Lima Municipal Court, Ohio Filing Rules

Unless the Court orders otherwise, a missing exhibit must be filed separately within three business days after the faxed document is filed; failure may result in the document or exhibit being stricken.

All court filings must reflect counsel’s current contact information, including office address, email, and telephone numbers.

The Clerk will annotate, rather than delete, docket text to show the deletion, its reason, and that the filer was notified.

When an electronically produced ticket is issued at the scene, the officer must provide the defendant with a paper copy.

No additional fee is charged for filing a document by fax.

Anyone may examine public case records and may arrange to view them with the Clerk during business hours, subject to the Clerk’s reasonable regulations.

Continuance motions generally must be made at least seven days before the scheduled action, state the reason, and include a journal entry with the rescheduled date and opposing counsel’s consent position; exceptions apply for criminal arraignments, sudden illness, emergencies, or death in the family.

Opposing counsel may file a response to a motion within 14 days after service of the motion.

Electronically produced tickets must conform in all substantive respects to the Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket.

The filing party must redact personal and private information, but a law enforcement agency or prosecutor’s office must not redact a criminal complaint before filing it.

A facsimile filing may not exceed 25 pages.