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Section 147.591 | Electronic documents.

...d acknowledged or sworn before a notary acting pursuant to this section shall be accepted by county auditors, clerks of courts of record, deputy registrars, engineers, and recorders for purposes of approval, transfer, and recording to the same extent as any other document that is submitted by an electronic recording method and shall not be rejected solely by reason of containing electronic signatures or an electronic...

Section 147.60 | Definitions.

...tification credential through review of public and proprietary data sources. (C) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. (D) "Electronic document" means information that is created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored in an electronic medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. (E) "Electronic ...

Section 147.61 | Applicability.

...nline notarizations and online notaries public. To the extent that a provision of sections 147.60 to 147.66 of the Revised Code conflicts with another provision of this chapter or other applicable law, sections 147.60 to 147.66 of the Revised Code supersede the provision.

Section 147.62 | Standards for online notarizations and online notaries public.

...g; (5) Standards for the retention of records relating to online notarizations; (6) The modification of forms of notarial certificates for any notarial act that is an online notarization; (7) Standards and requirements for the termination of a notary public's authorization to perform online notarizations. (B) The office of information technology in the department of administrative services shall provide as...

Section 147.63 | Application to be authorized as online notary public.

...he practice of law in this state by the Ohio supreme court shall expire on the earlier of five years after the date the authorization is granted or when the attorney's term of office as a notary public ends. (5) An attorney authorized to perform online notarizations may apply to renew the attorney's authorization three months prior to the authorization's expiration date. (6)(a) The secretary may deny an applicati...

Section 147.631 | Online notary course fees.

... of the Revised Code. (B) The notary public taking the online notary course of instruction and the examination shall remit the fee to the authorized entity that administered the online notary course of instruction and examination required by division (B) of section 147.63 of the Revised Code. The notary public shall remit to the secretary of state the portion of that fee specified pursuant to division (C)(2) of t...

Section 147.64 | Authority of online notary public.

...s the authority to perform any notarial act as an online notarization. (2) An electronic document notarized through an online notarization shall be considered an original document. (3) An online notary public shall not take or certify a deposition as an online notarization. (B) A notary public of this state who has been authorized by the secretary of state to perform online notarizations may perform online notariz...

Section 147.65 | Electronic journals.

... (1) The date and time of the notarial act; (2) The type of notarial act; (3) The title or a description of the record being notarized, if any; (4) The electronic signature of each principal; (5) The printed full name and address of each principal; (6) If identification of the principal is based on personal knowledge, a statement to that effect; (7) If identification of the principal is based on satisfac...

Section 147.66 | Steps to ensure security.

...erable by the device or software's manufacturer, seller, or developer. (B)(1) An online notary public shall do both of the following: (a) Except as provided in division (D)(5)(b) of section 147.65 of the Revised Code, keep the online notary public's electronic journal, official electronic signature, and electronic seal secure and under the online notary public's exclusive control; (b) Use the online notary public'...

Section 147.99 | Penalty.

...Whoever violates section 147.10 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 149.01 | Official reports - number - filing.

... in quadruplicate, a report of the transactions and proceedings of that office or department for that fiscal year, excepting receipts and disbursements unless otherwise specifically required by law. The report shall contain a summary of the official acts of the officer, board, council, commission, institution, association, or corporation and any suggestions and recommendations that are proper. One of the reports s...

Section 149.011 | Documents, reports, and records definitions.

...ical information contained on it. (G) "Records" includes any document, device, or item, regardless of physical form or characteristic, including an electronic record as defined in section 1306.01 of the Revised Code, created or received by or coming under the jurisdiction of any public office of the state or its political subdivisions, which serves to document the organization, functions, policies, decisions, ...

Section 149.02 | Annual reports in triplicate.

...Wherever in the Revised Code annual reports are required to be made to the governor, or annual reports to the governor are referred to, such reports shall be made in triplicate and filed as provided in section 149.01 of the Revised Code, and the special information required by any section of the Revised Code to be included in such annual report shall be included in such triplicate reports.

Section 149.03 | Governor's authority as to reports.

...The governor may at any time require to be filed with him a detailed report from any state officer, board, or commission.

Section 149.04 | Printing of messages and inaugural addresses.

...Messages of the governor, and the inaugural address of the governor-elect, shall be produced and distributed in electronic form to the governor, to each member of the general assembly, and to the state library. A physical copy of the message or address shall be provided, upon request, to any recipient named in this section.

Section 149.05 | Number of reports printed.

...The annual reports of the elective state officers shall be printed in such numbers as the superintendent of purchases and printing determines.

Section 149.07 | Final journals available to members of general assembly.

...One bound copy of each of the final journals and appendixes shall be made available to each member of the general assembly.

Section 149.09 | Distributing pamphlet laws.

...l forward to each library that receives publications under section 149.12 of the Revised Code one copy of each pamphlet law received. The secretary of state shall distribute any remaining copies of each pamphlet law on the request of interested persons. (B)(1) If the secretary of state chooses to distribute the pamphlet laws in an electronic format instead of distributing copies as provided in division (A) of this...

Section 149.091 | Publishing and distributing session laws.

...egislative service commission. (d) The Ohio supreme court. (e) The document division of the library of congress. (f) The state library. (g) The Ohio history connection. The secretary of state shall retain a paper or electronic format of the session laws. (C) The session laws may be sold in a paper or electronic format to individuals or entities not specified in division (B) of this section. The price shall not ...

Section 149.10 | Submission of audit reports.

...All boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, and departments in the executive branch of state government shall submit to the auditor of state a copy of each formal internally or independently produced audit report, as well as any management study or report which recommends changes which would affect the auditing system.

Section 149.11 | Distributing publications intended for general public use - record retention or destruction schedules.

...rchive and provide permanent access and records to each public or college library in the state designated by the state library board to be a depository for state publications. (D) The print publications described in division (A) of this section and the electronic publications described in division (C) of this section shall be considered already prepared and available for inspection, and, subject to applicable copyr...

Section 149.12 | Distributing legislative publications to libraries.

...Revised Code as a depository for state publications; (B) In each county containing no library described in division (A) of this section, to a public library designated by the state library board to receive the journals, bulletins, and summaries described in this section. The state library board shall designate libraries that can best preserve the publications and are so located geographically that they can mak...

Section 149.16 | Secretary of state or state library board shall distribute law and journals.

...The secretary of state shall distribute all copies of the laws and all copies of the bound house and senate journals. If no provision is made by law for the distribution of any report printed by the state, it may be distributed by the state library board in accordance with section 149.11 of the Revised Code, on the order of the officer making the report.

Section 149.17 | Highway maps of Ohio.

...ficially designated as "Highway Maps of Ohio." The director of transportation may designate the improved roads by color, and revise such maps from time to time as the improvement of the roads may justify. The director shall secure a copyright of the maps from time to time when so published. The director may distribute the first edition of these maps, which has been published as a bulletin of the department of trans...

Section 149.22 | Designation of official record.

...(A) If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall designate the electronic record as official and comply with division (A) of section 149.23 and with section 149.24 of the Revised Code. (B) An official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic record and also publishes the material in a record other than an electronic record may designate the elec...