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2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.41 | Applicability of Rules of Construction.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
Sections 1.41 to 1.59, inclusive, of the Revised Code apply to all statutes, subject to the conditions stated in section 1.51 of the Revised Code, and to rules adopted under them.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.42 | Common, Technical or Particular Terms.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
Words and phrases shall be read in context and construed according to the rules of grammar and common usage. Words and phrases that have acquired a technical or particular meaning, whether by legislative definition or otherwise, shall be construed accordingly.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.43 | Singular - Plural - Gender - Tense.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
(A) The singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.
(B) Words of one gender include the other genders.
(C) Words in the present tense include the future.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.45 | Time Computation.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
If a number of months is to be computed by counting the months from a particular day, the period ends on the same numerical day in the concluding month as the day of the month from which the computation is begun, unless there are not that many days in the concluding month, in which case the period ends on the last day of that month.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.47 | Presumptions in Enactment of Statutes.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
In enacting a statute, it is presumed that:
(A) Compliance with the constitutions of the state and of the United States is intended;
(B) The entire statute is intended to be effective;
(C) A just and reasonable result is intended;
(D) A result feasible of execution is intended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.471 | Effective Date of Act Containing Appropriation for Current Expenses.

Effective:
September 12, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 790 - 120th General Assembly
As used in this section, "appropriation for current expenses" means an appropriation of money for the current expenses of the state government and state institutions as contemplated by Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d.
This section expresses the general assembly's interpretation of State, ex rel. Ohio AFL-CIO, v. Voinovich (1994), 69 Ohio St. 3d 225, 234 to 237, insofar as the case holds with respect to the effective date of sections of law contained in acts that contain an appropriation for current expenses.
A codified or uncodified section of law contained in an act that contains an appropriation for current expenses is not subject to the referendum and goes into immediate effect if any of the following apply:
(A) The section is an appropriation for current expenses;
(B) The section is an earmarking of the whole or part of an appropriation for current expenses; or
(C) Implementation of the section depends upon an appropriation for current expenses that is contained in the act.
The general assembly shall determine which sections go into immediate effect.
A codified or uncodified section of law contained in an act that contains an appropriation for current expenses that does not go into immediate effect as contemplated by this section is subject to the referendum and goes into effect as provided in Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1c.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.49 | Determining Legislative Intent.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
If a statute is ambiguous, the court, in determining the intention of the legislature, may consider among other matters:
(A) The object sought to be attained;
(B) The circumstances under which the statute was enacted;
(C) The legislative history;
(D) The common law or former statutory provisions, including laws upon the same or similar subjects;
(E) The consequences of a particular construction;
(F) The administrative construction of the statute.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.50 | Severability.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
If any provision of a section of the Revised Code or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the section or related sections which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions are severable.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.51 | Special or Local Provision Prevails as Exception to General Provision.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
If a general provision conflicts with a special or local provision, they shall be construed, if possible, so that effect is given to both. If the conflict between the provisions is irreconcilable, the special or local provision prevails as an exception to the general provision, unless the general provision is the later adoption and the manifest intent is that the general provision prevail.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.52 | Irreconcilable Statutes or Amendments - Harmonization.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
(A) If statutes enacted at the same or different sessions of the legislature are irreconcilable, the statute latest in date of enactment prevails.
(B) If amendments to the same statute are enacted at the same or different sessions of the legislature, one amendment without reference to another, the amendments are to be harmonized, if possible, so that effect may be given to each. If the amendments are substantively irreconcilable, the latest in date of enactment prevails. The fact that a later amendment restates language deleted by an earlier amendment, or fails to include language inserted by an earlier amendment, does not of itself make the amendments irreconcilable. Amendments are irreconcilable only when changes made by each cannot reasonably be put into simultaneous operation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.53 | Language and Any Designated Section Number of Enrolled Act Prevails.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
If the language of the enrolled act deposited with the secretary of state, including any code section number designated pursuant to section 103.131 of the Revised Code, conflicts with the language of any subsequent printing or reprinting of the statute, the language and any such designated section number of the enrolled act prevails.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.54 | Reenactment or Amendment Is Continuation of Prior Statute.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
A statute which is reenacted or amended is intended to be a continuation of the prior statute and not a new enactment, so far as it is the same as the prior statute.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.55 | Reference to Any Portion Applies to All Reenactments or Amendments.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
A reference to any portion of a statute of this state applies to all reenactments or amendments thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.58 | Reenactment, Amendment, or Repeal of Statute.

