Lawrence County Municipal Court, Ohio Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

Agencies must provide police-vehicle video to the Defendant during discovery, or, if it cannot be copied, make it available for review by defense counsel and the client in as private a setting as possible.

All agencies which have video cameras in their police vehicles must provide a copy of said video to the Defendant upon Defendant’s discovery. In the case of any agency whose videos are non-copiable, the video shall be made available for review by the Defense Attorney and his/her client in as private a setting as possible.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Separately filed exhibit

A separately filed missing exhibit must be signed and served in accordance with the rules governing the signing and service of pleadings.

Any exhibit filed in this manner shall be attached to a cover sheet containing the caption of the case which sets forth the name of the court, title of the case, the case number, and the title of the exhibit being filed, and shall be signed and served in the conformance with the rules governing the signing and service of pleadings in this Court.

CRITICAL

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

Notice of pretrial conference shall be given to all counsel of record by mail and/or by telephone from the clerk not less than seven (7) days prior to the conference.

CRITICAL

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

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

CRITICAL

Counsel must obtain service of summons within six months after notification of failure of service or the case may be dismissed.

If counsel fails to obtain service of summons within six (6) months from the date of notification of failure of service, the case will be subject to dismissal.

CRITICAL

Criminal pretrial motions must be served on all counsel.

All pretrial motions shall be timely filed and in writing which states the factual and legal issues for said motion and served on all counsel.

CRITICAL

When an electronically produced ticket is issued at the scene, the issuing officer must provide the Defendant a paper copy complying with Traffic Rule 3(F)(1) and (2).

If an electronically produced ticket is issued at the scene of an alleged offense, the issuing officer shall provide the Defendant with a paper copy of the ticket in compliance with Traffic Rule 3(F) (1) and (2).

CRITICAL

Applies to

Service copies

A filer must not transmit service copies by fax.

The filer shall not transmit service copies by facsimile.

WARNING

The Clerk must issue the jury-service notice at least two weeks before trial, and the sheriff must serve the notices and return service to the Clerk at least two days before trial.

The Clerk shall issue a Notice to Serve to the Lawrence County Sherriff’s Department at least two weeks prior to the Jury trial date. The sheriff is commanded to serve Petit Jury Notices from a Jury List provided and to make a return of service to the Clerk of Court at least two days prior to the scheduled jury trial.