Ironton Municipal Court, Ohio Service and Proof of Service Rules

The assignment commissioner must notify all counsel of record of a pretrial conference by mail and/or telephone at least 14 days beforehand.

Notice of pretrial conference shall be given to all counsel of record by mail and/or by telephone from the assignment commissioner not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the conference.

Applies to

Summons

Summons must be served in accordance with the Ohio Rules of Procedure.

Summons sh�H_bEt.served in acc;orda.nce wit.h the Ohio • Rul�s- M Procedure:

Counsel must obtain service of summons within six months in a new case; otherwise, the clerk gives notice of dismissal in ten days unless good cause is shown.

In all new cases, if counsel fails to obtain service of summons within six (6) months, the clerk shall notify counsel that the case will be dismissed in ten {10) days unless good cause is shown to the contrary.

The referee must cause a copy of the findings to be served on the plaintiff and defendant.

The referee �hall, �t the conclusion . of the hearing, file his wntten findings within seven (7) days and cause a copy to be served on the plaintiff and defendant.

At the conclusion of each case, the magistrate must serve a copy of the findings on the plaintiff and defendant.

The magistrate shall, at the conclusion of each case, serve a copy of tlis findings upon the . . ·. . . . . . plaintiff �nd defendant