Effective:
January 3, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
(A) The reenactment, amendment, or repeal of a statute does not, except as provided in division (B) of this section:
(1) Affect the prior operation of the statute or any prior action taken thereunder;
(2) Affect any validation, cure, right, privilege, obligation, or liability previously acquired, accrued, accorded, or incurred thereunder;
(3) Affect any violation thereof or penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect thereto, prior to the amendment or repeal;
(4) Affect any investigation, proceeding, or remedy in respect of any such privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment; and the investigation, proceeding, or remedy may be instituted, continued, or enforced, and the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment imposed, as if the statute had not been repealed or amended.
(B) If the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment for any offense is reduced by a reenactment or amendment of a statute, the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment, if not already imposed, shall be imposed according to the statute as amended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.59 | Statutory Definitions.

Effective:
November 5, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 125th General Assembly
As used in any statute, unless another definition is provided in that statute or a related statute:
(A) "Child" includes child by adoption.
(B) "Oath" includes affirmation, and "swear" includes affirm.
(C) "Person" includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association.
(D) "Population" means that shown by the most recent regular federal census.
(E) "Property" means real and personal property.
(F) "Rule" includes regulation.
(G) "State," when applied to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, and any area subject to the legislative authority of the United States of America. "This state" or "the state" means the state of Ohio.
(H) "United States" includes all the states.
(I) "Will" includes codicil.
(J) "Written" or "in writing" includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures.
(K) "Internet" means the international computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks, including the graphical subnetwork known as the world wide web.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.60 | State Agency Defined.

Effective:
February 18, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly
As used in Title I of the Revised Code, "state agency," except as otherwise provided in the title, means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government. "State agency" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.61 | Agriculture Defined.

Effective:
June 4, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 276 - 129th General Assembly
As used in any statute except section 303.01 or 519.01 of the Revised Code, "agriculture" includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.611 | Osu Extension Defined.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
As used in the Revised Code, "OSU extension" means the cooperative extension service that was established by the "Smith-Lever Act," 38 Stat. 372 (1914), 7 U.S.C. 341 et seq., and is administered in this state by the Ohio state university.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.62 | References to Officers, Authorities and Resolutions in County That Has Adopted a Charter.

Effective:
July 7, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 313 - 128th General Assembly
As used in the Revised Code, unless the context of a section does not permit the following or unless expressly provided otherwise in a section:
(A) References to particular county officers, boards, commissions, and authorities mean, in the case of a county that has adopted a charter under Article X, Ohio Constitution, the officer, board, commission, or authority of that county designated by or pursuant to the charter to exercise the same powers or perform the same acts, duties, or functions that are to be exercised or performed under the applicable section of the Revised Code by officers, boards, commissions, or authorities of counties that have not adopted a charter. If any section of the Revised Code requires county representation on a board, commission, or authority by more than one county officer, and the charter vests the powers, duties, or functions of each county officer representing the county on the board, commission, or authority in fewer officers or in only a single county officer, the county officers or officer shall succeed to the representation of only one of the county officers on the board, commission, or authority. If any vacancy in the representation of the county on the board, commission, or authority remains, the taxing authority of the county shall adopt a resolution to fill the vacancy.
(B) References to resolutions mean, in the case of a county that has adopted a charter under Article X, Ohio Constitution, the appropriate form of legislation permitted by or pursuant to the charter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.63 | Pre-Emption by State of Certain Business Practices.

