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Administrative Offices for Cuyahoga County
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1664
(216) 443-7952
(This number is not Cleveland Clerk of Courts or Cleveland Municipal Traffic Court)

Office Hours: 8:30am to 4:30pm

Contact us by e-mail at clerk_of_courts@cuyahogacounty.us.
 
  Phone
Clerk of Court: Andrea F. Rocco (216) 443-7952
Chief Deputy: Keith M. Hurley, khurley@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7950
Sr. Administrative Officer: Mike Smotek, msmotek@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7950

 

   
Common Pleas - Appellate  
  Phone
General Information (216) 443-7937
Michele Burr, mburr@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7937


   
Common Pleas - Civil Division  
  Phone
General Information (216) 443-7950
Clerks Office Supervisor: Mike Hrestak, mhrestak@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7971
Clerks Office Supervisor: Terry Schuerger, tschuerger@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-8171
Clerks Office Supervisor: Cindi Condol, ccondol@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 348-4243


   
Common Pleas - Criminal Division  
  Phone
General Information (216) 443-7985
Clerks Office Supervisor: Ann McKenzie, amckenzie@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7996
Clerks Office Supervisor: Brent Bartell, bbartell@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 263-4599
General Information (216) 443-7999
Bond Information (216) 443-7999
Counter Staff (216) 443-7991
Docket Information (216) 443-7991
Summons Department (216) 443-7995


   
Common Pleas - Domestic Relations  
  Phone
General Information (216) 443-7950


   
Common Pleas - General  
Archives
Courthouse
1 Lakeside Ave. Room 45
(216) 443-7938
 
  Phone
Frank Kost, fkost@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7938
Location of all Civil, Divorce and 8th District Court of Appeals case files closed within the past eight years. Also, the location of all State of Ohio Sales Tax and Personal Income Tax Judgments.  
 
 
Cashier
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 443-7972
 
Devon Dadich, ddadich1@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7982
Accepts all filing fees pursuant to Local Rule 7; accepts court costs for all Civil, Divorce and 8th District Court of Appeals cases. Posting of bonds in Civil and Divorce actions.  
 
 
Certified Copies
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 443-7977
 
Arquita Prather, aprather@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7977
Handles requests for Certified Copies of all Civil, Divorce and 8th District Court of Appeals pleading, journal entries and docket pages.  
 
 
Cost
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 443-7979
 
Devon Dadich, ddadich1@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7982
 
 
Data Entry
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 443-7547
 
Char Hasinski, chasinski@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7547
Posts all Civil and Divorce pleading and Journal Entries on the Electronic Docket.  
 
 
Dockets
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 443-7960
 
(216) 443-7960
Handles all public inquiries concerning all Civil and Divorce actions filled in the Common Pleas Court.  
 
 
Filing Desk
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 443-7974
 
Fred Papay, fpapay@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7974
Mike Vaccaro, mvaccaro@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 698-5793
Charles Jannsohn, cjannsohn@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7975
Files the initial action in all Civil, Divorce and 8th District Court of Appeals cases; all pleading in pending and post decree actions in all Civil, Divorce and 8th District Court of Appeals Cases.  
 
 
Foreclosure File Room
Courthouse Square Building
310 West Lakeside Avenue, Room 615
(216) 698-6565
 
Kathy Hess, khess@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 698-6565
Maintains pending foreclosure files, accepts for filing all non-payment filings for foreclosure actions.  
 
 
Index
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 443-7966
 
Wanda Brannon, wbrannon@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7966
Provides case numbers for all Civil and Divorce cases filled from 1910 to the present.  
 
 
Journals
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
 
Pat Lucko, plucko@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7969
Theresa Wardrope, twardrope@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7968
Journalizes all Civil and Divorce Judgment entries.  

 
Judgment Liens
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 443-7976
 
Irene Bell, ibell@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7976
Files and records for all Judgment Liens from Civil and Divorce actions. Also files and records for all State of Ohio Tax Judgments.  
 
 
Microfilm
Courthouse
1 Lakeside Ave. Room 37
(216) 443-7939
 
Robin Fernatt, rfernatt@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7939
Location of the Microfilm records of all Civil, Divorce and 8th District Court of Appeals cases filed prior to 1999.  
 
 
Notary
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 443-7970
 
Sharon Russ, sruss@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7970
Records Notary Commissions and maintains the records of all Notary Commissions registered in Cuyahoga County.  
 
 
Pending Files - Civil
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 443-7965
 
Steve Sandman, ssandman@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7965
Location of all Pending Civil case files.  
 
 
Pending Files - Divorce
Courthouse
1 Lakeside Ave. Room 41
(216) 443-7949
 
(216) 443-7949
Location of all Pending Divorce case files.  
 
 
Second Attempts
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 348-4244
 
Kim Dunlap, kdunlap@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 698-5045
Issues all Second Attempts of Service in pending cases and miscellaneous requests for service in pending and post decree actions.  

 
Summons
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 443-7973
 
Tammy Cawthra, tcawthra@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7973
Sandra Henderson, shenderson@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 698-4918
Issues summons for all newly filed Civil and Divorce actions.  
 
 
Garnishments
Justice Center 1st Floor
1200 Ontario Street
(216) 443-7950
 
Mike Smotek, msmotek@cuyahogacounty.us (216) 443-7950
Filing and processing all garnishment proceedings.