Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure - Supreme Court of Ohio
OHIO RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Title I SCOPE OF RULES-ONE FORM OF ACTION
Rule 1 1.1 2
Scope of rules: applicability; construction; exceptions Definitions One form of action
Title II COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION AND VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS; SERVICE AND FILING OF PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS SUBSEQUENT TO THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT; TIME
3 Commencement of action; venue 4 Process: summons 4.1 Process: methods of service 4.2 Process: who may be served 4.3 Process: out-of-state service 4.4 Process: service by publication 4.5 Process: alternative provisions for service in a foreign country 4.6 Process: limits; amendments; service refused; service unclaimed 4.7 Process: waiving service 5 Service and filing of pleadings and other papers subsequent to the original complaint 6 Time
Title III PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS
7 Pleadings and motions 8 General rules of pleading 9 Pleading special matters 10 Form of pleadings 11 Signing of pleadings, motions, or other documents 12 Defenses and objections-when and how presented-by pleadings or motion-motion for
judgment on the pleadings 13 Counterclaim and cross-claim 14 Third-party practice 15 Amended and supplemental pleadings 16 Pretrial procedure
Title IV PARTIES
17 Parties plaintiff and defendant; capacity 18 Joinder of claims and remedies 19 Joinder of persons needed for just adjudication 19.1 Compulsory joinder 20 Permissive joinder of parties
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Rule 21 22 23 23.1 24 25
Misjoinder and nonjoinder of parties Interpleader Class actions Derivative actions by shareholders Intervention Substitution of parties
Title V DISCOVERY
26 General provisions governing discovery 27 Perpetuation of testimony-depositions before action or pending appeal 28 Persons before whom depositions may be taken 29 Stipulations regarding discovery procedure 30 Depositions upon oral examination 31 Depositions of witnesses upon written questions 32 Use of depositions in court proceedings 33 Interrogatories to parties 34 Producing documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things, or entering
onto land, for inspection and other purposes 35 Physical and mental examination of person 36 Requests for admission 37 Failure to make discovery, disclosures, or participate in discover-related obligations;
sanctions
Title VI TRIALS
38 Jury trial of right 39 Trial by jury or by the court 40 Pre-recorded testimony 41 Dismissal of actions 42 Consolidation; separate trials 43 Taking Testimony 44 Proof of official record 44.1 Judicial notice of certain law; determination of foreign law 45 Subpoena 46 Exceptions unnecessary 47 Jurors 48 Juries: majority verdict; stipulation of number of jurors 49 Verdicts; interrogatories 50 Motion for a directed verdict and for judgment not-withstanding the verdict 51 Instructions to the jury; objection 52 Findings by the court 53 Magistrates
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Title VII JUDGMENT
Rule 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
Judgments; costs Default Summary judgment Declaratory judgments Entry of judgment New trials Relief from judgment or order Harmless error Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment Disability of a judge
Title VIII PROVISIONAL AND FINAL REMEDIES
64 Seizure of person or property 65 Injunctions 65.1 Civil Protection Orders 66 Receivers 67 [Reserved] 68 Offer of judgment 69 Execution 70 Judgment for specific acts; vesting title 71 Process in behalf of and against persons not parties 72 [Reserved]
Title IX PROBATE, JUVENILE, AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS PROCEEDINGS
73 Probate division of the court of common pleas 74 [Reserved] 75 Divorce, annulment, and legal separation actions 76 [Reserved] 77 [Reserved] 78 [Reserved] 79 [Reserved] 80 [Reserved] 81 References to Ohio Revised Code
Title X GENERAL PROVISIONS
82 Jurisdiction unaffected 83 Local rules of practice 84 Forms 85 Title
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Rule 86 Effective date
APPENDIX OF FORMS Forms 1-20 General Civil Forms Forms 1-28 Domestic Relations Forms
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TITLE I. SCOPE OF RULES--ONE FORM OF ACTION.
RULE 1. Scope of Rules: Applicability; Construction; Exceptions.
(A) Applicability
These rules prescribe the procedure to be followed in all courts of this state in the exercise of civil jurisdiction at law or in equity, with the exceptions stated in division (C) of this rule.
(B) Construction
These rules shall be construed and applied to effect just results by eliminating delay, unnecessary expense and all other impediments to the expeditious administration of justice.
(C) Exceptions
These rules, to the extent that they would by their nature be clearly inapplicable, shall not apply to procedure (1) upon appeal to review any judgment, order or ruling, (2) in the appropriation of property, (3) in forcible entry and detainer, (4) in small claims matters under Chapter 1925 of the Revised Code, (5) in uniform reciprocal support actions, (6) in the commitment of the mentally ill, (7) in adoption proceedings under Chapter 3107 of the Revised Code, (8) in all other special statutory proceedings; provided, that where any statute provides for procedure by a general or specific reference to all the statutes governing procedure in civil actions such procedure shall be in accordance with these rules.
(D) Court orders regarding physical appearance
As used in these rules, any option to use live two-way video and audio technology shall not be construed to limit the power of a court to order that a party, attorney, or witness physically appear at a proceeding without the use of live two-way video and audio technology.
Effective Date: July 1, 1970 Amended: July 1, 1971; July 1, 1975; July 1, 2015; July 1, 2023
Staff Note (July 1, 2015 Amendment) Division (C) is amended to specifically include, within the exceptions to the application of the Civil Rules, Revised Code Chapter 3107 adoption proceedings, to the extent that the rules would by their nature be clearly inapplicable to those proceedings.
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