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...(A) As used in this section: (1)(a) "Case document" means a document or information in a document, or audio or video recording of a victim of violating a protection order, an offense of violence, or a sexually oriented offense, regarding a case that is submitted to a court, a law enforcement agency or officer, or a prosecutor or filed with a clerk of court, including, but not limited to, pleadings, motions, exhibit...

...(A) If a defendant is incarcerated, a victim or victim's representative who has requested to receive notice under this section shall be given notice of the incarceration of the defendant. If an alleged juvenile offender is committed to the temporary custody of a school, camp, institution, or other facility operated for the care of delinquent children or to the legal custody of the department of youth services, a vict...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code. (2) "Licensing authority" means an entity, board, department, commission, association, or agency that issues a license to a person or entity. (3) "Public office" has the same meaning as in section 117.01 of the Revised Code. (B) If, at any time prior to the day that is twenty-four months after the effective dat...

...(A)(1) Any person, who is found not guilty of an offense by a jury or a court or who is the defendant named in a dismissed complaint, indictment, or information, may apply to the court for an order to seal or, except as provided in division (C) of this section, expunge the person's official records in the case. Except as provided in section 2953.61 of the Revised Code, the application may be filed at any time after t...

...(A)(1) The state or political subdivision acquires provisional title to property subject to forfeiture under this chapter upon a person's commission of an offense giving rise to forfeiture, subject to third party claims and a final adjudication under section 2981.04 or 2981.05 of the Revised Code. Provisional title authorizes the state or political subdivision to seize and hold the property, and to act to protect the...

...(A) For the purpose of division (C) of section 3107.66 of the Revised Code, an agency or attorney that arranged an adoption shall provide the probate court that finalized the adoption with the agency's or attorney's records of the adoption when the agency or attorney permanently ceases to arrange adoptions. If an agency permanently ceases to arrange adoptions because the person operating the agency has died or becom...

...(A) The secretary of state shall establish and maintain a statewide voter registration database that shall be administered by the office of data analytics and archives in the office of the secretary of state and made continuously available to each board of elections and to other agencies as authorized by law. The statewide voter registration database shall be the official list of registered electors for all electi...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance may examine or investigate the business and affairs of a discount medical plan organization as the superintendent deems appropriate to protect the interests of the residents of this state. (B) When examining or investigating a discount medical plan organization pursuant to division (A) of this section, the superintendent may do both of the following: (1) Order a discount medical ...

...(A) As used in this section and section 4123.445 of the Revised Code: (1) "Bureau of workers' compensation funds" means any fund specified in Chapter 4121., 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code that the administrator of workers' compensation has the authority to invest, in accordance with the administrator's investment authority under section 4123.44 of the Revised Code. (2) "Investment manager" means any per...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, on and after September 13, 1997, the registrar of motor vehicles, and any employee or contractor of the bureau of motor vehicles, shall not knowingly disclose or otherwise make available to any person or entity any personal information about an individual that the bureau obtained in connection with a motor vehicle record. (B)(1) On and after September 13, 1997...

...The "Cosmetology Licensure Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: COSMETOLOGY LICENSURE COMPACT ARTICLE 1- PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of Cosmetology with the goal of improving public access to, and the saf...

...The results of any criminal records check conducted pursuant to a request made under this chapter and any report containing those results, including any information the federal bureau of investigation provides, are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person or for any purpose other than as follows: (A) If the request for the criminal records ...

...(A) The director of developmental disabilities shall not issue a supported living certificate to an applicant or renew an applicant's supported living certificate if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant fails to comply with division (C)(2) of this section; (2) Except as provided in rules adopted under section 5123.1611 of the Revised Code, the applicant is found by a criminal records check require...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Eligible person" has the same meaning as in section 5126.03 of the Revised Code. (2) "Treatment" means the provision, coordination, or management of services provided to an eligible person. (3) "Payment" means activities undertaken by a service provider or governmental entity to obtain or provide reimbursement for services to an eligible person. (B) Except as provided in ...

...The priority of the lien of a mortgage may be waived to the extent specified by the holder of the lien in favor of any lien, mortgage, lease, easement, or other interest in the property covered by the mortgage, by writing the waiver of priority on the original mortgage and signing it, by writing the waiver of priority upon the margin of the record of that mortgage and signing it, or by a separate instrument ack...

...(A) To be effective and entitled to recording, the notice referred to in section 5301.51 of the Revised Code shall satisfy all of the following: (1) Be in the form of an affidavit; (2) State the nature of the claim to be preserved and the names and addresses of the persons for whose benefit the notice is being filed; (3) Contain an accurate and full description of all land affected by the notice, which descr...

