Judge Vincent A. Culotta

Applies to

Certification of appointed counsel

Appointed counsel must certify awareness of Ohio Revised Code Section 120.03, review of Ohio Administrative Code Section 120-1-10, and ongoing compliance with the applicable training and experience requirements.

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Preliminary judicial report

The PJR must have an effective date within the 30 days before the complaint was filed.

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Preliminary judicial report

The PJR must identify the complete and correct property being foreclosed.

Judgment entries may be rejected if the applicable items on the foreclosure checklist are not addressed promptly.

Effective March 4, 2022, the attached Foreclosure Order of Procedure applies to all foreclosure cases filed in the court and is deemed filed in each case.

Opposition papers in a summary-judgment motion must be filed no later than the twenty-eighth day after the motion is filed.

Applies to

Complaint

Service

Personal service to all parties

Every person listed on the PJR must be properly served with service of process.

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Appointing judgment entry

Service

Court service

For later-filed cases, the clerk must accept a time-stamped copy of the appointing judgment entry as satisfying the court-designation requirement for an eligible process server.

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Standing special process server appointment

A Standing Special Process Server's authority to serve process ends if the server fails to satisfy the rule's requirements during the appointment period.

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Jury summons

A party settling or dismissing under Civil Rule 41(A) on the day before or morning of trial must pay the jury-summoning cost if a jury was summoned.

Fee

$25

Applies to

Financial disclosure form

Submitting the Financial Disclosure Form triggers a non-refundable $25 application fee unless the court waives or reduces it; any assessed fee must be paid to the clerk of courts within seven days, and inability to pay cannot result in denial of counsel.

Fee

25 dollars

Applies to

Standing special process server affidavit and order

A $25 filing fee is required for the affidavit and order, payable into and applied to Common Pleas Court General Division Special Project No. 1.