the same, who shall pay the costs directly to the Court Reporter.

WARNING

Applies to

Civil jury trial

If a civil case is settled or dismissed before trial but not all jurors can be notified, the requesting party must pay the fees of jurors who report on the trial date.

In the even a civil case is settled or dismissed prior to trial and it is not possible to notify all jurors of such cancellation, the requesting party shall bear the cost of juror fees for those jurors who report on the day of trial.

WARNING

Applies to

Copy of pleading, motion, or document

The Clerk will make a copy for counsel of record not previously supplied with one and charge the copying expense as costs in the case.

The Clerk shall make a copy of any pleading, motion, or document for the use of any counsel of record who has not previously been supplied with a copy, and charge the expense thereof as costs in the case.

WARNING

A schedule of costs and filing fees for civil, criminal, and traffic cases is available upon request at the Clerk’s office, and the Court may amend it.

The Court has adopted a schedule of costs and filing fees in civil cases, as well as criminal and traffic cases, which shall be available upon request at the Clerk’s office. The Court may amend the same as the Court deems necessary.

WARNING

Applies to

Rent escrow case

Court costs of one percent of the deposited rent are assessed against that rent at the end of the case.

Court costs of one percent (1%) of the amount deposited shall be assessed against the rent deposited at the end of the case.

WARNING

Fee

5

Applies to

Creditor addition

A $5.00 filing fee is required for each creditor added.

The filing fee for adding creditors for this Court is $5.00 per creditor.

INFO

Applies to

Civil jury trial deposit

If the case costs are not taxed to the party who posted the jury deposit, the deposit is refunded at the conclusion of the case.

Otherwise, the deposit shall be refunded to the party posting it as the conclusion of the case.

INFO

The Court’s separate order sets the schedule of costs, security deposits, and filing fees for all cases.

The schedule of costs, security deposits, and filing fee for all cases in the Crawford County Municipal Court will be as set forth by separate order of this Court.