New Philadelphia Municipal Court, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Submissions and combined PDFs in a single transmission may not exceed 20 MB; oversized filings will be rejected and must be filed on paper or divided into additional PDFs of 20 MB or less.

Submissions are limited to twenty megabytes in size. No combination of PDF files in one transmission may aggregate to more than twenty megabytes in size. Filings that exceed this size limit will be rejected by the Clerk and must be filed as a paper document. Larger submissions must be broken down in additional PDF’s of 20 MB or less..

CRITICAL

Requests for permission to broadcast, record, photograph, or televise in the courtroom must be made in writing using the Court’s motion form.

Requests for permission to broadcast, record, photograph or televise in the courtroom shall be made in writing to the Judge or Magistrate to whom the case is assigned as far in advance as reasonably practical by a motion form available at the Court, but no later than one-half (1/2) hour prior to the courtroom session unless otherwise permitted by the trial Judge.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

A document bearing a third party’s signature may be e-filed only as a scanned PDF containing a holographic signature.

Documents containing signatures of someone other than the party filing the document (such as affidavits, etc.) may be e-filed only as a scanned PDF document containing a holographic signature.

CRITICAL

The jury demand must be in writing by separate instrument.

The jury demand must be in writing by separate instrument.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

E-filed documents must be PDFs, except proposed orders.

With the exception of proposed orders, all e-filed documents must be filed as a portable document format (PDF) file.

CRITICAL

Proposed orders must be submitted in Microsoft Word .doc or .docx format.

Proposed orders must be submitted in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format

CRITICAL

Court filings must be legible, double-spaced, printed or typewritten on single-sided letter-size paper, with a two-inch first-page top margin and one-inch top margins on later pages.

All pleadings, motions and other Court filings shall be legibly typewritten or printed and be double spaced on a single sided 8 ½” x 11” paper and shall have a 2” top margin on the first page and a 1” top margin on subsequent pages.

CRITICAL

Documents must use at least 12-point, double-spaced, non-condensed type; footnotes and quotations may be single-spaced, and non-condensed type means Times New Roman or Arial.

The text of all documents shall be at least 12-point, double-spaced, non-condensed type. Footnotes and quotations may be single spaced; however, they shall also be in 12-point, non-condensed type. As used in this rule, “non-condensed type” shall refer to Times New Roman type or Arial.

WARNING

Filed documents may not contain internal links unless incorporated into the document, and external links are prohibited.

A filed document may not contain internal links to other documents or references in the court’s case management system, unless the links are incorporated into the filed document. External links are prohibited.

WARNING

E-filed documents must, to the extent practicable, comply with the Local Rules’ formatting requirements.

Format. All e-filed documents must, to the extent practicable, be formatted in accordance with Local Rules.

WARNING

Exhibits must be pre-marked; the State/Plaintiff labels them starting with A and the Defendant starting with 1, while related materials may be grouped under one label.

1. Exhibits shall be pre-marked and RECEIVED BY the Clerk and served by the proponent on opposing party/counsel at least three business days prior to the hearing. The State/Plaintiff shall mark Exhibits starting with the letter “A.” The Defendant shall mark Exhibits starting with the number “1.” Related photos or documents (i.e. multiple page lease) may be grouped together and marked with a single letter or number.

INFO

A judge or magistrate may sign an electronic document using a digitized image of the judge’s or magistrate’s signature.

Electronic documents may be signed by a judge or magistrate via a digitized image of his or her signature.