RULE 15 - COSTS AND SECURITY FOR COSTS

 RULE 15.1 - COSTS WHEN DISMISSED

 No case shall be dismissed by the Parties, nor shall any Satisfaction of Judgment Entry be filed unless all Court Costs are paid. When a case is dismissed for want of prosecution or for failure to comply with an order of the Court, all the proceedings by the plaintiff in the same case or in any subsequent suit upon the same cause of action shall be stayed until the costs in the former action are paid unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

 RULE 15.2 - SECURITY FOR COSTS

 No action or proceeding shall be accepted for filing by the Clerk of Courts unless there first shall be deposited the filing fee required by this Court in its schedule of costs, except that upon representation of indigency, the Clerk of Courts shall investigate the accuracy of such representation and upon finding that such indigency does exist, the security for costs may be waived.

 In case a party desires Service by Publication pursuant to Civil Rule of Procedure 4.4, such service by publication shall be contracted directly with the appropriate publisher by that party or by their counsel. Counsel shall deliver upon completion of service of publication, proof of such service to the Municipal Clerk of Courts as set forth in Rule 4.4 of the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure.

 RULE 15.3 - INDIGENCY AFFIDAVITS

 The Clerk shall not accept a poverty affidavit for filing unless and until the Court has indicated thereon its approval of the same. To secure such approval, the attorney for the party desiring to file said affidavit shall certify that no monies have been paid to him by the party and that to his best knowledge and belief, the party is unable to make the deposit. In any case in which the Court has approved a poverty affidavit, the Clerk may, upon request by such party's attorney, waive deposit for costs of publication. However, in such cases, it shall be the responsibility of the attorney making the request to advise the publisher in writing at the time the legal notice is presented for publication, that no funds have been deposited with the Clerk for payment of the publication costs, and at the same time the attorney shall file with the Clerk a written certification signed by the Attorney stating that he has so advised the publisher.

 RULE 15.4 - COSTS

 For a list of all costs, refer to the Schedule of Court Costs filed with the Clerk's Office.

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