Stark County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Electronic Filing Rules

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Applies to

Fax filing

A fax filing is accepted as the effective original court filing.

A document filed by fax shall be accepted as the effective original filing.

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Attorneys and pro se litigants must file all documents electronically and receive electronic filing notices unless good cause, a court order, or the Procedures for Electronic Filing provides otherwise.

Attorneys and pro se litigants shall file all documents electronically and receive notice of filings electronically, absent a showing of good cause and unless otherwise ordered by the Court or otherwise excused by the Procedures for Electronic Filing.

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Civil proceedings must be faxed to 330-451-7853 and criminal proceedings to 330-451-7066.

Civil proceedings shall be filed by facsimile transmission to 330-451-7853. Criminal Proceedings shall be filed by facsimile transmission to 330-451-7066.

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Applies to

Fax filing

The Clerk need not notify a sender of a failed fax filing, and the sender bears the burden of confirming receipt.

The Clerk of Courts is not required to send any form of notice to the sending party of a failed fax filing. The burden of confirming the receipt of a complete facsimile transmission is on the sending party.

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The Clerk of Court must follow the Court's Procedures for Electronic Filing and any amendments to that Administrative Order.

The Clerk of Court shall be governed by the Court’s “Procedures for Electronic Filing” as set forth in Administrative Order and any amendment thereto, filed in case number 20___MI_______ and published on the website of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas.

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Pleadings and other papers may be filed with the clerk by facsimile transmission subject to the rule’s conditions.

Subject to the following conditions, pleadings and other papers may be filed with the Clerk of Courts by facsimile transmission.

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This rule does NOT apply to Order in Aid, objections to the attachment of property other than personal earnings, objections to garnishment of personal earnings, objections to prejudgment attachments, objections to orders of possession in replevin actions, probable cause hearings, and forcible entry and detainer proceedings. In these proceedings no facsimile transmission of documents will be accepted.

Summary: Fax filings are prohibited in the specifically listed proceedings.

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The following documents will NOT be accepted for fax filing: 1. original complaints; 2. any document that requires a filing fee or deposit for cost; 3. any document that requires the Clerk's Office to provide service; 4. any document that requires a judge's signature; 5. any document requiring to be certified or authenticated; 6. any liens; 7. registration of a notary; 8. trial exhibits or evidentiary materials that are not on 8 1/2 x 11 paper; 9. transcripts of depositions; 10. any notice of appeal. 11. any document exceeding 10 pages in length (see IX, Length of Document)

Summary: The listed categories of documents and documents exceeding 10 pages cannot be filed by fax.

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Applies to

Proposed order

If a proposed order is transmitted as part of a fax filing, it will be forwarded to the court for consideration and will not be filed until it is signed by the court.

Summary: A proposed order transmitted by fax is not filed until signed by the court.

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Fax filings may NOT be sent directly to the court for filing but may only be transmitted directly through the facsimile equipment operated by the Clerk of Courts.

Summary: Fax filings must be transmitted through the Clerk's facsimile equipment and may not be sent directly to the court for filing.

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Applies to

Cqe petition

All six (6) pages of the CQE Petition must be completed and officially submitted to the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) for review.

Summary: All six pages of the CQE Petition must be completed and officially submitted electronically to the DRC for review.