New Philadelphia Municipal Court, Ohio Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Social Security numbers and other personal identifying information must be redacted before filing, including from attached exhibits and addenda, whether or not the information is relevant to the case.

In accordance with Sup. R. 45(D), Social Security numbers and other personal identifying information, whether relevant to the case or not, must be redacted from documents before the documents are filed with the court. This requirement includes exhibits or addenda attached to filings such as preliminary judicial reports, financial reports, and medical records, etc.

CRITICAL

When personal identifiers are redacted, the party must submit or file them on a separate Clerk-provided form, and the information will be kept in a format inaccessible to the public.

Pursuant to Sup. R. 45(D)(2), when personal identifiers are redacted from a document filed with the Clerk or submitted to the Court, the party must submit or file that information on a separate form provided by the Clerk, and this information will be held in a format that cannot be viewed by the public.

WARNING

The parties and their counsel bear sole responsibility for redacting personal identifiers; the Clerk does not review each document for compliance.

Pursuant to Sup. R. 45(D)(3), the responsibility for redacting personal identifiers rests solely with the parties and their counsel. The Clerk will not review each document for compliance with this Rule.