Ohio Code 2729.14 – Replacement of lost records
When the record, or any part thereof, of the proceedings, judgment, or decree in an action or other proceeding of a court in this state, in which a final judgment has been rendered, is lost or destroyed by fire, riot, or civil commotion, upon the application of a party interested therein, such court may grant an order authorizing such record or part thereof to be supplied or replaced:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2729.14
- in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) By a certified copy of such original record, or part thereof, when it can be obtained;
(B) By a certified copy of the record in the supreme court of such original record of any action or proceeding removed to that court which remains recorded therein;
(C) By the original pleadings, entries, papers, and files in such action or proceeding, when they can be obtained;
(D) By an agreement in writing signed by all the parties to such action or proceeding, or by their representatives or attorneys, that a substituted copy of such original record is substantially correct.