Defiance Municipal Court, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Papers filed with the Clerk must be on 8½-by-11-inch paper, except exhibits.

All papers filed with the Clerk shall be on 8 ½" × 11" paper with the exception of exhibits.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Traffic ticket

Ticket paper must be durable enough to preserve the Court record portion unchanged for the applicable retention period.

The ticket paper shall be of sufficient quality to allow the Court record portion of the citation to remain unchanged for the period of the retention schedule for the various traffic offenses as prescribed by Supreme Court Rule 26.05.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Traffic ticket

An electronically produced ticket must conform in all substantive respects to the Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket.

The electronically produced ticket shall conform in all substantive respects to the Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket.

CRITICAL

Each party must bring the original and two copies, or enough copies for all parties, of each exhibit it plans to introduce at a Small Claims Court hearing.

At any hearing in Small Claims Court the parties are each responsible for providing the original and two copies (or adequate copies for all parties involved) of any exhibits which they plan to introduce.

CRITICAL

A motion to revive judgment must be in writing and served on the other party.

Motions to revive judgment must be filed in writing and served upon the other party.

WARNING

The jury questionnaire should be phrased and organized so as to facilitate quick and accurate screening and should request only that information essential for: 1. Determining whether a person meets the criteria for eligibility; 2. Providing a basic background information ordinarily sought during voir dire examination; and 3. Efficiently managing the jury system.

The jury questionnaire should be phrased and organized so as to facilitate quick and accurate screening and should request only that information essential for: 1. Determining whether a person meets the criteria for eligibility; 2. Providing a basic background information ordinarily sought during voir dire examination; and 3. Efficiently managing the jury system.

WARNING

Jury summons notices and questionnaires should be phrased so that people unfamiliar with the legal and jury systems can readily understand them.

Phrased so as to be readily understood by an individual unfamiliar with the legal and jury systems;

INFO

Applies to

Traffic ticket

The Court authorizes the use and filing of computer- or electronically produced tickets.

The use and filing of a ticket that is produced by a computer or other electronic means is hereby authorized in the Defiance Municipal Court.