Appeal of Driver License Suspension
We do not have forms for your use. You may either contact a lawyer or visit the law library found in the courthouse. The fee is $105.00.
Complaint in Civil Action
The original filing is kept by our office. We will certify extra copies for service (delivery to the other side ) and will follow your instructions about returning the certified copies to you or taking the certified copies, sheriff’s instructions, and sheriff’s fees to the sheriff’s office for you.
Complaint in Mortgage Foreclosure
The original filing is kept by our office. We always look for a complete description of the property. We will certify extra copies for service and will follow your instructions about returning the certified copies to you or taking the certified copies, sheriff’s instructions, and sheriff’s fees to the sheriff’s office for you.
Divorce and Annulment
We recommend that you see an attorney rather than attempting to use forms bought at a bookstore or found on the Internet. Butler County Rules of Civil Procedure are very specific and are not the same as Rules from other counties. The law library is available for research if you still choose to do this work yourself. On the cost portion of the mortgage foreclosure, it is not appropriate to include court costs or sheriffs' costs.
Genealogy
Our naturalization records are open to the public when the office is open. Our books are online for those who use Infocom. As we are able, we will answer questions. Some of the very old records are stored in secured mines. You may find items that you wish to research, but they are in the mines. We go to the mines infrequently, so be prepared to leave your name, information required, and contact instructions so we are able to report back to you.
No Lien Contract
The original signed contract is kept in our office. We will time stamp additional copies for you when you bring or mail them in. We must have the township, county, state and address of the building as well as plan book and tax map. We appreciate return envelopes. Carefully check to be sure that the name(s) listed match(es the signature(s)).
Passports
There are four things necessary to bring into our office.
1.) Certified Birth Certificate from the state where you were born. Do not
bring a “Notice of Birth Registration” or a Hospital Certificate. It must be
from the state.
2.)Driver’s License – not a temporary license.
3.)Two identical passport photos.
4.)Bring your checkbook as we require at least one check or money order
to send to the passport agency. The Prothonotary office fee can be cash,
check or money order. We prefer that you write the check in our office so
we can determine the correct amount depending on the date of departure.
More information can be found on the Department of State website. This is found on our Contacts Page.
Petition for change of Name
We do not have these forms directly for your use. You may either contact a lawyer or visit the law library found in the basement of the old courthouse.
Protection From Abuse (PFA)
These cases are generally started first thing in the morning in the Domestic Relations Department. Once the cases are opened, the files are maintained in our office. More information about getting started can be found in the Domestic Relations department.
When PFA cases have had the Final Hearing, court costs are assigned to one of the following: Plaintiff, Defendant, or the County of Butler by the Judge. We send a statement of costs with a date due as soon as we have the fees. Our office maintains these cost records, too. We follow up until these costs are paid.
Research on Liens and Judgments against individuals and businesses
Our office is open to the public to check this information, however when you do the research yourself, you can not be as sure of the information as you would be if you had an abstracter research it for you. We will help you as we are able.