Effective:
May 24, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 386 - 124th General Assembly
(A) The state solely shall regulate the business of originating, granting, servicing, and collecting loans and other forms of credit in the state and the manner in which any such business is conducted, and this regulation shall be in lieu of all other regulation of such activities by any municipal corporation or other political subdivision.
(B) Any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other action by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision to regulate, directly or indirectly, the origination, granting, servicing, or collection of loans or other forms of credit constitutes a conflict with the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, Titles XI, XIII, XVII, and XLVII, and with the uniform operation throughout the state of lending and other credit provisions, and is preempted.
(C) Any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other action by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision constitutes a conflict with the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, Titles XI, XIII, XVII, and XLVII, and is pre-empted, if the ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other action does either of the following:
(1) Disqualifies a person, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, from doing business with such municipal corporation or other political subdivision based upon the acts or practices of such person, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, as an originator, grantor, servicer, or collector of loans or other forms of credit;
(2) Imposes reporting requirements or other obligations upon a person, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, based upon such person's, or its subsidiaries' or affiliates', acts or practices as an originator, grantor, servicer, or collector of loans or other forms of credit.
(D) If any provision of this section, or any application of any provision of this section, is for any reason held to be illegal or invalid, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect any legal and valid provision or application of this section, and the provisions and applications of this section shall be severable.
(E) Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate or prohibit any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other action by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision to establish and administer voluntary neighborhood reinvestment programs in furtherance of the goals and purposes of the "Community Reinvestment Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 1147, 12 U.S.C.A. 2901, as amended.
(F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other action by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision that is required to meet the criteria for adequacy of law established by the United States department of housing and urban development in order to obtain certification as a fair housing assistance program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.64 | Health Care Workers Definitions.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 216 - 131st General Assembly
As used in the Revised Code:
(A) "Certified nurse-midwife" means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and is designated as a certified nurse-midwife in accordance with section 4723.42 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the board of nursing.
(B) "Certified nurse practitioner" means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and is designated as a certified nurse practitioner in accordance with section 4723.42 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the board of nursing.
(C) "Clinical nurse specialist" means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and is designated as a clinical nurse specialist in accordance with section 4723.42 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the board of nursing.
(D) "Physician assistant" means an individual who is licensed under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code to provide services as a physician assistant to patients under the supervision, control, and direction of one or more physicians.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction › Section 1.65 | Insurance Rating Agencies.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 273 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in the Revised Code, "insurance rating agency" means A.M. Best Rating Services, Inc., Demotech, Inc., or a rating agency certified or approved by a national entity that engages in an approval process that includes all of the following:
(1) A requirement for the rating agency to register and provide an annual updated filing;
(2) Record retention requirements;
(3) Financial reporting requirements;
(4) Policies for the prevention of misuse of material, nonpublic information;
(5) Management of conflicts of interest, including prohibited conflicts;
(6) Prohibited acts and practices;
(7) Disclosure requirements;
(8) Required policies, practices, and internal controls;
(9) Standards of training, experience, and competence for credit analysts.
(B) Any reference in the Revised Code to an entity named in division (A) of this section shall be construed as a reference to any insurance rating agency as defined in division (A) of this section. Any reference in the Revised Code to a specific entity not named in division (A) of this section but otherwise meeting the definition of "insurance rating agency" in division (A) of this section shall be construed as a reference to an insurance rating agency as defined by division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.01 | Continuation in Office Until Successor Elected or Appointed and Qualified.

Effective:
January 23, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 105th General Assembly
A person holding an office of public trust shall continue therein until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified, unless otherwise provided in the constitution or laws of this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.02 | Elective Office Filled by Appointment - Term of Appointee.

Effective:
June 21, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 47 - 130th General Assembly
(A) When an elective office becomes vacant and is filled by appointment, such appointee shall hold the office until the appointee's successor is elected and qualified; and such successor shall be elected for the unexpired term, at the first general election for the office which is vacant that occurs more than forty days after the vacancy has occurred; provided that when the unexpired term ends within one year immediately following the date of such general election, an election to fill such unexpired term shall not be held and the appointment shall be for such unexpired term.
(B) When an elective office becomes vacant and is filled by appointment, the appointing authority shall, immediately but no later than seven days after making the appointment, certify it to the board of elections and to the secretary of state. The board of elections or, in the case of an appointment to a statewide office, the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of appointment to the appointee. Certificates of appointment shall be in such form as the secretary of state shall prescribe.
(C) When an elected candidate fails to qualify for the office to which the candidate has been elected, the office shall be filled as in the case of a vacancy. Until so filled, the incumbent officer shall continue to hold office. This section does not postpone the time for such election beyond that at which it would have been held had no such vacancy occurred, or affect the official term, or the time for the commencement thereof, of any person elected to such office before the occurrence of such vacancy.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.03 | Vacancy in Office Filled by Appointment of Governor.

