You will need to file 1 original and 3 copies of the Complaint Form and one completed Civil Cover Sheet.

• Guided Online Complaint Form & Cover Sheet
• Printable Small Claims Complaint Form
• Printable Civil Cover Sheet

Use if you have multiple Plaintiffs or Defendants.

• Additional Parties

Service Instructions tell the clerk how to serve the other party (Certified or Bailiff Service).

• Service Instructions

This form is for any changes to your original Complaint. You will need to file 1 original and 3 copies. You must also complete the "Instructions to the Clerk."

• Guided Online Complaint Form and Instructions to the Clerk
• Printable Amended Complaint
• Amended Complaint Instructions

This form is used for updating a defendant's address for completing service, filing an Amended Complaint, requesting service, or filing a motion.

• Instructions to the Clerk

If you are being sued, you may use this form to file a claim against the person that sued you.

• Counterclaim
• Instructions to the Clerk
• Counterclaim Instructions

A party in a lawsuit may use this form to file a claim against another party. For example, a defendant may use this form to file a cross-claim against another defendant in the same case.

• Cross-Claim
• Instructions to the Clerk

A party being sued may use this form to file a claim against someone that is not currently in the lawsuit but who may be responsible for any court judgment.

• Third-Party Complaint
• Instructions to the Clerk
• Service Instructions

This form asks the court to change the magistrate's decision.

• Objection Form
• Instructions to the Clerk
• Objection Instructions

Request for findings of fact and conclusions of law if not contained in the written decision.

• Request for Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

This blank motion form may be used to ask the court to take a certain action in a case.

• Blank Motion Form

This form is used by the Judgment Creditor to show the court that the Judgment has been paid or is otherwise satisfied.

• Satisfaction of Judgment

This form shows that a copy of a court filing was sent to the opposing party.

• Certificate of Service

Instructions for collection methods, also known as the "Orange Book."

• Collections Instructions

• Wage Garnishment (Wage)
• Bank Account Attachment (OTW)

Click the link below to download an Excel spreadsheet that calculates interest from the date of judgment.

• Judgment Interest Calculator

If the Judgment Debtor owns a home or land, you can get a judgment lien on his or her real estate.

• Instructions to the Clerk

If your judgment was awarded because the Judgment Debtor operated a motor vehicle negligently, and it has been at least 30 days since you got your judgment, you may get the Debtor’s Ohio driver’s license suspended.

• Instructions to the Clerk

If your judgment is against a business that regularly has cash on its business premises.

• Instructions to the Clerk
• Bailiff Service Instructions

A Judgment Creditor may use this form to ask the court to order the Judgment Debtor to appear in court to answer questions under oath about the Debtor's property, earnings, and other assets.

• Motion for Oral Examination

A Judgment Creditor may use these forms to require the Judgment Debtor to answer pre-written questions about the Debtor's assets and liabilities.

• Written Questionnaire
• Judgment Debtor Response

If funds are paid to the court to satisfy a judgment, but the Judgment Creditor has not collected the funds, a Judgment Debtor may file this document to release the garnishment.

• Order and Satisfaction Form

The Judgment Creditor files this document once the Judgment Debtor pays the full amount of the judgment.

• Satisfaction and Release of Garnishment

Motion and Entry to Revive a Dormant Judgment .

• Motion and Entry to Revive Judgment
• Revivor Instructions