Lyndhurst Municipal Court, Ohio Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Officer operated handheld traffic citation

Citations from an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Program may not be filed with the Lyndhurst Municipal Court.

Citations issued pursuant to an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Program shall not be filed with the Lyndhurst Municipal Court.

CRITICAL

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

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

CRITICAL

The Clerk must provide e-filing service for documents in the case categories or individual cases designated by the presiding judge’s administrative order.

The clerk shall provide electronic filing service to all court users for all documents in any category of cases or any particular case as designated by an administrative order of the presiding judge.

CRITICAL

Fax filings may be transmitted only through the Clerk’s facsimile equipment, directly to the Court for filing.

Fax filing may only be transmitted directly through the facsimile equipment operated by the Clerk and may be sent directly to the Court for filing.

WARNING

Applies to

Continuance motion

Criminal continuance motions may be filed electronically or by fax with the Court.

Motions for continuances must be filed no later than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled hearing. Said motions may be e-filed or faxed to the Court, however, no continuance is considered granted until ruled on by the Court.

WARNING

Applies to

Pleading motion or other document

Pleadings, motions, and other documents of 20 pages or fewer, including the cover page, may be fax-filed, except an original complaint or a pleading adding a new party.

All pleadings, motions, or other documents other than the original complaint or any other pleading that adds a new party, and which do not excess twenty (20) pages in length, inclusive of the cover page, may be transmitted to the Court by facsimile transmission.