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Ohio Government Resources
- Search the Ohio Constitution (Ohio General Assembly)
- Download or order a print copy
(Secretary of State)
- Ohio Case Law via Fastcase.com
- Law Library Subscribers Only. Includes case law from all 50 states and Federal courts.
- Ohio State Supreme Court
- Searchable Supreme Court opinions.
- Summaries of recent Supreme Court opinions
- Archived Summaries 2002-2012
- Ohio Rules of Court
- Proper Ohio Citations and "web cites"
- Ohio Trial Courts and Local Rules
- District Courts of Appeals
- Use the Ohio state map or click on the direct link to the court
- Appellate Opinions by District
- Search by District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
- Not sure which District? Search by county name:
- OH Ethics Advisory Opinions (Supreme Court of Ohio)
- Browse all advisory opinions from the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline since 1986
- OH Ethics Commission Advisory Opinions
- 74-001 through Current
- Ohio Board of Professional Conduct - Advisory Opinions
- 1986 through Current
- Court of Claims
- See also Hamilton County Courts
- Ohio Revised Code
- Hosted by the Legislative Services Commission, the code text is searchable and easy to browse.
- Administrative Code
- Regulations for Ohio state departments and divisions
- Ohio Session Laws
- Before laws are codified (into the Code, above), they are session laws. This gathers together the text of the laws as signed, prior to codification.
- Legislative Bill Analysis
- The Ohio Legislative Service Commission provides bill analysis on all current bills
- House of Representatives
- Ohio Senate
- Ohio House / Senate Journals
- Status Report on Legislation
- Another Ohio Legislative Service Commission, giving a regular update on the progress a bill has made through the legislature.
- State Budget information
- Collects information together on the budget as it is introduced to the legislature as well as what is finally approved.
- Attorney General
- Among the many duties of the Ohio Attorney General is that of providing formal advice by way of written opinions. The Attorney General's web site includes all formal opinions issued from 1994 to the present, in full-text format. 1994 - Current Opinions
- Secretary of State
- Secretary of State is chief elections officer, oversees the elections process and appoints the members of boards of elections in each of Ohio's 88 counties. The Office is also in charge of granting authority to operate a business in the state, receiving and approving articles of incorporation for Ohio corporations and granting licenses to out-of-state corporations seeking to do business in the state, and processing limited partnerships and limited liability companies also file with the secretary of state's office. Secured parties file financing statements in the Uniform Commercial Code section of the Business Services Division to claim an interest in collateral used for a loan and to have the claim indexed for public notice.
- Register of Ohio
- Information on proposed and adopted rules, and the rule making process in Ohio.
- Ohio State Forms
- Electronic, searchable, collection of state forms from a variety of agencies and ranging from procurement to tax and insurance forms. Some agencies will have additional forms at their Web sites, including the Department of Taxation and the Bureau of Workers' Compensation
- State Agency Directory
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