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Ohio Sup.R. 11.11
Direct Access
(A) A court or clerk of court shall make a court record available by direct access,
promptly acknowledge any person’s request for direct access, and respond to the
request within a reasonable amount of time.
(B) Except for a request for bulk distribution pursuant to Sup.R. 11.15, a court or clerk
of court shall permit a requestor to have a court record duplicated upon paper, upon
the same medium upon which the court or clerk keeps it, or upon any other medium
the court or clerk determines it can be reasonably duplicated as an int egral part of
its normal operations.
(C) A court or clerk of court shall mail, transmit, or deliver copies of a requested court
record to the requestor within a reasonable time from the request, provided the court
or clerk may adopt a policy allowing it to limit the number of court records it will
mail, transmit, or deliver per month, unless the requestor certifies in writing that
the requestor does not intend to use or forward the records, or the information
contained in them, for commercial purposes. For purposes of this division,
“commercial” shall be narrowly construed and does not include news reporting, the
gathering of information to assist citizens in the understanding of court activities,
or nonprofit educational research.
(D) A court or clerk of court may charge its actual costs incurred in responding to a
request for direct access to a court record. The court or clerk may require a deposit
of the estimated actual costs.
History
Effective Date: July 1, 1997 Amended: July 1, 2009; January 1, 2021 Commentary (July 1, 2026) Division (B) of Rule 45 was renumbered to Rule 11.11 as part of the 2026 restructuring of the Rules of Superintendence.
Provenance
- Source
- supremecourt.ohio.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-14
- Edition
- 2026-09-14
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