Hours Monday through Friday 8:00 AM through 4:00 PM
Phone 419 238-1022
The Van Wert County Clerk of Courts serves the Common Pleas Court and the
Third District Court of Appeals when Van Wert County cases are involved. The
Clerk is elected on a party ballot for a four-year term at the same time the
county treasurer, sheriff and prosecuting attorney are selected. The Clerk
administers the oath to juries, endorses the time of filing on all pleading
papers, and enters all orders, decrees, judgments and proceedings of the
courts.
The duties mandated by the statutes of the Ohio Revised Code have grown
tremendously over the years. The responsibilities of the Clerk of Court of
Common Pleas are set forth in over 250 sections of the Ohio Revised Code.
The Clerk of Courts plays a vital role in serving the interests of justice.
This includes filing, docketing, indexing and preserving all court pleadings
for civil, felony criminal and domestic relations cases. The Clerk of Courts
must also follow procedure required by law and issue writs to carry out Court
orders. Some of these writs include summons, subpoenas, warrants to arrest and
to convey to penal institutions, and signing the death warrant in capital
cases.
In addition to processing all Court paperwork, the Clerk of Courts must
preserve all of these records for use by future generations.
Ohio's Clerks of the Court of Common Pleas also:
- Accept Bonds
- Call Juries
- Record and Certify Notary Commissions
- Administer Oaths
- File State Tax Liens
- File Judgment Liens
- Accept Passport Applications
