Ohio App. R. 30 (2026)
Duties of Clerks
(A) Copies of orders or judgments
Immediately after any order, opinion, or judgment of the court is filed, the clerk of the court of appeals must send a copy of the court’s ruling to each party and must note that action on the docket. Any copies for a party represented by counsel should be sent to counsel.
(B) Custody of records and papers
The clerk is the custodian of the records and papers of the court. Papers transmitted as the record on appeal or review must, once the case is finished, be returned to the court or agency from which they were received. The clerk must preserve copies of briefs and other filings.
(C) Sending of documents by the clerk
Whenever these rules direct that documents or copies be “sent” by the clerk of the court of appeals or by the clerk of the trial court, and whenever these rules direct either of those clerks to “send” documents or copies, the appropriate clerk may use any of the following delivery methods: hand delivery, electronic delivery (which may involve the sending of an automatic notification advising counsel or unrepresented parties about the electronic availability of a document through the clerk’s e-filing service), e-mail, fax, U.S. mail, or commercial carrier.
Effective Date: July 1, 1971 Amended: July 1, 1972; July 1, 2026
Staff Note (July 1, 2026 Amendment)
The amendment to division (A) clarifies that the clerk of the court of appeals should send to the parties a copy of any court rulings that are issued in the parties’ case rather than simply a notice of the issuance of those rulings. New division (C) indicates, though, that when this or any other provision of these rules directs the clerk to “send” documents, that duty can be fulfilled by the clerk through the clerk’s e-filing service. Several other delivery methods that the clerk may use are also listed in new division (C).
Other stylistic updates intended to improve the readability of the rule and to bring greater clarity to some of its existing provisions have also been made.
RULES 31-33. [RESERVED].