Napoleon Municipal Court, Ohio Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Cognovit promissory note

Cognovit promissory notes will not be accepted for fax filing.

1. 02 The following documents will not be accepted for fax filing: . cognovit promissory notes._

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pleadings and other papers

Pleadings and other papers may be filed with the Clerk by fax at (419) 592-1805, subject to the rule’s conditions.

Pleadings and other papers maybe filed with the Clerk of (g)urfby . . facsimile transmission to (419)592-1805 subject tothe following ~9noiilions:

CRITICAL

Applies to

Electronically produced traffic ticket

The court authorizes the use and filing of tickets produced by computer or other electronic means.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, the use and filing of a ticket that is produced by computer or other electronic means is hereby authorized in the Napoleon Municipal Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Fax filing

A fax filing is the effective original, but the filer must retain the source document and source cover sheet for production on request and keep the source document until the case is closed and post-judgment relief opportunities are exhausted.

2.01 A document filed by fax shall ·be accepted as the effective original . filing. The person making a fax filing need not file any.source document with the Clerk of Court but must, however, maintain in his . or her records and have available for production on request by .the court the source document filed by fax, with original .signatures as ·. . otherwise required under the applicable rules, together with the source copy of the facsimile cover sheet under for the subject filing. :. 2.02 The source document filed by fax shall be maintained by the person making the filing until the case is closed and all opportunities for post judgment relief are exhausted.

WARNING

Applies to

Fax filing

If a faxed document lacks the required cover-page information, the Clerk may docket and file it or place it in the failed-fax file with a notation of the reason; the excerpt ends mid-sentence.

4.02 If a document is sent by fax to the Clerk of Court without the cover page information listed above, the Clerk may, at its discretion: 1. Enter the document in the case docket and file the document 2. Deposit the document in a file of failed faxed documents with a notation of the reason for the failure ; in this instance, the