Effective:
September 17, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 994 - 110th General Assembly
When a vacancy in an office filled by appointment of the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, occurs by expiration of term or otherwise during a regular session of the senate, the governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy and forthwith report such appointment to the senate. If such vacancy occurs when the senate is not in session, and no appointment has been made and confirmed in anticipation of such vacancy, the governor shall fill the vacancy and report the appointment to the next regular session of the senate, and, if the senate advises and consents thereto, such appointee shall hold the office for the full term, otherwise a new appointment shall be made. A person appointed by the governor when the senate is not in session or on or after the convening of the first regular session and more than ten days before the adjournment sine die of the second regular session to fill an office for which a fixed term expires or a vacancy otherwise occurs is considered qualified to fill such office until the senate before the adjournment sine die of its second regular session acts or fails to act upon such appointment pursuant to section 21 of Article III, Ohio Constitution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.04 | Removal or Suspension of Appointee by Governor.

Effective:
September 17, 1986
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 300 - 116th General Assembly
When not otherwise provided by law, an officer who holds his office by appointment of the governor with the advice and consent of the senate may be removed from office by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, if it is found that such officer is inefficient or derelict in the discharge of his duties, if the ethics commission created by section 102.05 of the Revised Code has found, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, that the facts alleged in a complaint under section 102.06 of the Revised Code alleging a violation by the officer constitutes a violation of Chapter 102., section 2921.42, or section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, if the officer fails to file or falsely files a statement required by section 102.02 of the Revised Code, or if it is found that he has used his office corruptly. If, in the recess of the senate, the governor is satisfied that such officer is inefficient, derelict, committed such violation of Chapter 102., section 2921.42, or section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, or corrupt, he may suspend such officer from his office and report the facts to the senate at its next session. If in such report the senate advises and consents to the removal, such officer shall be removed, but otherwise he shall be restored to his office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.05 | Suspension by Governor - Filling Vacancy.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In case of the suspension of an officer as provided for in section 3.04 of the Revised Code, the governor shall designate a person to perform the duties of the office during the period of such suspension. The person so designated shall give bond and take the oath of office, and during the time he performs the duties of the office he shall receive the full emoluments thereof, no part of which shall, for such time, go to such suspended officer. If the suspended officer is removed or his term expires before the action of the senate, a new appointment shall be made.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.06 | Deputies, Clerks - Blanket Bonds.

