Muskingum County Court, Ohio Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

A complaining witness must provide the Court with a proper mailing address and inform the Court of any address change.

It is the responsibility of the complaining witness to provide the Court with a proper mailing address and keep the Court informed of any change of address so that notice of trial may be mailed to him.

CRITICAL

Attorneys must notify the Court by 2:00 P.M. on the day before trial of any plea changes; the text also states that jury costs will be attached to the case.

All attorneys shall notify the Court by 2:00 P.M. of the day preceding their trial of any changes in plea or jury costs WILL BE ATTACHED to their case.

INFO

The Clerk’s office is open for business from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday, except legal holidays, but the Court may designate other closing times.

The office of the Clerk shall be open for the transaction of business from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 4:00 o’clock P.M. during Monday through Friday of each week, legal holidays excepted. The Clerk’s office may be closed at such other times as the Court may designate.

INFO

Mediation may be arranged through the Clerk’s office before filing, after filing, or after adjudication.

There shall be made available to the citizenry an alternative to the system in the form of mediation. Mediation can be arranged through the Clerk’s office and is available either at pre-filing, post-filing or post adjudication stages.

INFO

After 4:30 P.M., the Clerk’s office facilities must remain available for papers needed during trial, and the Clerk or a Deputy Clerk must remain there until a trial continuing past 4:30 P.M. concludes for the day.

To facilitate the issuance of such papers as might be discovered necessary during a trial, after the conclusion of the Court day at 4:30 P.M., the Clerk is instructed to keep the Clerk’s office facilities available, and should a trial be continuing after 4:30 P.M., the Clerk shall have herself or at least one Deputy Clerk remain in the Clerk’s office until the conclusion of the trial for that day.