Darke County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Pleadings and other papers must be unfolded, suitable for flat filing, prepared on letter-size bond paper (unless an attached or offered original exhibit requires another size), bound together, and comply with the stated top margins.

All pleadings and other papers shall be offered for filing without folding, suitable for flat-filing system, and shall be prepared upon letter size bond paper, except where the original document which is attached or offered as an exhibit, requires a different size. All pleadings must be bound together as one document by suitable method, including stapling or other binding; filing of loose papers is not permitted. In all filings, a top margin of 2 ½ inches shall be available on the first page to allow for endorsements thereon. Subsequent pages should have a top margin of no less than one inch.

WARNING

For new complaints, the attorney's office should type the year's last two digits and docket code; the Clerk's Office fills in the new case number.

New Complaints should have the last two digits of the year and the docket code typed on by the attorney's office. The Clerk's Office will fill in the new case number.

WARNING

Case numbers must not contain spaces or hyphens.

There are no spaces or hyphens used in case numbering.

WARNING

Furthermore, where old case filings have no prefix numbers and letters, such should be added based on information from the file.

Furthermore, where old case filings have no prefix numbers and letters, such should be added based on information from the file.

WARNING

Citations in submitted legal documents must comply with the specified edition of the Supreme Court of Ohio Writing Manual.

All citations in legal documents submitted shall comply with the Supreme Court of Ohio, WRITING MANUAL, A Guide to Citations, Style, and Judicial-Opinion Writing, Third Edition (effective June 17, 2024).