Effective:
January 9, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly
(A) A deputy, when duly qualified, may perform any duties of his principal. A deputy or clerk, appointed in pursuance of law, holds the appointment only during the pleasure of the officer appointing him. The principal may take from his deputy or clerk a bond, with sureties, conditioned as set forth in this section. The principal is answerable for the neglect or misconduct in office of his deputy or clerk .
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law requiring an official bond to be conditioned substantially to the effect that an officer, clerk, or employee will faithfully perform his duties, in lieu thereof, with the consent and approval of the officer or governing body authorized to require the bond, any department or instrumentality of the state or any county, township, municipal corporation, or other subdivision or board of education or department or instrumentality thereof, may procure a blanket bond from any duly authorized corporate surety covering officers, clerks, and employees other than:
(1) Treasurers or tax collectors by whatever title known;
(2) Any officer, clerk, or employee required by law to execute or file an individual official bond to qualify for office or employment.
(C) Such blanket bond shall indemnify against losses through one of the following conditions:
(1) The failure of the officers, clerks, and employees covered thereunder faithfully to perform their duties or to account properly for all moneys or property received by virtue of their positions or employment;
(2) Fraudulent or dishonest acts committed by the officers, clerks, and employees covered thereunder.
Any such blanket bond shall be approved as to its form and sufficiency of the surety by the officer or governing body authorized to require it. The premium of any such blanket bond shall be paid as provided in section 3929.17 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.07 | Misconduct in Office - Forfeiture.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any person holding office in this state, or in any municipal corporation, county, or subdivision thereof, coming within the official classification in Section 38 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, who willfully and flagrantly exercises authority or power not authorized by law, refuses or willfully neglects to enforce the law or to perform any official duty imposed upon him by law, or is guilty of gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, drunkenness, misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance is guilty of misconduct in office. Upon complaint and hearing in the manner provided for in sections 3.07 to 3.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, such person shall have judgment of forfeiture of said office with all its emoluments entered thereon against him, creating thereby in said office a vacancy to be filled as prescribed by law. The proceedings provided for in such sections are in addition to impeachment and other methods of removal authorized by law, and such sections do not divest the governor or any other authority of the jurisdiction given in removal proceedings.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.08 | Removal of Public Officers.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly
Proceedings for the removal of public officers on any of the grounds enumerated in section 3.07 of the Revised Code shall be commenced by the filing of a written or printed complaint specifically setting forth the charge and signed by qualified electors of the state or political subdivision whose officer it is sought to remove, not less in number than fifteen per cent of the total vote cast for governor at the most recent election for the office of governor in the state or political subdivision whose officer it is sought to remove, or, if the officer sought to be removed is the sheriff or prosecuting attorney of a county or the mayor of a municipal corporation, the governor may sign and file such written or printed complaint without the signatures of qualified electors. Such complaint shall be filed with the court of common pleas of the county where the officer against whom the complaint is filed resides, except that when the officer against whom the complaint is filed is a judge of the court of common pleas, such complaint shall be filed in the court of appeals of the district where such judge resides, and all complaints against state officers shall be filed with the court of appeals of the district where the officer against whom the complaint is filed resides. The judge or clerk of the court shall cause a copy of such complaint to be served upon the officer, against whom the complaint has been filed, at least ten days before the hearing upon such complaint. Such hearing shall be had within thirty days from the date of the filing of the complaint by said electors, or by the governor. The court may suspend the officer pending the hearing.
The removal proceedings filed in the court of common pleas shall be tried by a judge unless a jury trial is demanded in writing by the officer against whom the complaint has been filed. If a jury is demanded, it shall be composed of twelve persons who satisfy the qualifications of a juror specified in section 2313.17 of the Revised Code. If nine or more persons of that jury find one or more of the charges in the complaint are true, such jury shall return a finding for the removal of the officer, which finding shall be filed with the clerk of the court and be made a matter of public record. If less than nine persons of that jury find that the charges on the complaint are true, the jury shall return a finding that the complaint be dismissed. The proceedings had by a judge upon such removal shall be matters of public record and a full detailed statement of the reasons for such removal shall be filed with the clerk of the court and shall be made a matter of public record.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.09 | Appeal in Removal Cases on Questions of Law by Court of Appeals.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The decision of the court of common pleas in all cases for the removal of officers may be reviewed on appeal on questions of law by the court of appeals. The transcript of the record and the notice of appeal shall be filed in the court of appeals in not more than thirty days after the decision is rendered and the journal entry made by the court of common pleas. Such notice of appeal may be filed only after leave has been granted by the court of appeals for good cause shown at a hearing of which the attorneys for both the officer and the prosecution have been notified. The court of appeals has jurisdiction to hear such case at any place in the judicial district in which such court may be sitting, and such court shall hear such case in not more than thirty court days after the filing of the notice of appeal. The decision of the court of appeals in refusing to allow a notice of appeal to be filed, or in the passing upon the merits of the case in the appellate proceedings, shall be final. If the court of appeals reviews the proceedings provided for in section 3.08 of the Revised Code in any county within its judicial district other than the county where the officer complained against resides, said court of appeals shall transmit its findings with the reasons therefor to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county where the officer complained against resides, with instructions to said clerk to make the findings of said court a matter of record upon the journal of said court in the county where the officer complained against resides. In all cases involving the removal of an officer against whom a complaint has been filed in the court of appeals, the officer has the right of review or appeal to the supreme court on leave first obtained, and such court shall hear such case in not more than thirty court days after leave has been granted. In other respects such hearing shall follow the regular procedure in appealable cases which originate in the court of appeals.
If any officer is removed and the law provides no means for filling the vacancy, the board of elections in the county where the removed officer resides shall order a special election to fill such vacancy in the unit of government in which such officer was elected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.10 | Subpoena of Witnesses - Fees.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In removal proceedings under sections 3.07 to 3.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas and the court of appeals may subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance in the same manner as in civil cases. Process shall be served by the sheriff of the county in which the witness resides.
The witness fees and other fees in connection with the removal proceedings shall be the same as in civil cases, and the expenses incurred in any of said removal proceeding shall be paid out of the general revenue fund of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.11 | Restrictions on Holding More Than One Office.

