Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Filing Rules

A receiver appointed under R.C. 2735.01(A)(6) must file a list of all claims after the claims-filing period expires.

The filing fee for a foreclosure complaint requiring the Official Public Sheriff Sale Website or Integrated Auction Management System license is $220.00.

Waiver of service of process may be requested and completed under Civil Rule 4.7.

After a federal remand, the removing party must file the federal docket and all substantive federal decisions within 10 days after issuance of the remand order.

Any filing may be e-filed with the Clerk at any time, including weekends.

Public notice of a judicial real-estate sale must run as an advertisement in a qualifying Montgomery County newspaper, which may be the designated Daily Law Journal.

When personal identifying information is redacted or omitted, the filer must provide it to the court on a separate form identifying the information and its location.

A continuance request must be made in writing and filed under Rule 2.01 or made in open court before the Assigned Judge; a written request must include a proposed order, an orally granted request must be followed by a proposed order filed within three days, and the continuance order must state the new date.

Objections and supporting memoranda are limited to 20 pages and must comply with Rules 2.02 and 6.03.

Unless the Assigned Judge grants relief under the specified criminal rules, the e-File system must send notice that “Judge Access Only” documents were filed.

Applications to seal or expunge records in multiple cases must be consolidated before the Assigned Judge with the highest case number, except for applications filed under R.C. 5953.521.