Upper Sandusky Municipal Court, Ohio Filing Rules

For a bond forfeiture, the Clerk must deduct $125.00 first for costs and apply the balance to the fine.

Opposing counsel or parties must approve or reject submitted journal entries within five days after receipt.

The trial judge may require attorneys or parties in any case to prepare journal entries and to submit them to opposing counsel or parties who shall approve or reject the same within five days from the date received. Such entries shall be approved by the trial judge, or, in his absence, by another judge, before being placed upon the journal.

Summons must be served in accordance with the Ohio Rules of Procedure.

An application to continue a pre-trial conference must be addressed to the assigned judge.

The Court permits the use and filing of computer- or electronically produced tickets.

Opposing counsel must respond in the same written manner within fourteen days.

Objections to the referee’s findings must be filed in writing.

The Clerk may not advise litigants or prepare pleadings or arrest affidavits, but may assist litigants in small claims.