Morgan County Court, Ohio Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Filing parties must omit or partially redact the listed personal, financial, juvenile, proprietary, and trade-secret information; the filer is responsible for redaction, subject to the assigned judge's order.

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. The responsibility for redacting personal data identifiers (i.e., social security numbers and bank/credit card numbers) rests solely with the f iling party. The Court will not review the documents for compliance with this rule or redact documents, whether filed electronically or on paper.