Marion County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Document Format Requirements

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When e-filing a motion, the filer must submit the proposed entry in an editable format.

B. If e-filing a motion, the Filer must submit the proposed entry in an editable format.

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A party presenting a firearm must unload it before bringing it into the Courthouse.

Unload the firearm prior to bringing it into the Courthouse.

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Applies to

Original filing

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Original filings must satisfy the listed paper, typography, one-sided printing, margin, pagination, service-certificate, and redaction requirements, subject to the stated impracticability exceptions.

All Original Filings shall conform to the following requirements: 1. Filed on letter size paper (8.5 inches by 11 inches). 2. Typewritten in a font no smaller than 10.0 type or legibly printed (handwritten) in a size comparable to 10.0 typed font or larger. 3. Contain material only on the front side of each page. 4. Have a margin at the top of each page of at least one inch. 5. Contain page numbers if the document has more than one page. 6. Contain a Certificate of Service as detailed in Rule 111. 7. Has personal identifying information redacted as detailed in Rule 110. B. To the extent impracticable, the mechanical requirements of this rule shall not apply to attachments or exhibits to any filing; depositions or similar transcripts; forms approved by the Ohio Supreme Court or this Court, such as Financial Disclosure Forms; and any other Document for which the Filer cannot comply with these mechanical requirements.

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The Petitioner must file the original and four copies of the Petition and all accompanying documents.

The Petitioner shall file the original and four (4) copies of the Petition and all documents filed with the Petition.

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If the party cannot secure the weapon or dangerous ordnance as required, the party must expressly say so in the notice to the Court.

If the party cannot secure a particular weapon or dangerous ordnance on a plexi-glass display board using plastic tie wraps, the party intending to present the weapon or dangerous ordinance shall expressly inform the Court of this fact in the party’s notice made pursuant to division (A) of this Rule.

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Proposed jury instructions must be submitted in a readily editable format, such as .docx or .doc.

The parties shall email the proposed instructions the Judge’s Assistant or Bailiff in a readily editable format (i.e. .docx or .doc).

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Briefs, memoranda, oppositions, and motions must be filed in duplicate.

A party shall file all briefs, memoranda, oppositions, or motions in duplicate.

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A party presenting any other weapon or dangerous ordnance must secure it to a plexi-glass display board with plastic tie wraps.

The party presenting any other weapon or dangerous ordnance shall secure it on a plexi-glass display board using plastic tie wraps.

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A party presenting a firearm must secure it with a mechanical trigger block or cable lock before the proceeding, and the bailiff must control all keys during it.

Prior to the start of any proceeding, place a mechanical trigger block or cable lock upon the firearm to preclude the use of the firearm. The bailiff shall maintain control of all keys during the hearing, trial, or other proceeding.

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A party presenting a firearm must place associated ammunition in a heat-sealed evidence bag.

Place any ammunition associated with the firearm in a heat-sealed evidence bag.

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Once received into evidence, the item must remain in the bailiff’s custody during trial and may not be kept at counsel table or the witness box without prior Court approval for witness testimony.

Once the Court receives a firearm, weapon, or dangerous ordnance in evidence, the Court shall consign it to the custody of the bailiff for the duration of the trial. The Court shall not permit the retention of the item at counsel table or at the witness box except upon prior approval of the Court for witness testimony.

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Format

PDF

E-filers must submit documents as PDFs, except proposed entries, which must be submitted in Word or another editable format.

An e-filer must submit all documents in Portable Document Format (“PDF”) except for proposed entries, which an e-filer must submit in Word or other editable format.

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Format

PDF

Filers should combine attachments and exhibits into one PDF, but may submit them in numbered parts if the file is too large to upload.

A Filer should include all attachments and/or exhibits to any filing in one PDF file. If the file size is too large to upload, a Filer may file the attachments and/or exhibits in multiple parts and labeled as Part 1, 2, 3, etc.

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Deposition filings must conform to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, and an envelope may not contain more than one deposition.

All filings of depositions must conform to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure. The clerk will not accept for filing an envelope containing more than one deposition.

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Filers should remove metadata and are solely responsible for doing so; the Clerk has no duty to remove it, and remaining metadata may become public.

A Filer should remove metadata. The Clerk has no obligation to remove metadata. The Filer has the sole responsibility for removal of metadata. Any document metadata remaining in a document may become part of the public record.