Ohio Code § 2701.20
Ohio Code § 2701.20. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2701.20.
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, if a person presents a document
to the clerk of a court of record for filing or for docketing and indexing, the clerk
may refuse to accept the document for filing or refuse to docket and index the document
if the document is not required or authorized to be filed or to be docketed and indexed
with the clerk or the clerk has reasonable cause to believe the document is materially
false or fraudulent. This division does not create a duty upon the clerk to inspect, evaluate, or investigate
a document that is presented for filing or for docketing and indexing. (B) If the clerk of a court of record, pursuant to division (A) of this section, refuses
to accept a document for filing or refuses to docket and index a document, the person
who presented the document to the clerk may commence an action in or apply for an
order from the court that the clerk serves to require the clerk to accept the document
for filing or to docket and index the document. If the court determines that the document is appropriate for filing or for docketing
and indexing, it shall order the clerk to accept the document for that purpose. (C) If the clerk of a court of record, acting under this section in a manner that is
not described in division (A)(6)(b) of section 2744.03 of the Revised Code , improperly refuses to accept a document for filing or refuses to docket and index
a document, the clerk shall not be personally liable on account of the improper refusal
and the surety that issued the bond shall not have a right of subrogation against
the clerk on account of a claim made on the clerk's bond as a result of the improper
refusal.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2701.20
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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