Franklin County Clerk of Courts
Case Information Online

Case Information Online (CIO)

Internet Usage Disclaimer

Usage of this site constitutes acceptance of the terms and conditions in this disclaimer.

The Case Information Online (CIO) System was created and is maintained by the Franklin County Clerk of Courts and the Franklin County Data Center. This system is intended as a convenience to the citizens of Franklin County for the purpose of obtaining public record information regarding Criminal and Civil cases filed in the General Division Court of Common Pleas and Domestic Relations cases filed in the Domestic Relations Division of the Court of Common Pleas. No warranty or guarantee is provided or implied through the availability of this system, and no certification of authenticity can be assumed regarding the accuracy of the information provided by the system.

Every effort is being made to ensure the accuracy of the information in the CIO system. The docket entries found in this system are the same as those on the official court docket in the respective courts.

The information contained in this system does not constitute the official record and, being a copy, may have some inaccuracies. If questions arise regarding the accuracy of information in the CIO system; the official record in the original court file at the courthouse should be consulted. Data and information from the CIO system is not intended for distribution by other persons, entities or organizations and the Office of the Franklin County Clerk of Courts accepts no responsibility for any use of the information beyond the purposes stated in this disclaimer.

Users creating their own hyperlinks to pages on this site are requested and cautioned to do so in a manner which maintains a clear distinction between the user's content and official content published by this system. Users packaging pages from this Web site hyperlinked within frames are requested and cautioned to properly identify CIO System provided content. Users formulating or constructing their own search or query URLs in attempting to bypass the database query parsers and directly access the database search engines or documents will be permanently denied access to the database without notice, as such efforts may lead to incorrectly formulated queries which may jeopardize proper operation of the database servers.

Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall anyone involved in the creating and maintaining of this system be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages or lost profits that result from the use or inability to use the Franklin County Clerk of Court's web site and/or any other web site linked to this site. In the event this system is unavailable for any reason, including but not limited to technical difficulties, the Franklin County Clerk of Court assumes no responsibility to restore the CIO system within any predetermined period of time.

Due to limitations of equipment and bandwidth, The CIO System is not intended as a source of information for those seeking copies of large quantities of records. These databases are intended for use by the general public. They are not intended to be a source for bulk downloads of data. Efforts to mine large quantities of data from the CIO System without prior approval of the Clerk of Courts office will be detected and stopped. Public or private organizations wishing to obtain data files from the Franklin County Clerk of Court's office should contact the Director of Information Technology at 614-525-3600.

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