The Franklin County Municipal Court Clerk of Court's Office serves as the legal guardian and keeper of all the official records of the Franklin County Municipal Court including all criminal and civil case filings, subpoenas, search warrants, pleadings and monies (Court costs, fines, and third party monies from garnishments). The Clerk's Office is entrusted with the responsibility of processing and archiving all Court records in accordance with file retention requirements established by the Supreme Court of Ohio. Additionally, the Clerk's Office calculates and fully details all financial transactions involving the Court. The Clerk's Office compiles and publishes an Annual Report each year that details the various categories of Court case filings, all financial transactions connected with all Court cases and statistically reports all relevant data regarding the same.
The Civil Division of the Franklin County Municipal Court Clerk's Office is responsible for
accepting, filing, issuing service, docketing, processing and maintaining the records for all civil cases over which the Franklin County Municipal Court has jurisdiction. In addition, The Civil Division must accept, file, docket, process and maintain all records for every pleading, motion, entry and ancillary action in these cases, including all post-judgment collection proceedings and all appeals.
The Franklin County Municipal Court has monetary jurisdiction in civil disputes where the
amount in controversy does not exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) and all
environment all code violations and requests for injunctive relief. The Environmental Division of this court has unlimited monetary jurisdiction in civil injunctive disputes. The subject matter of these cases includes action in contracts, accounts, notes, personal injury, property damage, forcible entry and detainer (evictions), small claims, certificate of judgment transfer, jurisdictional transfers, judgments issued for the Columbus Parking Violations Bureau, foreclosures and declaratory judgments. Also, this court possess jurisdiction over appeals from determination by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles for twelve (12) point accumulation suspensions, on compliance suspensions, the Columbus Parking Violations Bureau, photo Red Light appeals and administrative decisions involving housing and safety code issues. In order to meet its statutory responsibility, the Civil Division must perform the following tasks on a daily basis:
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- Accepting for filing each complaint, pleading, motion and entry.
- Preparing and serving all summons by certified mail, express mail, registered mail,
regular mail, publication, bailiff service, process server or sheriff service.
- Scheduling hearings for all cases that are not individually assigned to a Judge.
- Issuing notices for all hearings scheduled.
- Issuing requested service for miscellaneous pleadings.
- Issuing notices of failed service.
- Issuing supplemental summons for failed service.
- Issuing final court order notices to all parties not in default.
- Issuing abstracts of records in cases that are appealed or transferred.
- Issuing certificates of judgment.
- Releasing of certificates of judgment.
- Issuing certification for judgments to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles for revocation
of driving privileges.
- Issuing writs of attachment, replevin, restitution and execution.
- Issuing post -judgment wage garnishments.
- Issuing pre-judgment and post-judgment non-wage garnishments.
- Issuing subpoenas.
- Processing requests for books and records, motion to show cause and motion for
- contempt hearings.
- Processing requests for judgment debtor examinations.
- Processing requests for hearings on executions, replevins, attachments and garnishments.
- Docketing each action that occurs in every case filed.
- Maintaining, storing and making available files for each case.