Effective:
January 9, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly
No person shall hold at the same time by appointment or election more than one of the following offices: sheriff, county auditor, county treasurer, clerk of the court of common pleas, county recorder, prosecuting attorney, and probate judge.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.111 | Simultaneous Service as Member or Officer of Board of Convention and Visitor's Bureau.

Effective:
October 29, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 18 - 132nd General Assembly
An elected officer of a county, township, or municipal corporation that has levied an excise lodging tax under section 5739.08 or 5739.09 of the Revised Code, or a designee appointed by such elected officer, may simultaneously serve in the elected or appointed position and as a member or officer of the board of trustees of a convention and visitors' bureau organized under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. The simultaneous holding of the two positions shall not constitute the holding of incompatible offices or employment, notwithstanding Ohio common law or any contrary provision of the Revised Code.
Nothing in this section prevents a municipal corporation or chartered county from adopting a more restrictive policy regarding the simultaneous holding of the positions described in this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.112 | Simultaneous Service as Member of Board of Transportation Improvement District.

Effective:
July 3, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
An elected officer or an employee of a county, township, or municipal corporation may simultaneously serve as a member or officer of the board of trustees of a transportation improvement district created under Chapter 5540. of the Revised Code. Neither the simultaneous holding of the two positions nor the financial or contractual relationship between a county, township, or municipal corporation and the transportation improvement district shall constitute the holding of incompatible offices or employment and are permissible, notwithstanding Ohio common law or any contrary provision of the Revised Code. An elected officer or an employee of a county, township, or municipal corporation who serves simultaneously as a member or officer of the board of trustees of a transportation improvement district does not have an unlawful interest in a public contract under section 2921.42 of the Revised Code by virtue of a financial or contractual relationship between the county, township, or municipal corporation and the transportation improvement district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.12 | Personal Liability of Officer Making Contract Without Authority.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
An officer or agent of the state or of any county, township, or municipal corporation who is charged or entrusted with the construction, improvement, or keeping in repair of a building or work of any kind, or with the management of or providing for a public institution, shall make no contract binding or purporting to bind the state, or such county, township, or municipal corporation, to pay any sum of money not previously appropriated for the purpose for which such contract is made, and remaining unexpended and applicable thereto, unless such officer or agent has been authorized to make such contract. If such officer or agent makes or participates in making a contract without such appropriation or authority, he is personally liable thereon, and the state, county, township, or municipal corporation in whose name or behalf the contract was made shall not be liable thereon.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.13 | Recovery of Illegal Loans or Deposits.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The state or a county, township, municipal corporation, or school board shall not be precluded by the illegal loan or deposit by an officer or agent of public money, funds, bonds, securities, or assets belonging to it from suing for and recovering the same. Such suit shall not be held to be an adoption or satisfaction of such illegal transaction.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.14 | Plan for the Funding or Refunding of Indebtedness.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
All officers, boards, or commissions created under the constitution or laws of this state which have the power to invest funds in their charge or under their control in bonds issued by any political subdivision of this state, or which have power to sell any such bonds, may, in all cases in which they determine that it is in the interest of the state, the funds under their control and the beneficiaries thereof, and other persons interested in such funds, consent to any plan for the funding or refunding of indebtedness of any such subdivision in whose notes or bonds such funds are invested, and to exchange such notes or bonds, whether matured or unmatured, for refunding bonds, authorized and to be issued under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, in an amount not less than the principal amount due upon the notes or bonds to be exchanged, which bonds need not bear the same rate of interest as the notes or bonds exchanged. If such plan provides for the cancellation of overdue interest upon notes or bonds to be exchanged, including interest upon any overdue interest upon such notes or bonds, whether represented by coupons or otherwise, such officers, boards, or commissions may waive such interest pursuant to such plan without consideration.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.15 | Residency Requirements for Public Officials.