...(A) Each stock state bank shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, together with records of the proceedings, including minutes of any meetings, of its incorporators, shareholders, directors, and committees of the directors, and records of its shareholders showing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares issued or transferred of record to or by them from time to time. (B) Upon...

...(A) There is hereby created in the department of commerce the position of deputy director of administration. This officer shall be appointed by the director of commerce, serve under the director's direction, supervision, and control, perform the duties the director prescribes, and hold office during the director's pleasure. The director of commerce may designate an assistant director of commerce to serve as the deput...

...(A) For purposes of this section, "public record" means either of the following: (1) Any document described or referred to in section 317.08 of the Revised Code; (2) Any document the filing or recording of which is required or allowed under any provision of Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code. (B) The recording with any county recorder of any document described in division (A)(1) of this section or the filing ...

...(A) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for not less than one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under section 1309.515 of the Revised Code with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and: (1) If the record was filed in the filing office described in divis...

...(A) An online notary public shall maintain one or more electronic journals in which the online notary public records, in chronological order, all online notarizations that the online notary public performs. The electronic journal shall enable access by a password or other secure means of authentication and be in a tamper-evident electronic format complying with the rules of the secretary of state adopted under sec...

...(A) Except for offering materials filed with the division of securities in connection with exempt transactions under divisions (Q) and (W) of section 1707.03 of the Revised Code, all applications and other papers filed with the division shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times, except for unreasonable or improper purposes. (B) Information obtained by the division through any offering materials filed with...

...(A)(1) The juvenile court shall maintain records of all official cases brought before it, including, but not limited to, an appearance docket, a journal, and, in cases pertaining to an alleged delinquent child, arrest and custody records, complaints, journal entries, and hearing summaries. The court shall maintain a separate docket for traffic cases and shall record all traffic cases on the separate docket instead of...

...(A) Any person who is convicted of, was convicted of, pleads guilty to, or has pleaded guilty to a violation of division (B), (C), or (E) of section 2923.16 of the Revised Code as the division existed prior to September 30, 2011, or a violation of division (E)(1) or (2) of section 2923.16 of the Revised Code as the division existed prior to June 13, 2022, and who is authorized by division (H)(2)(a) of that section to...

...(A) The director of education and workforce, pursuant to this section and the adjudication procedures of section 3301.121 of the Revised Code, may issue an adjudication order that permanently excludes a pupil from attending any of the public schools of this state if the pupil is convicted of, or adjudicated a delinquent child for, committing, when the pupil was sixteen years of age or older, an act that would be a cr...

...The political subdivision or airport zoning board adopting zoning regulations under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may institute in any court of competent jurisdiction an action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate any violation of sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or of airport zoning regulations adopted under such sections, or of any order or ruling made i...

...(A) A port authority created in accordance with section 4582.22 of the Revised Code may: (1) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (2) Adopt an official seal; (3) Maintain a principal office within its jurisdiction, and maintain such branch offices as it may require; (4) Acquire, construct, furnish, equip, maintain, repair, sell, exchange, lease to or from, or lease w...

... Placement in compliance with any local zoning restrictions and the required underground utility service requests (OUPS); (b) Cost of the materials and installation; (c) Installation in a workerlike manner if installed at the tenant's request and expense; (d) Any lighting required to comply with division (C)(2)(a)(i) of this section; (e) The appropriate size of the flag and flag pole, which shall be consisten...

...p or part thereof to be included in the zoning plan equal to not less than eight per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor in such area at the most recent general election at which a governor was elected, requesting the board to proceed with township zoning under such sections.

...ore certifying its recommendations of a zoning plan to the board of township trustees, the township zoning commission shall hold at least one public hearing, notice of which shall be given by one publication at least thirty days before the date of such hearing, using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of one or more newspapers of general circulation in the township; (B) On ...

...t or maps, as certified by the township zoning commission, shall be made by the board of township trustees unless it is first resubmitted to the commission for approval, disapproval, or suggestions. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the township rural zoning commission regarding the proposed changes, the board of township trustees shall hold a second public hearing, at least ten days notice of the time and place...

...After receiving the recommended zoning plan from the township zoning commission and holding the public hearing provided for by section 519.08 of the Revised Code the board of township trustees shall consider such recommendations and vote upon the adoption of the zoning resolution.

...amendments or supplements to a township zoning plan adopted by a board of township trustees prior to the effective date of this act, except those amendments or supplements which a court of competent jurisdiction has declared unlawful or unreasonable or which are the subject of an action now pending in such a court, are hereby ratified and shall be valid amendments or supplements to such zoning plan regardless of the ...

