Lawrence County Municipal Court, Ohio Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

An accepted fax filing is deemed filed at the date and time the Clerk time-stamps receipt, not when it was transmitted.

Subject to the provisions of these rules, all documents sent by fax and accepted by the Clerk shall be considered filed with the Clerk of Courts as of the date and time the Clerk time-stamps the document received, as opposed to the date and time of the fax transmission.

WARNING

The Clerk's Office is deemed open to receive fax filings only on the days and during the times the Court is regularly open for business.

The Office of the Clerk of Courts will be deemed open to receive facsimile transmissions of documents on the same day and at the same time the Court is regularly open for business.

INFO

Settlement entries may be filed at any time.

Entries of settlement may be filed at any time.

CRITICAL

The judgment entry must be submitted to opposing counsel within five days of the decision.

That entry shall be submitted to opposing counsel within five (5) days of the decision.

CRITICAL

Unless the Court orders otherwise, a missing exhibit must be filed separately within five days after the fax document is filed.

Unless the Court otherwise orders, the missing exhibit shall be filed with the Court, as a separate document, not later than five (5) days following the filing of the facsimile document.

CRITICAL

After the clerk notifies counsel that the case has defaulted, prevailing counsel must submit an application for default judgment within 30 days or the case may be dismissed.

Upon notification from the clerk that the case has defaulted, prevailing counsel shall submit an application for default judgment within thirty (30) days or the case may be dismissed for want of prosecution.

CRITICAL

The arresting agency must provide the traffic record to the Court before the offender’s initial appearance.

The arresting law enforcement agency shall be responsible for providing the Court a LEADS or other official record of each traffic offender’s traffic record prior to the offender’s initial appearance in Court.

CRITICAL

The journal entry must be submitted to the judge within 15 days of the decision; afterward, the court may prepare it.

Within fifteen (15) days of the decision, the journal entry shall be submitted to the Judge, or thereafter, the court may prepare the journal entry.

CRITICAL

Failure to submit an entry within 60 days may result in dismissal for failure to prosecute.

A failure to submit an entry within sixty (60) days may result in the case being dismissed for failure to prosecute.

CRITICAL

Proposed jury instructions are due no later than the conclusion of the evidence.

Proposed jury instructions are to be submitted to the Court by the conclusion of the evidence.

CRITICAL

Opposing counsel must approve or reject the judgment entry within five days.

Opposing counsel shall approve or reject the entry within five (5) days.

CRITICAL

A settlement may avoid trial without an entry, but an entry must be filed within 30 days or the case may be dismissed for want of prosecution.

The avoidance of trial by settlement shall be allowed without the filing of an entry, but such entry shall be filed within thirty (30) days or the case may be dismissed for want of prosecution.

CRITICAL

Within 30 days of settlement, counsel must submit an appropriate entry to the court or set a hearing on entry of judgment.

Counsel will present an appropriate entry to the court within thirty (30) days of settlement or set the matter for a hearing on entry of judgment.