Ottawa County Municipal Court, Ohio Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

The Clerk accepts electronic filings by email and fax, with a dedicated email address and inbox for filings sent by email.

The Clerk of Court accepts filings electronically by email and fax in accordance with Local Rule .. A dedicated email address and inbox have been established for the acceptance of electronic filing.

CRITICAL

Fax and email filings are accepted as originals, but the filer must retain the source document and cover sheet and produce them on request through the end of the case and post-judgment relief opportunities.

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

CRITICAL

Email filings must be sent through the Court's email system to clerk@ocmcourt.com.

An "email transmission" means the transmission of a source document through the Court's email system to a specified email address. The "email address" to be used for filing submissions is clerk@ocmcourt.com.

WARNING

Fax and email are identified as filing channels.

Anyone using facsimile filing or email filing is urged to verify receipt of such filing by the clerk of court.

INFO

Applies to

Ticket

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

The use and filing of a ticket that is produced by a computer or other electronic means is hereby authorized in the Ottawa County Municipal Court.