Lima Municipal Court, Ohio Sealing & Redaction Procedures

In criminal cases, the clerk’s office must redact protected information before releasing a complaint in response to a public records request.

In criminal cases the clerk’s office shall redact the protected information prior to releasing a copy of the complaint in response to a public records request.

Non-public records associated with a criminal case must be kept in a sealed envelope marked with the case number and “documents under seal,” with the case jacket.

Documents that are not public record but associated with the case, including but not limited to, the Ohio Victim Rights Request form and the prosecutor’s charge and victim notification sheet shall be placed in a sealed envelope marked with the case number and marked “documents under seal” and kept with the case jacket.

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.

It is the responsibility of the party filing the document to redact personal and private information. Complaints, the law enforcement agency or prosecutor’s office filing a criminal complaint shall not redact the complaint prior to filing.