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

Civil cases

Personal and private information must be omitted from filed documents, subject to the stated exceptions.

the following information is defined as personal and private and shall be omitted from all file documents (except in IV-D Applications (Loc.R. 8.03), page 8 of Form DR-16, and a capias containing identifying information issued for the arrest of an individual) submitted to the Court or filed with the Clerk of Courts.

Civil cases

Social security numbers and other information required to be excluded from the public record must be redacted under the court and Rules of Superintendence.

20.05. All social security numbers and other information that must be excluded from public record shall be redacted in accordance with the rules of this court and the Rules of Superintendence.

Civil cases

The filing party and counsel are responsible for removing personal and private information from documents filed or submitted to the court.

It is the responsibility of the filing party and counsel to remove personal and private information from a document filed with the Clerk of Courts office, or submitted to the Court.

Civil cases

Sealed materials may be opened only with written court authority and examined only in the clerk's office.

Sealed depositions, transcripts or any documents or envelopes or files sealed by order of the Court or local rule may only be opened with written authority of the Court and may only be examined in the clerk’s office.