HOURS OF OPERATION: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EXCEPT LEGAL HOLIDAYS
CLERK’S HOURS OF OPERATION: 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EXCEPT LEGAL HOLIDAYS
SCHEDULE OF COURT HOLIDAYS FOR 2025
ATTENTION EVERYONE ENTRING THE COURTHOUSE:
To ensure the safety and security of everyone entering the Courthouse, effective February 12, 2024 everyone entering the front entrance of the Courthouse will need to have all items screened through the x-ray machine. This includes all bags. All drinks will need to be held going through the metal detector. Any drink containers that contain metal will no longer be allowed into the building as they cannot be properly screened. Drink containers that do not contain metal are still allowed in the building. Please arrive early for any court proceedings that you must attend.
PLEASE NOTE: New court forms are available for the sealing of certain criminal cases. These documents are effective April 4, 2023, and copies are located in “Court Forms” on this website.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to mandatory health and security screenings at the entrance to the Courthouse, please arrive early for any court proceeding that you must attend. If you are running a fever, DO NOT COME TO COURT. You will be denied entry. You may but are not required to wear a mask when coming to court. Please review notices elsewhere on this web site for updated information.
TO ALL COUNSEL SEEKING CRIMINAL CASE APPOINTMENTS: Please take notice that the Common Pleas Court has adopted a new form for counsel seeking to receive appointments to represent indigent criminal defendants. All counsel must submit the new form pursuant to the regulations of the Ohio Public Defender Commission in OAC chapter 120-1. Counsel are urged to review the regulations in that chapter. Completed forms should be returned promptly to Court Administrator Diana Owens. Please click for the Appointed Counsel Application Form in PDF format.
NOTICE REGARDING NEW COURT COSTS SCHEDULE:
PLEASE NOTE: Effective August 4th, 2020, the Court of Common Pleas has ordered that the cost of filing a foreclosure complaint is increased to $570.00, of which $220.00 will be placed on deposit for the on-line auction fee mandated by H.B. 390. Please prepare your filing procedures accordingly.
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2018, the Court is amending its Local Rules Appendix A-Security for Costs. The current costs schedule will expire August 31, 2018. The increased costs are:
APPENDIX A
Security For Costs
| NEW CIVIL CASE | $250.00 |
| FORECLOSURE | $350.00 Now $570.00 |
| APPEAL OF ARBITRATION | $450.00 |
| JUDGMENT DEBTOR EXAM | $125.00 |
| RECLASSIFICATION CHALLENGE | $125.00 |
| GARNISHMENT | $150.00 |
| EXECUTION | $150.00 |
| WRIT OF POSSESSION | $250.00 |
| PETITION FOR CQE | $125.00 |
| RECORDING CERTIFICATE OF JUDGMENT | $30.00 |
| CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATE OF JUDGMENT | $10.00 |
| STATE OF OHIO CERTIFICATE OF JUDGMENT | $40.00 |
| FOREIGN CERTIFICATE OF JUDGMENT | $75.00 |
| JURY TRIAL (DEPOSIT) | $300.00 |
| JURY VIEW (DEPOSIT) | $400.00 |
| CROSS COMPLAINT | $75.00 |
| APPEAL TO THE TWELFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT | $225.00 |
| FOREIGN COUNTY SHERIFF’S SERVICE (PER DEFENDANT) | $50.00 |
| EXPUNGEMENT | $75.00 |
| STATE REPARATION/INDIGENT DEFENSE SUPPORT FUND | $60.00 |
| BAIL BOND SURCHARGE | $25.00 |
| INDIGENT DEFENDANT APPLICATION | $25.00 |
| PETITION FOR RELIEF FROM DISABILITY | $125.00 |
| REVIVOR | $125.00 |
| ORDER OF SALE | $150.00 |
| PROCESS SERVER APPOINTMENT-INDIVIDUAL | $25.00 |
| PROCESS SERVER APPOINTMENT-COMPANY | $50.00 |
| WITNESS FEE (PER DAY) | $12.00 |
| MILEAGE (WITNESS PER MILE) | $0.51 |
| COPIES | $0.10 |
EFFECTIVE DATE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2018
COURT COSTS SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 1, 2018-PDF
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