Effective:
October 5, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 711 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, at all times during one's term of office:
(1) Each member of the general assembly and each elected voting member of the state board of education shall be a resident of the district the member represents.
(2) Each judge and each elected officer of a court shall be a resident of the territory of that court.
(3) Each person holding an elective office of a political subdivision shall be a resident of that political subdivision.
(4) Each member of a municipal legislative authority who represents a ward shall be a resident of the ward the member represents, and each member of a board of education of a city school district who represents a subdistrict shall be a resident of the subdistrict the member represents.
(B) Any person who fails to meet any of the requirements of division (A) of this section that apply to the person shall forfeit the office. Division (A) of this section applies to persons who have been either elected or appointed to an elective office. Division (A) of this section does not apply to a member of the general assembly or the state board of education, to a member of a municipal legislative authority who represents a ward, or to a member of a board of education of a city school district who represents a subdistrict, during the remainder of the member's existing term of office after there is a change in the member's district's, ward's, or subdistrict's boundaries that leaves the member's permanent residence outside the district, ward, or subdistrict.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.17 | Failure to Attend Meetings.

Effective:
September 29, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly
Any member of a board, commission, council, board of trustees of an institution of higher education, or other public body of the state, except a member of the general assembly or a judge of any court in the state, who fails to attend at least three-fifths of the regular and special meetings held by that board, commission, council, board of trustees, or public body during any two-year period forfeits the member's position on that board, commission, council, board of trustees, or public body.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.20 | Oath and Affirmation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When an oath is required or authorized by law, an affirmation in lieu thereof may be taken by a person having conscientious scruples against taking an oath. An affirmation has the same effect as an oath.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.21 | Form of Oath.

Effective:
March 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 699 - 126th General Assembly
Subject to any section of the Revised Code that prescribes the form of an oath, a person may be sworn in any form the person deems binding on the person's conscience.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.22 | Oath of Office.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Each person chosen or appointed to an office under the constitution or laws of this state, and each deputy or clerk of such officer, shall take an oath of office before entering upon the discharge of his duties. The failure to take such oath shall not affect his liability or the liability of his sureties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › General Provisions › Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds › Section 3.23 | Contents of Oath of Office.

Effective:
March 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 699 - 126th General Assembly
The oath of office of each judge of a court of record shall be to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this state, to administer justice without respect to persons, and faithfully and impartially to discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on the person as such judge, according to the best of the person's ability and understanding. The oath of office of every other officer, deputy, or clerk shall be to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this state, and faithfully to discharge the duties of the office.
Except for justices of the supreme court as provided in section 2701.05 of the Revised Code, each judge of a court of record shall take the oath of office on or before the first day of the judge's official term. The judge shall transmit a certificate of oath, signed by the person administering the oath, to the clerk of the respective court and shall transmit a copy of the certificate of oath to the supreme court. The certificate of oath shall state the term of office for that judge, including the beginning and ending dates of that term. If the certificate of oath is not transmitted to the clerk of the court within twenty days from the first day of the judge's official term, the judge is deemed to have refused to accept the office, and that office shall be considered vacant. The clerk of the court forthwith shall certify that fact to the governor and the governor shall fill the vacancy.
The oath of office of a judge under this section shall be taken in a form that is substantially similar to the following:
"I, (name), do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Ohio, will administer justice without respect to persons, and will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all of the duties incumbent upon me as (name of office) according to the best of my ability and understanding. [This I do as I shall answer unto God.]"