Ohio Revised Code Search

...In case of the absence or disability of the secretary of state, the assistant secretary of state shall have power to perform the duties of the secretary of state. The general duties of the assistant secretary shall be such as the secretary of state assigns him.

... of his office. Such bond shall be deposited with the secretary of state and kept in his office.

...y appoint authenticating officers and delegate to such officers power to sign for the secretary of state any document which, to have legal effect, requires the secretary of state's signature and which is of a class which the secretary of state has authorized for signature by his authenticating officers in a writing on file in his office. Authenticating officers shall sign in the following manner: "_______________, A...

...icer for the secretary of state shall countersign all commissions issued by the governor and, except as to those of notaries public, shall keep a register of commissions issued, specifying the name of each person commissioned, the office conferred, and the date and tenure of the commission. The secretary of state shall cause all commissions and official papers to be printed with an engraved impression of the coat of ...

...io Constitution of 1875; design and the letters of patent and assignment of patent for the state flag; S.J.R. 13 (1873); S.J.R. 53 (1875); S.J.R. 72 (1875); S.J.R. 50 (1883); H.J.R. 73 (1883); S.J.R. 28 (1885); H.J.R. 67 (1885); S.J.R. 17 (1902); S.J.R. 28 (1902); H.J.R. 39 (1902); S.J.R. 23 (1903); H.J.R. 19 (1904); S.J.R. 16 (1905); H.J.R. 41 (1913); H.J.R. 34 (1917); petition form (2) (1918); S.J.R. 6 (1921); H.J....

...The secretary of state shall appoint a chief information security officer to advise the secretary of state on matters of information security and to perform other duties as assigned by the secretary of state.

... any changes made by the judges or the general assembly, shall be published in his annual report and in the volume of the statutes printed at the close of each second regular session of the general assembly.

...A) Retain voter registration and other election related data, analyze those data for purposes of maintaining accurate election data, and publish those data; (B) Retain, analyze, and publish business services data.

...ficial roster of federal, state, and county officers, and the official roster of township and municipal officers.

...y propose. If any officer refuses or neglects to furnish promptly full and accurate answers to any such questions, he shall forfeit not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, to be recovered by civil action in the name of the state. When directed by the secretary of state, the prosecuting attorney of the proper county shall institute and prosecute such action and pay the amount collected into the county treasury...

...able to the auditor of state, attorney general, or other state officer, shall be transferred by such officer to the secretary of state, subject to the use of such officer so far as necessary in the discharge of his duties.

...bylaw, or standard having a general and uniform operation adopted by an agency under the authority of the laws governing the agency; any appendix to a rule; and any internal management rule. "Rule" does not include any guideline adopted pursuant to section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, any order respecting the duties of employees, any finding, any determination of a question of law or fact in a matter presented to a...

... division (A)(2) of this section less a credit computed in the same manner for the number of shares previously authorized to be issued by the corporation; provided no fee under division (B)(2) of this section shall be greater than one hundred thousand dollars; (3) If the foreign corporation is not authorized to issue any shares of capital stock, fifty dollars; (4) If the foreign corporation is authorized to iss...

...f the Revised Code unless the fee has been paid.

...ternative payment program shall be deposited to the credit of the secretary of state alternative payment program fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. Any investment income of the secretary of state alternative payment program fund shall be credited to that fund and used to operate the alternative payment program. Within two working days following the deposit of funds to the credit of the secret...

...or such purpose permission is hereby given by this section to maintain actions against the state in the cases and to the extent that such actions might be maintained against the secretary of state, if the fees were held by him. Service of process shall be made on the attorney general, who shall represent the state.

...sor in office, shall be prima-facie evidence of the due incorporation and existence of the corporation. All officers authorized to issue certificates of compliance to corporations not organized under the laws of this state shall keep a record of such certificates issued by them.

...tate may make copies of all documents filed with the secretary of state's office pursuant to any section of the Revised Code, by microfilm or any other authorized photostatic or digitized process, and destroy the original documents after they are copied.

...Any document filed with the secretary of state that, by statute or by rule or determination of the secretary of state, is required to include a signature of a person may contain, in lieu of the person's original signature, a copy of the person's original signature transmitted by facsimile machine to the secretary of state, or be a photocopy or similar reproduction of the person's original signature.

... commissions, of adopting charters or amendments to charters, of adopting additional laws or alternative forms of government, of transferring powers to counties, and of withdrawing or revoking those powers; (B) File and preserve all reports, certificates, and copies of agreements transferring powers, whether approved by popular vote or otherwise, and of charters, as permanent public records of the state; (C) Est...

...f resolutions, ordinances, other instruments, portions of public records, and other information as the secretary of state requires; and (B) Furnish and certify duplicate copies of so much of each item as the secretary of state prescribes to the clerk of the court of common pleas and the law library of the county affected.

... of state may accept any filing and payment of associated fees through any electronic, digital, facsimile, or other means of transmission. The filings shall be made on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall comply fully with any other requirements of the Revised Code applicable to the type of filing being made.

... (C) If the secretary of state, acting under this section in a manner that does not subject the secretary of state to personal liability under section 9.86 of the Revised Code, improperly refuses to accept a document for filing or recording, the secretary of state shall not be personally liable on account of the improper refusal and the sureties that issued the bond shall not have a right of subrogation against the ...

...state or the person who attempted to file or record the document with the secretary of state may immediately redact the individual's social security number or federal tax identification number from the document. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to either of the following: (1) Any document that originates with any court or taxing authority; (2) Any publicly recorded document that is required b...

...n writing, the statement shall be in at least twenty-four-point type and located at the top of the physical document or the beginning of the electronic communication. (2) Include, in the case of mailed solicitation, the words "THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT" in twenty-four-point type and all capital letters on the envelope, outside cover, or wrapper in which the solicitation is mailed; (3) Include both of the ...