Dayton Municipal Court, Ohio Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

Unless the court permits otherwise or the law provides otherwise, pretrial motions other than continuance motions may not be filed within seven days of a bench or jury trial.

Unless permitted by the court, no pretrial motion, except for one for continuance or as otherwise provided by law, shall be filed within seven (7) days of the bench or jury trial date.

CRITICAL

After a dismissal notice for failure to obtain service, the case will be dismissed in 10 days unless good cause is shown.

If plaintiff/counsel fails to obtain service within one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date the cause of action was filed, then the Clerk shall send plaintiff/counsel a Notification of Dismissal advising that the case will be dismissed in ten (10) days unless good cause is shown to the contrary.

WARNING

After 90 days without service or action in a case not set for trial, the Clerk must send the plaintiff a Notice of Small Claims Service Requirements.

If service has not been obtained and no action has been taken on a case for ninety (90) days and the case is not set for trial, then the Clerk shall send plaintiff a “Notice of Small Claims Service Requirements.”

INFO

Parties may submit trial briefs to the arbitration panel before or when the arbitration hearing begins.

All parties have the right to submit trial briefs to the arbitration panel prior to or at the time of the commencement of the arbitration hearing.