Summit County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Sealing & Redaction Procedures

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When specified personal information must be included, filers must show only the last four digits of Social Security and financial account numbers and use minors' initials.

If personal and private information is necessary and must be included in a document, the filing party shall partially redact the following personal and private information from the pleadings as follows: ocial Security Numbers: If the individual’s Social Security number must be included in a document, only the last four digits of that number should be used. Financial Account Numbers: If financial account numbers are relevant, only the last four digits of these numbers should be used. Names of Minor Children: If the involvement of a minor child must be mentioned, only the initials of the child should be used.

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E-filed documents must omit defined personal identifiers, which the filer is responsible for redacting; omitted information must be filed separately on the Clerk's form.

Document Content: All documents e-filed shall omit personal identifiers as defined in Sup. R. 44(H).The responsibility for redacting personal identifiers rests solely upon the filer. The Clerk and the Court will not review each document for compliance with this rule. When the personal information is omitted from a case filing it shall be submitted or filed separately on a form provided by the Clerk.

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Redact all but the final four digits of specified identification and account numbers, use minors' initials, and replace other personal information with “[REDACTED].”

For social security numbers, financial account numbers, and driver’s license or other personal identification numbers, all but the last four digits of the number shall be redacted. For minors, only the child’s initials shall be included. For any other personal or private information, the information shall be replaced with “[REDACTED]”.

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The Clerk may refuse a document that contains personal information not redacted or submitted as required.

The Clerk of Courts may refuse to accept for filing any document that contains personal and private information that has not been redacted or submitted in accordance with this rule.

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Entries and orders that necessarily include personal and private information shall partially redact the personal and private information as outlined in (E) (3) of this rule unless it is absolutely necessary to include all digits or other data in that information. In the event it is absolutely necessary to include all digits or other data in that information, the Clerk will have the authority to redact the personal and private information from public view.

Summary: Entries and orders must partially redact personal information unless all information is absolutely necessary, in which case the Clerk may redact it from public view.

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The filer is responsible for redacting personal and private information. The Clerk shall not review each document for compliance with this Rule: however, the Clerk may refuse to accept any document that contains personal and private information that has not been redacted or submitted in accordance with this Rule.

Summary: The filer is responsible for redaction, and the Clerk may refuse documents that do not comply with the personal-information requirements.

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In accordance with Rule 45 of the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio, a document may be filed under seal. The Order and its date must be noted on the e-filing under the document title (e.g., “Document filed under seal pursuant to Court Order of mm/dd/yyyy”).

Summary: A document may be filed under seal, and the e-filing title must identify the sealing order and its date.

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The Clerk of Courts may refuse to accept for filing any document that contains personal and private information that has not been redacted or submitted in accordance with this rule.

Summary: The Clerk may refuse a filing that does not comply with the personal-information redaction requirements.

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If a final agreement is reached during the conference that agreement may be filed under seal to preserve confidentiality, provided that the parties request that the agreement be sealed and the court approves.

Summary: A final agreement reached during mediation may be filed under seal if the parties request sealing and the court approves.