ELECTRONIC FILING-MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO

The Clerk of Court and the General Division of the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court have embarked on an exciting project that will pave the way for electronic filing of court pleadings and documents. This is a unique project in that a group comprised of representatives from the Clerk, the General Division, and the Dayton Bar Association are working together on this project. Electronic filing of court documents has been implemented in many courts in the United States including most of the Federal District Courts. The need to implement this technology is great. Like many public offices, resources in the form of space and personnel have been reduced. The storage of paper files and documents has caused archive areas to overflow. Couple this problem with the expectation that information should be easily accessible and the foundation for electronic filing becomes very clear. We must move forward now so that the clerk and court will be able to serve the needs of the legal profession and the public in the future.