Lorain Municipal Court, Ohio Sealing & Redaction Procedures

With the Court's permission, a party may file a document containing non-redacted personal identifiers under seal, and the judge may require a redacted public copy.

b. With permission of the Court, a party may file, under seal, a document containing the non-redacted personal data identifiers listed above. (1) The party seeking to file a non-redacted document shall electronically file a motion to file the document under seal. (2) In granting the motion or application to seal, the assigned judge may require the party to file a redacted copy for the public record.

Filing parties must omit or partially redact the listed personal identifiers and proprietary or trade-secret information unless the assigned judge orders otherwise.

a. Filing parties shall omit or, where inclusion is necessary, partially redact the following personal data identifiers from all pleadings, documents and exhibits, whether filed electronically or on paper, unless the assigned judge orders otherwise: • Social security numbers except for the last four digits; • Financial account numbers, including but not limited to debit card, charge card, and credit card numbers; • Employer and Employee identification numbers; • A juvenile's name in an abuse, neglect, or dependency case, except for the juvenile's initials or a generic abbreviation such as "CV: for "child victim"; Proprietary or trade secret information.