$150.00 Filing Fee or an Affidavit of Indigency
Need an original and three (3) copies of the Notice of Appeal, Docketing Statement, Instructions for Service, and Journal Entry being appealed.
Need one (1) copy of the Complaint from the lower court case.
NOTE: The Notice of Appeal must be filed with the Clerk of Courts of the lower court where the judgment originated. Example: If the judgment entry was from Warren Municipal Court, then you must file your appeal with the Clerk of Warren Municipal Court.
You can get a standardized forms for filing a Notice of Appeal here or at the Clerk of Courts Office.
An original court of appeals action is directly filed with the Clerk of Courts Office. There is no appealable judgment entry.
To file an original action complaint you need an original and one (1) copy for each person to be served.
To file a Court of Appeals motion you need to file an original motion.
To file a Court of Appeals brief you need to file an original brief and one (1) copies.
Copies are $0.05 per page which must be paid in advance
Only the counsel of record may sign out the transcripts for a court of appeals case and only for a period of fourteen (14) days. No files are permitted to be signed out.
The Clerk of Courts Office located in the Trumbull County Court House accepts the filings for appeals cases originating in Trumbull County only. This includes Trumbull County Common Pleas cases and Trumbull County lower court cases. Cases originating outside of Trumbull County but are still in the 11th District of the Court of Appeals jurisdiction, must be filed with the Clerk of Courts in the county where they originated. Example: If a case originated in Ashtabula County, then the Notice of Appeal must be filed in Ashtabula County.
The counties within the jurisdiction of the 11th District Court of Appeals are as follows: Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Portage, and Trumbull.
The address for the main office for the 11th District Court of Appeals is as follows: 11th District Court of Appeals, 111 High Street, N.E., Warren, Ohio 44481, (330) 675-2650 , www.11thcourt.co.trumbull.oh.us
Mailing Address: |
Trumbull County Clerk of Courts |
Phone: |
(330) 675-2559 |
Office Hours: |
Monday through Friday |