The Clerk of Courts office, as the “core of the court”, 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.
Announcements
| Current Operating Hours – Monday, April 5, 2021 Effective Monday, April 5, 2021, The Title Bureau will change its hours as follows: GENERAL PUBLIC: Monday – Friday, 8AM – 4:30PM, Saturday 8AM – 12PM Begining Monday, April 5, 2021, the Passport Office will be changing its hours as follows: GENERAL PUBLIC: Monday – Friday, 8AM – 3:30 BY APPOINTMENT ONLY “When I took office, the Title Bureaus were essentially closed to the people. We have worked diligently with Ron Graham, Lake County General Health District, to slowly and safely re-open to the public. Since opening by appointment only two months ago, we have experienced a steady increase in demand for title and passport services. It is time to open back up to the people as we prepare to enter the summer months” – Faith Andrews, Lake County Clerk of Common Pleas Court Procedures for Reopening of Title Offices Title services can still be procured via mail and our secure drop boxes at both locations. Please review our TITLE BY MAIL CHECKLIST for more information. Title Central – Mentor Title West – Wickliffe 8804 Mentor Ave. 30188 Euclid Ave. Mentor, OH 44060 Wickliffe, OH 44092 440.350.2800 440.350.3425 Feel free to utilize our newly installed convenient drop box for your title work. LEGAL OFFICE We will be back at full capacity on 2/1/2021. DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT Other than Domestic Violence protection orders – no documents are to be brought to the Courthouse. Utilize regular mail or email. GENERAL DIVISION COURT Foreclosure and criminal cases are to be e-filed. All others may be emailed or sent through regular mail. EMAIL FILING INFORMATION Domestic Relations [email protected] Civil [email protected] Criminal [email protected] or e-file Judgment Liens [email protected] Protection Order [email protected] Court of Appeals [email protected] Foreclosures mandatory efiling – no email accepted Public Record Portal [email protected] |
Welcome to the Lake County Clerk’s Office
| LEGAL OFFICE25 N PARK PLACE, PAINESVILLE | TITLE OFFICES8804 MENTOR AVE., MENTOR30188 EUCLID AVE., WICKLIFFE |
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The Clerk of Courts office, as the “core of the court”, 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 office is an agent of County, State and Federal government.COUNTY – The Legal division of the office supports the General and Domestic Relations Courts. In her capacity as Clerk for the 11th District Court of Appeals, she supports any individual appealing cases from the above mentioned courts, Juvenile, Probate or any of our three Municipal Courts. The Clerk performs all statutory duties related to the filing, preservation and dissemination of public records. She collects, holds in trust and disburses monies in a secure, timely and cost efftective manner.STATE – Both Title offices, Mentor and Wickliffe, issue titles for motor vehicles, watercraft and manufactured homes.FEDERAL – Title offices have been designated to serve as Passport Acceptance Agencies. |