Noble County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Filing Rules

The moving party must serve and file with a motion a brief statement of supporting reasons and citations, and, when facts outside the record are at issue, any appropriate supporting affidavits, depositions, photographs, or documentary evidence the party wishes to present.

If a person ordered to appear for fingerprints fails to appear, the specified law-enforcement or detention officials must promptly notify the Court in writing.

The attorney shall file the completed pleading and necessary coples which counsel shall serve on all parties by regular mall with proof on the record.

The Sheriff’s Office must immediately serve the respondent with a civil protection or post-conviction no-contact order and promptly record completion of service in LEADS.

Arbitrators may not receive their fees until the report and award have been filed with the Clerk of Courts.

Counsel requesting a hearing date in a pleading must obtain it from the Assignment Commissioner before filing the pleading.

When an extension beyond Rule 13.01 is needed or the parties cannot agree, the requesting party must file a written motion supported by an affidavit showing the practical impossibility of pleading within the rule and good cause, serve both on opposing counsel, and attend a hearing set by the Judge.

Pleadings, motions, and applications must be legibly typewritten or printed on letter-size paper, securely bound at the top, and unfolded.

Motions generally are submitted and determined on the motion papers; oral argument is permitted upon application and a proper showing.

An attorney who learns they represent a party in a pending suit must immediately notify the Clerk; a time-stamped notice is satisfactory evidence, and failure to notify waives required notice under the court rules.

Computer- or electronically produced tickets may be used and filed in the Probate and Juvenile Divisions.

The original findings and award must be sealed in an envelope and filed with the Clerk of Courts.