Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Electronic Filing Rules

Applies to

Original document

When an original document requires a non-attorney’s signature, the original must be scanned and electronically filed.

If an Original Document requires a signature of a non-attorney, the filing party or the clerk’s office must scan the original document and then electronically file it.

Applies to

Deposition or transcript

Depositions and other transcripts must be filed with the clerk in paper format.

All depositions and other transcripts must be filed in paper format with the clerk in accordance with these Local Rules.

An e-filer unable to submit electronically because of problems on the filer’s end must file a hard copy or fax the document to the clerk.

2. An e-filer who cannot file a document electronically due to problems on the e-filer’s end must file a hard copy or fax file the document with the clerk.

After a facsimile has been accepted and filed, the original hard copy may not be tendered or accepted for filing.

Following the acceptance of and filing of a document by means of facsimile transmission, the original “hard copy” must not be tendered to the clerk for purposes of filing, and the clerk must not accept for filing the original “hard copy.”

Court filings may be submitted electronically through CourtView, but users must register and create an e-filing account; filing instructions are available on the Clerk’s and Court’s websites.

The Clerk of Courts staff accept filings electronically via CourtView’s electronic filing module and fax in accordance with Local Rule 1.3. Users are required to register and create an account with the e-filing application. Instructions on how to file documents using each of these methods are placed on the Clerk’s and Court’s websites.

An e-filer must register with the EFM, provide a designated email address, and receive notice of the access decision by email.

A person or entity must first register with the EFM in order to e-file. Upon approval or denial of the request for access to the EFM, the person or entity will receive an email of approval or denial. An e-filer must provide a designated email address to the EFM.

A person choosing electronic filing assumes responsibility for delays, disruptions, signal interruptions, readability problems, and the risk that the document will not be properly filed.

(v) Any attorney, party, or other person who elects to file any document electronically will be responsible for any delay, disruption, interruption of electronic signals, and readability of the document and accepts the full risk that the document may not be properly filed with the clerk as a result.

An electronically filed document may not be altered after receiving the clerk’s electronic file stamp.

(iv) After a document receives an electronic file stamp, the document cannot be altered.

Electronic filing is preferred, but the clerk accepts emergency or urgent filings by facsimile.

Although electronic filing is the preferred and most efficient way to file, the clerk of courts maintains a private telephone line and facsimile machine to accept emergency or urgent faxed filings.

Applies to

Pleadings and other documents

After an initiating pleading, documents under 26 pages that require no security deposit may be filed by facsimile.

Pleadings or other documents that are filed after the original complaint or other initiating pleading and that are less than 26 pages and do not require a security deposit under Local Rule 1.4 may be tendered to the clerk for filing by facsimile transmission.

Electronic filing through the clerk is permitted for pleadings and other papers, subject to Rule 1.3.

In conformity with the Ohio Revised Code, Civ.R. 5(E), and Crim.R. 12(B), pleadings and other papers may be filed with the clerk of courts electronically, subject to the provisions in this rule.

Applies to

Complaint

Complaints, including criminal complaints, may be filed electronically.

Complaints, including criminal complaints, may be filed electronically.

Applies to

Attachments and exhibits

An e-filer should identify the associated pleading, motion, or memorandum in the e-filing system’s comment field.

The e-filer should advise the clerk as to which pleading, motion, or memorandum the attachments or exhibits belong by so stating in the comment field of the e-filing system.