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Ottawa,OH Clerk of Courts website down, records unavailable
December 02, 2013 posted by Steve Brownstein
The Ottawa County Clerk of Courts website has been down for more than a week because of computer issues, and while the Ottawa County Common Pleas Court website is up, its online docket listings and the record search capabilities are down.
Ottawa County Commissioners Jim Sass first learned about the issue Thursday.
“We probably ought to look at it and see what’s going on,” he said.
Ottawa County Clerk of Courts Gary Kohli said he first thought there was a problem with the software package his office uses to keep records, including felony court cases, civil actions and domestic relations cases.
“Apparently there’s a problem with the hard drive,” Kohli said.
The computer problems mean anyone who needs access to court records or dockets for the common pleas court has to visit the office in person.
Kohli said his staff still has the ability to search and print the records at the Madison Street courthouse.
“Our software package works,” he said, “People just can’t get into our website.”
Kohli said it hasn’t caused any problems that he’s aware of, except for the inconvenience for customers.
Employees in his office have been taking numerous phone calls related to the problem, he said.
The system is being worked on and there is no way of knowing when it will be up and running again, Kohli said.
