Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Document Format Requirements
9 rules from official source documents
Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.
CRITICAL
- Format
E-filed documents, pleadings, and papers must be submitted to the Clerk in PDF format, except as provided for proposed orders and proposed entries.
a. Except as provided in Subsection (F)(2)(b) of this Rule, all e-Filed documents, pleadings, and papers shall be filed with the Clerk in .pdf format.
CRITICAL
Documents must be typewritten or printed, double-spaced, on 8½-by-11-inch paper, use regular 11- or 12-point type, and be paginated sequentially.
a. Typewritten or printed, double spaced, on 8 ½” x 11” paper, not less than 11- point and not greater than 12-point regular type font, paginated sequentially.
CRITICAL
- Format
Documents requiring an original signature, including affidavits and other notarized documents, must be e-filed as PDFs.
Documents requiring an original signature, such as an affidavit or other notarized documents, shall be e-Filed as a .pdf.
CRITICAL
Each document is limited to 10 MB, and PDF files combined in one transmission may not exceed 30 MB; the Rule’s formatting requirements and limitations apply to all e-filed documents.
c. Documents shall be limited to ten megabytes (10MB) in size. No combination of PDF files in one transmission may accumulate to more than thirty megabytes (30MB) in size. The formatting requirements and limitations set forth in this Rule apply to all electronically filed documents.
CRITICAL
- Format
- DOCX
A proposed order or proposed entry must be submitted in DOCX format and identify the specific motion to which it applies.
b. A proposed order or proposed entry shall be submitted only in Word [.docx] format and reference the specific motion to which it applies.
WARNING
Do not attach exhibits or appendages to pleadings or motions unless they are absolutely necessary.
Do not attach exhibits or appendages that are not absolutely necessary to pleadings or motions.
WARNING
Proposed jury instructions must be submitted in Word format.
Twenty-Four Hours prior to any jury trial, counsel for both parties shall jointly submit to the Court, in Word Format, proposed jury instructions.
WARNING
- Format
Documents should be provided in PDF format to the extent practicable.
d. To the extent practicable, documents shall be in pdf format.
WARNING
Filed documents may not contain links to other documents or references to the CMS unless incorporated into the filing, and external links are prohibited.
b. A filed document shall not contain links to other documents or references to the CMS, unless they are incorporated into the filed documents. External links are prohibited.
What formatting rules apply to filings in Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, General Division?
Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, General Division's formatting rule includes file format PDF and the requirement is subject to the exception in subsection (f)(2)(b) of this rule.. E-filed documents, pleadings, and papers must be submitted to the Clerk in PDF format, except as provided for proposed orders and proposed entries.
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