Miami County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Document Format Requirements

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Format

PDF

Documents requiring original signatures, including affidavits and notarized documents, must be electronically filed in PDF format.

Documents requiring an original signature, such as an affidavit or other notarized documents, shall be e-Filed as a .pdf.

CRITICALCivil cases

Pleadings and motions must be legibly typewritten or printed on letter-size paper and securely bound at the top.

All pleadings and motions shall be legibly typewritten or printed on paper of letter size (approximately 8 ½" x 11") paper. All pleadings and motions shall be securely bound at the top.

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The top two-inch square in the upper-right corner of the first sheet must be left blank for the clerk’s filing stamp, and nonconforming documents may be refused.

The top two (2) inch square of the right hand corner of the initial sheet of every pleading, motion or brief, or other papers filed for record shall be left blank in order that the Clerk of this Court may file stamp the date and time of filing. The Clerk is authorized to refuse to accept any such document not conforming to such requirement.

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The document-format requirements apply to all pleadings, motions, briefs, and other documents.

All pleadings, motions, briefs, and other documents shall be formatted in accordance with the following:

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Documents must be typed or printed in 11- to 12-point regular type, double-spaced, on 8½-by-11-inch paper, and sequentially paginated.

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.

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A proposed order or proposed entry must be submitted in Word .doc format and identify the specific motion to which it applies.

A proposed order or proposed entry shall be submitted in Word [.doc] format and reference the specific motion to which it applies.

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Each document may not exceed 10 MB.

Documents shall be limited to ten megabytes (10MB) in size.

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Filed documents may not contain external links or references to the CMS unless incorporated into the document.

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.

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Documents submitted through the e-File system must comply with Local Rule 3.09’s requirements concerning omission of personal identifiers and private information.

Documents filed through the e-File system shall comply with Local R. 3.09 regarding the omission of personal identifiers and private information included therein.

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Format

PDF

All electronically filed documents, pleadings, and papers must be filed in PDF format unless Subsection (F)(2)(b) provides otherwise.

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.

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Combined PDF files in one transmission may not exceed 30 MB.

No combination of PDF files in one transmission may accumulate to more than thirty megabytes (30MB) in size.

WARNINGCivil cases

Before trial, the party must ensure its trial media is compatible with the Court’s equipment or use its own presentation technology.

Prior to trial, ensure that the videotape, DVD, or other media form is compatible with the Court’s equipment or be responsible to employ presentation technology of the party’s own choosing.

WARNINGCivil cases

A party using the Court’s video equipment must be familiar with its operation.

Be familiar with how to operate the Court’s equipment.

WARNING

The section 1.03 formatting requirements and limitations apply to electronically filed documents.

The formatting requirements and limitations set forth in section 1.03 of these rules apply to electronically filed documents.