Willoughby Municipal Court, Ohio Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

Applies to

Jury demand

A movant seeking a jury demand must comply with the Local Rules and pay all required fees and deposits.

The movant must comply with Local Rules regarding jury demands and all required fees and deposits must have been paid.

CRITICAL

Applies to

New writ

A filing fee is required when the plaintiff must file a new writ after a stayed or canceled move-out and more than 15 business days have passed.

If a move-out is stayed or canceled, and more than fifteen (15) business days pass between the date the writ issued and the new move-out date, the plaintiff must file a new writ. A filing fee is required.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Facsimile filing

A fee-required fax filing will not be accepted until costs and fees are paid by credit or debit card; incomplete payment information or nonconforming documents will not be filed.

No document filed by facsimile that requires a filing fee at the time of filing shall be accepted by the Clerk for filing until court cost and fees have been paid by a credit or debit card (VISA, Discover, or MasterCard). The forms necessary for the authorization of payment by credit card shall be available at the Clerk’s Office during normal business hours and are accessible online at https://www.willoughbycourt.com/. Documents tendered to the clerk without payment of court cost and fees, or with incomplete information on the charge authorization or request, or which do not conform to applicable rules will not be filed.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion to certify case

The motion to certify must include a check or money order payable to the Court of Common Pleas for at least the amount specified as that court’s security costs.

C. CERTIFICATION TO COMMON PLEAS COURT: It shall be the responsibility of any party filing a counterclaim, crossclaim or third-party complaint exceeding the monetary jurisdiction of the Court to also file a motion to certify the case to the Court of Common Pleas. The motion shall be accompanied by a check or money order made payable to the Court of Common Pleas, in a sum of not less than the amount specified as security costs for that court. Failure to comply within thirty (30) days of the filing of such counterclaim, crossclaim or third-party complaint shall be grounds for dismissal under Civ.R. 41(B).

CRITICAL

Applies to

Venue change transfer

Before a venue-change transfer, all costs must be paid and a sufficient check payable to the transferee court deposited with the Clerk; plaintiff’s counsel must ascertain the transferee court’s filing cost.

A. COURT AS TRANSFEROR: The Clerk shall not transfer any case pursuant to venue change in application of Civ.R. 3(C) until all costs are paid, and, in addition, a check made payable to the transferee court in the sum sufficient to secure its costs is deposited with the Clerk to accompany the file upon transfer. It shall be the responsibility of the plaintiff's attorney to ascertain the filing cost in the transferee court. Failure to comply with this rule within fourteen (14) days from the date of entry as to change of venue may form the basis for dismissal of the action.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Jury demand

A party demanding a civil jury must pay the demand cost when making the demand and the jury deposit by noon the day before trial; the judge may waive the costs upon evidence of indigency.

The party demanding the jury in a civil case shall pay the Jury Demand Civil Cost at the time the demand is made and the Jury Deposit Civil Cost no later than noon on the date prior to the trial. The cost requirement may be waived upon the presentation of evidence, which establishes the indigency of the party demanding the jury, and upon approval of the judge.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Filing

Civil filings require advance deposit of the applicable security costs unless the Court orders otherwise, the filer is exempt by law, or an inability-to-pay affidavit is approved by the assigned judge.

No action, proceeding, motion or other document shall be accepted for filing by the Clerk of Court unless there first shall be deposited the sum of not less than the amount specified in the civil costs section as security costs, unless otherwise ordered by the Court or otherwise exempted by law. The schedule of court costs in the civil division is set by administrative order. The schedule is available at the Clerk of Court’s office or at the Court’s web site. Those persons unable to post the required security for costs may be excused from the same upon filing of an appropriate affidavit, when approved by the judge assigned to the case.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transferred case

A sufficient sum to secure costs must be deposited before a transferred case is filed and docketed in this Court.

B. COURT AS TRANSFEREE: The Clerk shall not file and docket any case transferred to this Court pursuant to venue change in application of Civ.R. 3(C) until a sum sufficient to secure costs has been deposited. Failure to comply with this rule within fourteen (14) days from receipt of the file from the transferor court may form the basis for returning the file to the transferor court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Trusteeship application

The debtor must pay the filing fee when filing the trusteeship application.

At the time of filing, the debtor must pay the filing fee.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil filing

Normal filing fees are assessed when a filing is processed, and civil filing fees must be paid within 48 hours after acceptance.

The Clerk of Court shall assess normal filing fees at the time the filing is processed. All Civil filings shall be paid within 48 hours of acceptance of said filing.

CRITICAL

Fee

1 dollar

Applies to

Facsimile filing

A $1.00 fee is assessed for each page of a facsimile filing.

A one dollar ($1.00) per page facsimile fee shall be assessed for facsimile filings.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcription

If no reporting firm is specified or the Court does not accept the specified firm, the transcription is obtained from the official court reporter at the movant’s cost.

If a reporting firm is not specified by movant or movant’s counsel, or is not acceptable to the Court, then the Court will issue an entry appointing a court reporter and the transcription is then obtained from the official court reporter at movant’s costs.

WARNING

The Court does not maintain electronic billing or debit accounts for lawyers or law firms.

The Court will not maintain electronic billing or debit accounts for lawyers or law firms.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript copy

Transcript copies are provided at cost, but electronic copies are free.

Copies of transcripts shall be provided at cost and electronic copies shall be provided free of charge.

WARNING

Fee

4.25

Applies to

Original transcript and certified copy

In criminal indigent cases, the stenographer or reporter must be paid $4.25 per page for an original transcript and one certified copy.

In all criminal indigent cases, the court stenographer/reporter shall be paid $4.25 per page for an original transcript and one certified copy of said transcript.

WARNING

Fee

25

Applies to

Transcript

In criminal indigent cases, the stenographer or reporter must also be paid $25 per hour.

Additionally, the court stenographer/reporter shall be paid $25.00 per hour.

INFO

Applies to

Jury demand

Jury costs need not be prepaid in criminal or traffic cases.

There is no prepayment of jury costs in criminal/traffic cases.