Court Rules

Pike County Court, Ohio Document Format Requirements

6 rules from official source documents

Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.

CRITICAL

Papers offered for filing must be typewritten or printed on 8½-by-11-inch paper, except original exhibits and official court forms supplied by the Clerk.

All papers offered for filing with the Court shall be typewritten or printed and shall be 8 ½ x 11 inches. Original documents attached or offered as exhibits and official court forms supplied by the Clerk are exempt from the requirements of this Rule.

CRITICAL

All exhibits must be marked before trial.

All exhibits shall be marked prior to trial.

CRITICAL

Plaintiff must mark exhibits with numbers, and Defendant must mark exhibits with letters.

Plaintiff shall use numbers; Defendant shall use letters.

CRITICAL

Filed documents must be sufficiently legible, and the Court may strike papers that are not.

All documents filed with the Court shall be sufficiently legible. The Court may order stricken any filed paper which does not comply with legibility.

WARNING

Applies to
Electronically produced ticket

Computer- or electronically produced tickets may be used and filed, and must conform in all substantive respects to the Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket.

In accordance with the Supreme Court of Ohio amendments to Traffic Rule 3 and 25, effective January 1, 2014, the use and filing of a ticket that is produced by computer or other electronic means is hereby authorized in the Pike County Court. The electronically produced ticket shall conform in all substantive respects to the Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket.

WARNING

Exhibits must be marked before trial; the plaintiff must use numbers and the defendant must use letters.

All exhibits shall be marked prior to trial. Plaintiff shall use numbers; Defendant shall use letters.

Common questions about Pike County Court, Ohio document format requirements

What formatting rules apply to filings in Pike County Court, Ohio?

Pike County Court, Ohio's formatting rule includes letter paper, papers offered for filing must be typewritten or printed., and original documents attached or offered as exhibits and official court forms supplied by the clerk are exempt from these requirements.. Papers offered for filing must be typewritten or printed on 8½-by-11-inch paper, except original exhibits and official court forms supplied by the Clerk.

View ruleOfficial source Source: page 6, section 4.04 ORIGINAL PAPERS FILED WITH THE COURT