Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1 - Definitions; Rules Of Construction

• Section 1.01 - Revised Code - Citation And Designation - General Code.
  All statutes of a permanent and general nature of the state as revised and consolidated into general provisions, titles, chapters, and sections shall be...
• Section 1.02 - Definitions In Revised Code.
  As used in the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Whoever" includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees;...
• Section 1.03 - Anything Of Value Defined.
  As used in any section of the Revised Code for the violation of which there is provided a penalty or forfeiture, unless the context...
• Section 1.04 - Standard Time.
  The standard time throughout this state shall be the mean astronomical time of the seventy-fifth degree of longitude west from Greenwich. Courts, public offices,...
• Section 1.05 - Imprisoned Or Imprisonment Defined.
  (A) As used in the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires, "imprisoned" or "imprisonment" means being imprisoned under a sentence imposed for an...
• Section 1.06 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 1.07 - Value Of Evidence Of Debt Or Written Instrument.
  Except as provided in sections 2909.11 and 2913.61 of the Revised Code, when an evidence of debt or a written instrument is the subject...
• Section 1.08 - Blighted Area Defined - Excluded Considerations.
  As used in the Revised Code: (A) "Blighted area" and "slum" mean an area in which at least seventy per cent of the parcels...
• Section 1.10 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-03-1972
• Section 1.11 - Remedial Laws Liberally Construed.
  Remedial laws and all proceedings under them shall be liberally construed in order to promote their object and assist the parties in obtaining justice....
• Section 1.12 - Special Provision Shall Govern Unless It Appears That Provisions Are Cumulative.
  When a special provision is made in a remedial law as to service, pleadings, competency of witnesses, or in any other respect inconsistent with...
• Section 1.13 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-03-1972
• Section 1.14 - Excluding First And Including Last Day - Legal Holidays.
  The time within which an act is required by law to be done shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last...
• Section 1.15 - Effective Date Of Acts - Priority Of Legal Rights.
  When an act is to take effect or become operative from and after a day named, no part of that day shall be included....
• Section 1.16 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 2307.60.
  Effective Date: 04-04-1985
• Section 1.17, 1.18 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 1.19 To 1.21 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-03-1972
• Section 1.22 - Judicial Construction And Adjudication Subsequent Change Not To Affect Prior Valid Obligations.
  When an officer or board of a county, township, or municipal corporation by ordinance, resolution, order, or other proceeding, in pursuance of a statute...
• Section 1.23 - Construction Of Cross-references.
  (A) Wherever in a penalty section reference is made to a violation of a series of sections, or of divisions or subdivisions of a...
• Section 1.24 To 1.29 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-26-1971
• Section 1.30 - Legislation Correcting Nonsubstantive Errors In The Revised Code.
  (A) In enacting any legislation with the stated purpose of correcting nonsubstantive errors in the Revised Code, it is the intent of the general...
• Section 1.31 - Gender Specific And Gender Neutral Language.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) Language is "gender neutral" if it does not expressly or implicitly refer to one sex to the...
• Section 1.41 - Applicability Of Rules Of Construction.
  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...
• Section 1.42 - Common, Technical Or Particular Terms.
  Words and phrases shall be read in context and construed according to the rules of grammar and common usage. Words and phrases that have...
• Section 1.43 - Singular - Plural - Gender - Tense.
  (A) The singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular. (B) Words of one gender include the other genders. (C) Words in...
• Section 1.44 - Week - Year.
  (A) "Week" means seven consecutive days. (B) "Year" means twelve consecutive months. Effective Date: 01-03-1972
• Section 1.45 - Time Computation.
  If a number of months is to be computed by counting the months from a particular day, the period ends on the same numerical...
• Section 1.46 - Conflict Between Figures And Words In Expressing Number.
  If there is a conflict between figures and words in expressing a number, the words govern. Effective Date: 01-03-1972
• Section 1.47 - Presumptions In Enactment Of Statutes.
  In enacting a statute, it is presumed that: (A) Compliance with the constitutions of the state and of the United States is intended; (B)...
• Section 1.471 - Effective Date Of Act Containing Appropriation For Current Expenses.
  As used in this section, "appropriation for current expenses" means an appropriation of money for the current expenses of the state government and state...
• Section 1.48 - Presumption That Statute Is Prospective.
  A statute is presumed to be prospective in its operation unless expressly made retrospective. Effective Date: 01-03-1972
• Section 1.49 - Determining Legislative Intent.
  If a statute is ambiguous, the court, in determining the intention of the legislature, may consider among other matters: (A) The object sought to...
• Section 1.50 - Severability.
  If any provisions of a section of the Revised Code or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity...
• Section 1.51 - Special Or Local Provision Prevails As Exception To General Provision.
  If a general provision conflicts with a special or local provision, they shall be construed, if possible, so that effect is given to both....
• Section 1.52 - Irreconcilable Statutes Or Amendments - Harmonization.
  (A) If statutes enacted at the same or different sessions of the legislature are irreconcilable, the statute latest in date of enactment prevails. (B)...
• Section 1.53 - Language And Any Designated Section Number Of Enrolled Act Prevails.
  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...
• Section 1.54 - Reenactment Or Amendment Is Continuation Of Prior Statute.
  A statute which is reenacted or amended is intended to be a continuation of the prior statute and not a new enactment, so far...
• Section 1.55 - Reference To Any Portion Applies To All Reenactments Or Amendments.
  A reference to any portion of a statute of this state applies to all reenactments or amendments thereof. Effective Date: 01-03-1972
• Section 1.56 - Reference To Series Of Numbers Or Letters.
  If a statute refers to a series of numbers or letters, the first and the last numbers or letters are included. Effective Date: 01-03-1972
• Section 1.57 - Repeal Of Repealing Statute.
  The repeal of a repealing statute does not revive the statute originally repealed nor impair the effect of any saving clause therein. Effective Date:
• Section 1.58 - Reenactment, Amendment, Or Repeal Of Statute.
  (A) The reenactment, amendment, or repeal of a statute does not, except as provided in division (B) of this section: (1) Affect the prior...
• Section 1.59 - Statutory Definitions.
  As used in any statute, unless another definition is provided in that statute or a related statute: (A) "Child" includes child by adoption. (B)...
• Section 1.60 - State Agency Defined.
  As used in Title I of the Revised Code, "state agency," except as otherwise provided in the title, means every organized body, office, or...
• Section 1.601 - Fire Marshal Defined.
  If a statute uses the term "fire marshal" it is referring to the state fire marshal. Effective Date: 2008 SB237 09-12-2008
• Section 1.61 - Agriculture Defined.
  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...
• Section 1.611 - Osu Extension Defined.
  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),...
• Section 1.62 - References To Officers, Authorities And Resolutions In County That Has Adopted A Charter.
  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 1.63 - Pre-emption By State Of Certain Business Practices.
  (A) The state solely shall regulate the business of originating, granting, servicing, and collecting loans and other forms of credit in the state and...
• Section 1.64 - Health Care Workers Definitions.
  As used in the Revised Code: (A) "Certified nurse-midwife" means a registered nurse who holds a valid certificate of authority issued under Chapter 4723....

Last modified: October 10, 2016