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

Original documents submitted for filing must not be stapled.

Original documents presented for filing with the Clerk of Courts shall not be stapled.

Copies of documents submitted for time-stamping must be stapled.

All copies of documents presented for time-stamping must be stapled.

For an out-of-county witness, the subpoena must include by check the one-day attendance and mileage fee payable to the witness and identify the fee amount and judge or magistrate in the upper-right corner.

If the witness being subpoenaed resides outside the county, the fee for one day’s attendance and mileage shall be attached to the subpoena, by a check made payable to the witness. The subpoena shall indicate in the upper right corner the amount of the fee attached as well as the name of the Judge or Magistrate before whom the witness is to appear.

At any trial or hearing with exhibits, plaintiffs or movants must label exhibits numerically and defendants must label exhibits alphabetically.

At any trial or hearing where exhibits will be presented to the witness and/or offered into evidence, the plaintiff/movant shall label exhibits using numerical designations and the defendant shall label exhibits using letter designations.