Ohio Revised Code Title XXIII. Courts Common Pleas § 2303.081

(A) Pleadings or documents may be filed with the clerk of court either in paper format or in electronic format. Pleadings and documents filed in paper format may be converted to an electronic format. Documents created by the clerk of court in the exercise of the clerk's duties may be created in an electronic format.

(B) When pleadings or documents are received or created in, or converted to, an electronic format as provided in division (A) of this section, the pleadings or documents in that format shall be considered the official version of the record.