Court Records

The Portage County Clerk of Courts is responsible for processing circuit court case records, among other duties. Court records are documents generated during legal proceedings, such as criminal case files, bankruptcy records, and records from family or probate court.

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They contain information about these legal proceedings, including names of the parties involved, dates of hearings, testimony and evidence, and rulings in cases. Court records are kept in office for a period of time and then disposed of or archived. Most are considered public records, though some information may be redacted when copies are provided to the public. In some cases, court records may be sealed and require a court order to access, but many others can be accessed easily online..

Court records from Portage County Common Pleas Court, General and Domestic Relations Divisions, Probate Court, and the Portage County Municipal Court, Ravenna and Kent Traffic/Criminal and Civil Divisions can be searched online. The records maintained by the portal date from 1992 through the present. Cases may be searched by the name of the person or business involved in the case, the case number or type, the case status, and several different date ranges.

Requests for court records may also be directed to the Clerk of Courts. The contact information of the person making the request should be provided and the records should be identified using some or all of the following information: the name of the plaintiff, defendant, business, and/or attorney involved in the case; the case number; the case type; the case status (open or closed); and the type of document. It may also be useful to indicate the end the request is intended to fill and if the copies should be certified. Certified records are stamped by the custodian of records to indicate they are true copies of the originals.

Portage County Clerk of Courts
https://www.portagecounty-oh.gov/portage-county-clerk-courts

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