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Ohio S.Ct.Prac.R. 3.12
Maintaining Privacy of Personal Identifying Information
[See Appendix B for a sample personal-identifier form.]
(A) Presumption of public access
Pursuant to Sup.R. 11.09 through 11.16 and as indicated in Rule 3.02(A)(1)(b), documents
filed with the Supreme Court are public records.
(B) Redaction of personal identifiers
(1) To protect legitimate personal privacy interests, social security numbers and other
personal identifying information shall be redacted from documents before the documents
are filed with the Supreme Court in accordance with Sup.R. 11.13. The responsibility for
redacting personal identifying information rests solely with the attorneys and parties who
file the documents. The Clerk of the Supreme Court will not review the documents to
confirm that personal identifying information has been excluded.
(2) If personal identifying information is redacted or omitted from a document, the
information shall be provided to the Supreme Court on a separate form that indicates what
information has been re dacted or omitted, and provides the location of the redacted or
omitted information.
(C) Motion for leave to redact
Notwithstanding Rule 3.13, a party may file a motion for leave to redact the original of a
previously filed document if personal identifying information was not omitted or redacted
when the document was initially filed.
History
Effective Date: June 1, 1994 Amended: April 1, 1996; June 1, 2000; February 1, 2001; July 1, 2004; February 1, 2007; January 1, 2008; January 1, 2010; January 1, 2013; April 1, 2025
Provenance
- Source
- supremecourt.ohio.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-14
- Edition
- 2026-09-14
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