Ohio Code § 2303.13

§ 2303.13.

The clerk of the court of common pleas shall enter upon the appearance docket at the

time of the commencement of an action or proceeding, the names of the parties in full,

with names of counsel, and forthwith index the case direct and reverse in the name

of each plaintiff and defendant.  In like manner and at the time it occurs, he shall also index the name of each person

who becomes a party to such action or proceeding.  At the time it occurs and under the case so docketed, he shall also enter the issue

of the summons or other mesne process or order and the filing of each paper, and he

shall record in full the return of such writ or order with the date of its return

to the court, which entry shall be evidence of such service.