Ohio Loc. App. R. 1
Except as specifically provided elsewhere in these rules, by other rule or statute, or where expressly authorized by an entry of this court, all documents submitted for filing shall be electronically filed using the Franklin County Clerk of Court's efiling system.
Complaints, notices of appeal, and motions to certify a conflict filed pursuant to App.R. 25 may be efiled or filed in paper form.
Parties not represented by counsel are not required to utilize the efiling system and may file documents in paper form.
An attorney wishing to file a specific document or all documents in a given case in paper form may file a motion requesting leave to so file. Such motion may itself be filed in paper form and shall set forth the exceptional circumstances justifying the request. (E) Paper Form Documents
Documents filed in paper form shall be scanned and uploaded to the efiling system by the Franklin County Clerk of Courts. In such case, the uploaded electronic version of the document shall constitute the original document.
Documents efiled with the clerk that require an attorney's or a filing party's signature may be signed:
Any of the above signature forms on an efiled document is deemed to constitute a legal signature of the attorney or party on the document for purposes of the signature requirements imposed by the Ohio Rules of Superintendence, Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of Criminal Procedure and/or any other law.
When a stipulation or other document requires two or more signatures:
Documents containing signatures of third parties (i.e., affidavits, stipulations, etc.) shall be efiled only as scanned-in images.
Electronic documents may be signed by a judge, magistrate, mediator, or court administrator by means of an e-signature. An e-signature shall consist of a digitized image of the signer's longhand signature superimposed over the court's official seal. Such e-signature may be affixed to a document only through the signer's secure efiling account. All decisions, orders, decrees, judgments and other documents signed by means of an e-signature shall have the same force and effect as if the signer had affixed his or her signature to a paper copy of the document.
All time referenced herein refers to the time applied by the clerk's time stamping system. Documents may be submitted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The date and time reflected in the confirmation notice from the efiling system informing the efiler that the document submitted for filing has been received shall serve as the date and time of filing, if the filing is later accepted by the clerk. Documents submitted to the efiling system on or before 11:59 p.m., and subsequently accepted by the clerk, are deemed filed on the day submitted. Documents submitted to the efiling system at 12:00 midnight, and subsequently accepted by the clerk, are deemed filed on the day submitted. This rule shall be read in conjunction with Civ.R. 6, which provides that a filing deadline that falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday is extended to the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday.
For purposes of proceedings before this court, documents submitted to the efiling system by the court of appeals or any lower court or tribunal after 4:59 p.m. on a business day or on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday shall be deemed to have been filed on the next business day irrespective of the time stamp applied to the document. (H) Filing Fees
The clerk of this court shall under no circumstances reject a filing due to the inability of the filer to pay a filing fee at the time of filing. The court at a later time may dismiss a case for non-payment of the applicable filing fee.
Ohio. Loc. App. R. 1