...No action challenging the validity of a zoning resolution or of any amendment to such a resolution because of a procedural error in the adoption of the resolution or amendment shall be brought more than two years after the adoption of the resolution or amendment. No action alleging procedural error in the actions of a township board of zoning appeals in the granting of a zoning variance or conditional use certificat...

....061 of the Revised Code, the township zoning inspector, before entering upon the duties of office, shall give bond, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state or, at the inspector's option, signed by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond, over and above all encumbrances to the state, in the sum of not less than one thousand or mor...

...e newly incorporated territory to adopt zoning regulations. Upon annexation of township territory to an existing municipal corporation the zoning regulations then in effect shall remain in full force and shall be enforced by the township officials until the legislative authority of said municipal corporation shall either officially adopt the existing zoning regulations or new regulations for such territory.

...roperty that is otherwise prohibited by zoning, by law other than sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code regulating use of real property, or by a recorded instrument that has priority over an environmental covenant. An environmental covenant may prohibit or restrict uses of real property that are authorized by zoning or by law other than sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code.

...and use or building permits. Before any zoning change or subdivision plat is approved and before any permit for land use or the erection, alteration, or moving of a building is granted affecting any land within three hundred feet of the center line of a proposed new highway or highway for which changes are proposed, as described in the certification by the director, or within a radius of five hundred feet from the po...

...extent possible, consistent with county zoning regulations and coordinated with any existing township zoning regulations. Any township regulations adopted under this section shall be, to the extent possible, consistent with any county or township zoning regulations in effect in the township.

...Each agreement entered into under sections 5709.62, 5709.63, and 5709.632 of the Revised Code on or after April 1, 1994, shall be in writing and shall include all of the information and statements prescribed by this section. Agreements may include terms not prescribed by this section, but such terms shall in no way derogate from the information and statements prescribed by this section. (A) Each agreement shall in...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 5709.61 to 5709.69 of the Revised Code, the director of development shall administer those sections and shall adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the enterprise zone program. The director shall assign to each zone currently certified a unique designation by which the zone shall be identified for purposes of administering sections 5709.61 to 5709.69 of the Rev...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Traffic law photo-monitoring device" has the same meaning as in section 4511.092 of the Revised Code. (2) "School zone" has the same meaning as in section 4511.21 of the Revised Code. (3) "Transportation district" means a territorial district established by the director of transportation under section 5501.14 of the Revised Code. (4) "District deputy director" means the perso...

...(A) To provide a uniform procedure for calculating a taxpayer's aggregate tax liability under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code, a taxpayer shall claim any credits to which the taxpayer is entitled in the following order: Either the retirement income credit under division (B) of section 5747.055 of the Revised Code or the lump sum retirement income credits under divisions (C), (D), and (E) of that section; Ei...

...in which the territory is located has a zoning resolution covering all the unincorporated territory in the township. (b) The county in which the territory is located has a county or regional planning commission. (c) Subdivision regulations other than municipal subdivision regulations are in effect in the county in which the unincorporated territory is located. When all of these conditions are met, no plat of a sub...

...The planning commission of any municipal corporation may frame and adopt a plan for dividing the municipal corporation or any portion thereof into zones or districts, representing the recommendations of the commission, in the interest of the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity, or general welfare, for the limitations and regulation of the height, bulk, and location, including percentage of lot occ...

...village is located administers a county zoning resolution, the legislative authority of the village and the board of county commissioners of the county may contract with each other to have the county administer village zoning regulations, with its powers to include hearing and deciding zoning appeals and authorizing variances.

... or any part thereof in which territory zoning regulations have been previously adopted as provided by sections 303.02 to 303.25, inclusive, or sections 519.02 to 519.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code, such regulations may be adopted and continued in full force and effect by the newly created municipal corporation without following the procedure prescribed by sections 713.07 to 713.11, inclusive, of the Revised Code...

...ng and lawful at the time of enacting a zoning ordinance or an amendment to the ordinance, may be continued, although such use does not conform with the provisions of such ordinance or amendment, but if any such nonconforming use is voluntarily discontinued for two years or more, or for a period of not less than six months but not more than two years that a municipal corporation otherwise provides by ordinance, any f...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Contracting party" means a municipal corporation that has entered into a municipal utility district contract or any party succeeding to such a municipal corporation. (2) "Contract for utility services" means a contract under which a municipal corporation agrees to provide to another municipal corporation water, sewer, electric, or other utility services necessary to the public he...

...(A) The executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission, on behalf of the commission and in accordance with rules promulgated by the attorney general, shall certify persons who have satisfactorily completed approved training programs designed to qualify persons for positions as special police, security guards, or persons otherwise privately employed in a police capacity and issue appropriate certific...