The following PDF forms can be filled out electronically and then printed or they may be printed first and filled by hand.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024
CIVIL – plus service fees
Local Costs – $101.00
Computer Fee – Clerk – $10.00
Computer Fee – Court – $3.00
Special Projects – $20.00
Legal aid societies and state public defender fee (R.C. 1901.26(C)) – $26.00
Total local costs for civil cases – $160.00
SMALL CLAIMS – plus service fees
Local Costs – $34.00
Computer Fee – Clerk – $10.00
Computer Fee – Court – $3.00
Special Projects – $20.00
Legal aid societies and state public defender fee (R.C. 1901.26(C)) – $11.00
Total local costs for small claims cases – $78.00
Service for each additional defendant is $20.00
Service for each additional defendant addressee only is $30.00
Amended complaint – plus service fee – $60.00
Appeals – $150.00
Bureau of Motor Vehicle (BMV) matters
Certificate of judgments – per claim – $25.00
Checks returned for insufficient funds, are drawn on closed accounts or for stop payment – $25.00
Commitment – $10.00
Contempt – notice of plus service fees – $75.00
Continuances – $20.00
Copies
Counterclaim/Crossclaim
Dangerous Dog – a petition from the dog warden designating a dog as dangerous, a nuisance or vicious (R.C. 955.222) – $160.00
Executions pursuant to R.C. 1923.14 – $125.00
Executions pursuant to R.C. 2329.09 – plus Sheriff’s fees and $500 expense deposit required – $125.00
Garnishments
In/Out Jail Fee – $5.00
Judgment Debtor Exam – $75.00
Jury
Motions
Receiver, appointment of – $15.00
Replevin plus service – $200.00
Service
Set out fee – plus mileage (must be paid no later than 3 p.m. on the day before the bailiff’s presence is needed for enforcement of an eviction order – $50.00
Subpoena
Third-party civil complaint – plus service fees – $95.00
Transfer judgment into the civil division
Trusteeship – $200.00
Weddings – $40.00
Witness Fees