Civil Division

Civil Forms:

The following PDF forms can be filled out electronically and then printed or they may be printed first and filled by hand.

• –Procedures for filing an eviction
• –Notice to Leave Premises
• –Complaint in Forcible Entry and Detainer
• -Application by Tenant to Deposit Rent with the Clerk
• -Application for Release of Rent
• –Small Claims Complaint (Please also download the Small Claims Instruction Sheet below)
• -Small Claims Example
• -Small Claims Instruction Sheet
• –Self-Representation Brochure
• –Revivor of a Dormant Judgment 
• -Instructions to the Clerk

CIVIL DIVISION COST SCHEDULE

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024

BASIC COSTS

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

OTHER COSTS

Amended complaint – plus service fee – $60.00

• If service made by Clerk’s office – $85.00

Appeals – $150.00

Bureau of Motor Vehicle (BMV) matters

• Appeal of 12 point suspension – $160.00

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

• Certified copies – plus the per-page cost of copies – $3.00
• Regular copies – per page – $0.05
• Printout of court docket – per page – $0.25
• Exemplified copy of a judgment entry – $25.00
• Transcripts – original per page – $4.50
• Transcripts – copy per page – $0.50
• Video and audio recording of court proceeding – $5.00

Counterclaim/Crossclaim

• Service by Clerk’s office – $45.00
• Service by Party – $25.00

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

• Personal earnings – $75.00
• Bank attachments – $75.00
• Separate check made payable to bank – $1.00

In/Out Jail Fee – $5.00

Judgment Debtor Exam – $75.00

Jury

• Jury trial deposit – $1,000.00
• Calling of jury – $50.00
• Jury Fees – (Per diem, per day) – $20.00

Motions

• Agreed judgment – $20.00
• Consent judgment – $20.00
• Default judgment – $20.00
• Summary judgment – $20.00
• Vacate a judgment – $50.00
• Revive, modify judgment or capias per defendant – $100.00
• Post-judgment motions – $75.00
• Change of venue – $20.00
• To Seal an EViciton Record – $35.00

Receiver, appointment of – $15.00

Replevin plus service – $200.00

Service

• Certificate of Mail – $15.00
• Certified Mail – $20.00
• FedEx – $25.00
• Express Mail – (at current U.S. Postal Service rate – $0.54/mile)
• Ordinary Mail – $15.00
• Addressee only – $30.00
• Personal Service – (plus mileage at the current mileage rate) – $30.00
• Service by publication – (plus actual cost of publication) – $12.00

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

• Payment of the set out fee will entitle the landlord to two hours of the bailiff’s presence.  Additional time spent by a bailiff at the set-out location will be billed to the landlord in 10-minute increments at $60.00/hour 

Subpoena

• Form – $2.00
• Processing/Service – $40.00

Third-party civil complaint – plus service fees – $95.00

Transfer judgment into the civil division

• From another court – $135.00
• From the small claims division – $100.00

Trusteeship – $200.00

Weddings – $40.00

Witness Fees

• Witness mileage at current rate per mile and witness fees for:
  • One-half day or less – $6.00
  • Full day – $12.00