Ohio Code 2729.15 – Restoring lost or destroyed records of judgments
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 the final judgment has been rendered, is lost or destroyed by fire, riot, or civil commotion, and such loss cannot be supplied or replaced as provided in section 2729.14 of the Revised Code, any person interested therein may make a written application to the court to which such record belongs, setting forth its substance, which shall be verified in the manner provided for the verification of pleadings in a civil action. Thereupon summons shall issue and actual service or service by publication shall be made upon all persons interested in or affected by such original judgment or final entry, in the manner provided by law for the commencement of civil actions, except that parties may waive the issuing or service of summons and enter their appearance to such application.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2729.15
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. 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
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.