Muskingum County Court, Ohio Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

Additional expenses for the move are taxed as costs in the case.

There additional expenses shall be taxed as costs in the case.

CRITICAL

If a civil case is settled or dismissed before trial and jurors cannot all be notified, the requesting party bears the fees of jurors who report for trial.

In the event a civil case is settled or dismissed prior to trial and it is not possible to notify all jurors of said cancellations, the requesting party shall bear the costs of juror’s fees of those jurors who report for the day of trial.

CRITICAL

Fee

$75

The basic cost assessed in criminal cases shall be sixty ($75.00) dollars.

The basic cost assessed in criminal cases shall be sixty ($75.00) dollars.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Case with legal advertising

In a case requiring legal advertising, counsel must arrange for and pay publication costs directly to the publisher.

C. In cases filed wherein legal advertising is used, counsel shall cause publication costs to be arranged for and paid directly to the publisher.

CRITICAL

Sufficient costs to cover the move must be deposited before the sheriff may remove the defendant.

the Sheriff shall not proceed with said action until sufficient costs are deposited to cover the expense of accomplishing the move.

CRITICAL

Documents that do not comply with the costs-deposit rule will not be accepted for filing and may be struck; only a Court order may excuse a required deposit.

D. Conforming to this Rule, the Clerk shall not accept for filing, and the Court may sua sponte strike from the file, any complaint, cross complaint, petition, motion, application or other document not in compliance herewith. The necessity for the costs deposits herein required shall not be abrogated by anyone except upon Court order.

CRITICAL

At service of a garnishment order, the sheriff must have the statutory fee to give the garnishee.

All orders of garnishment shall be served on the garnishee by a Sheriff, and the Sheriff shall have in his possession the statutory fee to be given the garnishee at the time of the order of garnishment is served.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil action

When a civil action is filed, an advance deposit for fees and costs must be paid to the Clerk of Courts according to the Court’s applicable fee schedule.

A. Upon the filing of a civil action, an advance deposit for fees and costs shall be paid to the Clerk of Courts in accordance with a schedule of such fees as may be fixed from time to time by the Court under the provisions of Section 1901.26 of the Ohio Revised Code.

CRITICAL

If the jury-waiver requirement is not followed, the defendant must pay all fees and expenses incurred by the jury demand.

Once a written demand for a jury has been filed, any subsequent waiver of the jury trial shall be made in writing at least five (5) working days prior to the trial date. Failure to abide by this rule shall result in the defendant paying all jury fees and expenses incurred by such jury demand.

CRITICAL

Fee

100 Dollars

Applies to

Civil appeal

The deposit for a civil appeal to the Fifth District Court of Appeals for Muskingum County is $100.

The deposit for a civil appeal to Fifth District Court of Appeals for Muskingum County, Ohio, shall be One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars.

WARNING

Applies to

Security for costs

If previously ordered security is insufficient, the Judges may require it to be increased at any time.

B. If it is brought to the attention of the Judges that any security as previously ordered is insufficient, they may require the said security to be increased at any time.