Lebanon Municipal Court, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Computer- or electronically produced tickets may be used and filed in the Lebanon Municipal Court and must conform substantively to the Uniform Traffic Ticket.

The use and filing of a ticket that is produced by computer or other electronic means is hereby authorized in the Lebanon Municipal Court. The electronically produced ticket shall conform in all substantive respects to the Uniform Traffic Ticket.

CRITICAL

All e-filed documents must comply with the formatting requirements in these Rules.

G. E-Filed Documents. 1. Format. All e-Filed documents must be formatted in accordance with these Rules.

CRITICAL

A party offering media or a physical document from an electronic device must copy it to a device that can be submitted to and retained by the Court.

If a party wants to proffer a photo or video from an electronic device, such as a cell phone or computer, that party has a duty to copy the media or physical document to a device that can be submitted and retained by the Court.

CRITICAL

E-filed documents must not contain internal or external links to other documents or references to the Court's E-Filing Portal.

2. An e-Filed document may not contain internal or external links to other documents or references to the court's E-Filing Portal.

CRITICAL

A party using the Court’s computer system to display media must ensure in advance of trial or hearing that the media is compatible with the Court’s equipment.

If a party proffering an exhibit wants to use the Court's computer system to display a video, photo, or other media, that person has a duty, in advance of the trial or hearing, to ensure it is compatible with the Court's equipment.

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Format

PDF

A document bearing a nonparty third party’s signature must be submitted electronically as a hand-signed, scanned PDF.

3. Third-Party Signatures. A document containing the signature of a third party, who is not a party to the action (i.e., affidavit signed by a doctor, military affidavit signed by a staff member or company representative, etc.), shall be electronically submitted only as a hand-signed, scanned-in PDF document.

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Unless the Court orders otherwise, parties must pre-mark exhibits, using numbers for the Plaintiff and letters for the Defendant.

Unless otherwise ordered, each party shall have their exhibits pre-marked, with the Plaintiff using numbers and the Defendant using letters.

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E-filed documents requiring an attorney’s or filing party’s signature must be hand-signed or use the applicable specified signature format and information.

1. Attorney and Filing Party Signature. E-filed documents that require an attorney's or filing party's signature must be signed by hand or as follows: /s/Attorney Name Attorney Name, Registration Number Attorney for [Party] Law Firm Address Telephone Number Email Address or /s/Party Signature Party's Name Address Telephone Number Email Address

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Format

PDF

All documents submitted for e-filing must be in PDF format.

3. PDF. All documents submitted for e-Filing shall be filed in Portable Document Format (PDF).

WARNING

Papers offered for filing must be typewritten or printed on 8½-by-11-inch paper, except original documents attached or offered as exhibits and official Court forms supplied by the Clerk.

All papers offered for filling with the Court shall be typewritten or printed and shall be on 8 ½" by 11" paper. Original documents attached or offered as exhibits and official Court forms supplied by the Clerk are exempt from the requirements of this Rule.

WARNING

Documents filed by facsimile must be legible, and the Clerk may reject documents that are illegible in whole or in part.

All documents filed by facsimile shall be legible; the Clerk may reject any document that is illegible, in whole or in part.

WARNING

Filed documents must be sufficiently legible and conform to the Rules; the Court may strike illegible or nonconforming documents.

O. Legible Copies. All documents filed with the Court shall be sufficiently legible. The Court may order stricken any illegible document, or any document that does not conform to these Rules.

WARNING

The Court will not purchase additional equipment or software to help a party present evidence.

The Court will not purchase additional equipment or software to assist a party for the presentation of evidence.

INFO

A judge or magistrate may sign an electronic document using a digitized signature image or an electronic signature.

4. Judge or Magistrate Signatures. Electronic documents may be signed by a judge or magistrate via a digitized image of his or her signature, or by electronic signature.