Lorain Municipal Court, Ohio Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

No person may use or permit another person to use someone else’s password for electronic filing.

f. No person shall utilize, or allow another person to utilize, the password of another in connection with electronic filing.

CRITICAL

An electronically filed document is accepted as the original filing if the filer complies with the Local Rule.

a. A document electronically filed shall be accepted as the original filing, consistent with Ohio Civil Rule 5(E) and Criminal Rule 12(B) if the person filing electronically complies with all of the requirements set forth in this Local Rule.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Document

A filer unable to file electronically because of problems on the filer's end must file a hard copy with the Clerk of Court.

c. A filer who cannot file a document electronically due to problems on the filer's end, must file a hard copy of the document with the Clerk of Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Original document requiring non attorney signature

If a non-attorney’s signature is required on an original document, the filing party or Clerk’s Office must scan and electronically file it.

If an original document requires a signature of a non-attorney, the filing party or the Clerk's Office shall scan the original document and, then electronically file it on the System.

CRITICAL

The Clerk does not retain rejected documents, and the submitting party must correct them until accepted.

g. The Clerk of Court shall not retain the rejected documents. Rejected documents must be corrected by the submitting party until they are accepted.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Attachments and exhibits

Attachments and exhibits must be filed electronically, except those over 30 megabytes, which must be submitted in hard copy.

12. Attachments and Exhibits a. Attachments and exhibits are to be filed electronically. b. Large attachments or exhibits over 30 megabytes cannot be filed electronically and must be submitted in hard copy and served on all other parties.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion to seal

A party seeking to file a non-redacted document under seal must electronically file a motion to seal.

(1) The party seeking to file a non-redacted document shall electronically file a motion to file the document under seal.

CRITICAL

An e-filer need not submit a hard copy but must retain the source document, make it available on request, and keep it through final disposition and any applicable appeal period.

b. The person filing electronically need not file a hard copy with the Clerk of Court but must maintain in his or her records, and have available for production upon request by the Court, the Clerk of Court or other counsel, the source document of any document electronically filed. c. The filer must maintain this source document until the final disposition of the case and through any Notice of Appeal, or, if appealed, appeal period.

CRITICAL

An attorney may authorize only an employee or a retained electronic-filing service provider to file electronically on the attorney’s behalf.

No attorney shall authorize any person to electronically file on that attorney's behalf, other than his or her employee or a service provider retained to assist in electronic filing.

WARNING

c. If a document has been filed in error, the filing party should not attempt to re-file the document.

c. If a document has been filed in error, the filing party should not attempt to re-file the document.

WARNING

Third-party electronic-filing providers are not acceptable except as allowed under subsection B(3).

Third party electronic filing providers are not acceptable except as otherwise provided in (B)(3) of this local rule.

WARNING

The Clerk may deny eFiling use for habitual nonconformance or uncorrected equipment incompatibility.

The Clerk of Court reserves the right to deny any party, firm, PRESIDING JUDGE or agency the use of eFiling due to habitual nonconformance of these rules and/or equipment incompatibility issues that are LINDA WEBBER, MAGISTRATE not corrected.

WARNING

Anyone who chooses to e-file bears the risk of electronic delays, disruptions, interruptions, or readability problems that may prevent proper filing.

Any attorney, party or other person who elects to file any document electronically shall be responsible for any delay, disruption, interruption of electronic signals and readability of the document and, accepts the full risk that the document may not be properly filed with the Clerk of Court as a result.

WARNING

After an electronic filing is accepted and becomes part of the docket, only the Clerk's Office may correct the docket, and the filing party cannot change the document or docket entry.

a. Once a document is electronically submitted and becomes part of the case docket, corrections to the docket are made only by the Clerk of Court's Office. b. The System does not permit a filing party to make changes to the document(s) or docket entry once the transaction has been accepted.

INFO

Complaints, pleadings, and other documents may be filed electronically over the Internet, subject to the local rule.

complaints, pleadings and other documents may be filed with the Clerk of Court electronically via the Internet, subject to the provisions in this rule.

INFO

Registered parties may electronically file documents on existing cases or file a new civil case.

The Lorain Municipal Court is now accepting E-Filings. Registered parties can e-file documents on existing cases or file a new civil case.