or an order certifying a conflict under Rule 8.01, the county prosecutor shall also

serve a copy of the notice or order on the Ohio Public Defender. (C) Manner of service (1) Except as otherwise provided by this rule, service may be personal or by delivery service, mail, or e-mail. Except as provided in division (B) of this rule, personal service includes delivery of the copy to counsel or to a responsible person at the office of counsel and is effected upon delivery. Service by delivery service is effected by depositing the copy with the delivery service. Service by mail is effected by depositing the copy with the United States Postal Service for mailing. Service by e-mail is effected upon the successful electronic transmission of the copy. In appeals from decisions of the Board of Tax Appeals under Rule 10.01, service (2) of a notice of appeal or cross-appeal shall be made by certified mail. (3) In expedited election cases under Rule 12.08, service of all documents, except the complaint filed to institute the original action, shall be personal, by e-mail, or by facsimile transmission. (D) Certificate of service; certificate of filing Unless a document is filed jointly and is signed by all parties to the case, or is not (1) required to be served pursuant to division (B)(1)(b) of this rule, all documents presented for filing with the Clerk shall contain a certificate of service. The certificate of service 27 shall state the date and manner of service and identify the names of the persons served and shall be signed by the party or the friend of the court who files the document. In an appeal from the Public Utilities Commission or the Power Siting Board, the (2) notice of appeal shall also contain a certificate of filing to demonstrate that the appellant filed a notice of appeal with the docketing division of the Public Utilities Commission in accordance with Ohio Adm. Code 4901-1-02(A) and 4901-1-36. (E) Failure to provide service (1) When a party or friend of the court fails to serve a party or parties to the case in accordance with division (B) of this rule, any party adversely affected may file a motion to strike the document that was not served. Within ten days after a motion to strike is filed, the party or friend of the court against whom the motion is filed may file a memorandum in response. (2) If the Supreme Court determines that service was not made as required by this rule, it may strike the document or, if the interests of justice warrant, order that the document be served and impose a new deadline for filing any responsive document. If the Supreme Court determines that service was made as required by this rule or that service was not made but the movant was not adversely affected, it may deny the motion to strike. (F) Notice to other parties when document is rejected for filing If a document presented for filing is rejected by the Clerk under these rules, the party or friend of the court who presented the document for filing shall promptly notify all of the parties served with a copy of the document that the document was not filed in the case. Effective Date: June 1, 1994 Amended: April 1, 1996; April 28, 1997; July 1, 2004; October 1, 2005; January 1, 2008; January 1, 2010; January 1, 2013; January 1, 2015; September 29, 2017; September 13, 2018; March 1, 2019; January 1, 2021; January 1, 2023; April 1, 2025