Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3 - Officer; Oaths; Bonds

• Section 3.01 - Continuation In Office Until Successor Elected Or Appointed And Qualified.
  A person holding an office of public trust shall continue therein until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified, unless otherwise provided in...
• Section 3.02 - Elective Office Filled By Appointment - Term Of Appointee.
  (A) When an elective office becomes vacant and is filled by appointment, such appointee shall hold the office until the appointee's successor is elected...
• Section 3.03 - Vacancy In Office Filled By Appointment Of Governor.
  When a vacancy in an office filled by appointment of the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, occurs by expiration of...
• Section 3.04 - Removal Or Suspension Of Appointee By Governor.
  When not otherwise provided by law, an officer who holds his office by appointment of the governor with the advice and consent of the...
• Section 3.05 - Suspension By Governor - Filling Vacancy.
  In case of the suspension of an officer as provided for in section 3.04 of the Revised Code, the governor shall designate a person...
• Section 3.06 - Deputies, Clerks - Blanket Bonds.
  (A) A deputy, when duly qualified, may perform any duties of his principal. A deputy or clerk, appointed in pursuance of law, holds the...
• Section 3.07 - Misconduct In Office - Forfeiture.
  Any person holding office in this state, or in any municipal corporation, county, or subdivision thereof, coming within the official classification in Section 38...
• Section 3.08 - Removal Of Public Officers.
  Proceedings for the removal of public officers on any of the grounds enumerated in section 3.07 of the Revised Code shall be commenced by...
• Section 3.09 - Appeal In Removal Cases On Questions Of Law By Court Of Appeals.
  The decision of the court of common pleas in all cases for the removal of officers may be reviewed on appeal on questions of...
• Section 3.10 - Subpoena Of Witnesses - Fees.
  In removal proceedings under sections 3.07 to 3.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas and the court of appeals may...
• Section 3.11 - Restrictions On Holding More Than One Office.
  No person shall hold at the same time by appointment or election more than one of the following offices: sheriff, county auditor, county treasurer,...
• Section 3.12 - Personal Liability Of Officer Making Contract Without Authority.
  An officer or agent of the state or of any county, township, or municipal corporation who is charged or entrusted with the construction, improvement,...
• Section 3.13 - Recovery Of Illegal Loans Or Deposits.
  The state or a county, township, municipal corporation, or school board shall not be precluded by the illegal loan or deposit by an officer...
• Section 3.14 - Plan For The Funding Or Refunding Of Indebtedness.
  All officers, boards, or commissions created under the constitution or laws of this state which have the power to invest funds in their charge...
• Section 3.15 - Residency Requirements For Public Officials.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, at all times during one's term of office: (1) Each member of the...
• Section 3.16 - Suspension Of Local Official Charged With Felony Relating To Official Conduct.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Prosecuting attorney" means the prosecuting attorney of the county in which a public official who is charged...
• Section 3.17 - Failure To Attend Meetings.
  Any member of a board, commission, council, board of trustees of an institution of higher education, or other public body of the state, except...
• Section 3.20 - Oath And Affirmation.
  When an oath is required or authorized by law, an affirmation in lieu thereof may be taken by a person having conscientious scruples against...
• Section 3.21 - Form Of Oath.
  Subject to any section of the Revised Code that prescribes the form of an oath, a person may be sworn in any form the...
• Section 3.22 - Oath Of Office.
  Each person chosen or appointed to an office under the constitution or laws of this state, and each deputy or clerk of such officer,...
• Section 3.23 - Contents Of Oath Of Office.
  The oath of office of each judge of a court of record shall be to support the constitution of the United States and the...
• Section 3.24 - Administration Of Oaths.
  Every person holding an elected office under the constitution or laws of this state may administer oaths of office to persons elected or appointed...
• Section 3.30 - Failure To Give Bond Of Office.
  A person elected or appointed to an office who is required by law to give a bond or security previous to the performance of...
• Section 3.31 - Bond Sufficiency.
  A bond payable to the state, or other payee as directed by law, reciting the election or appointment of a person to an office...
• Section 3.32 - Annual Bond Premium.
  If an elective or appointive state officer is required by law to furnish bond, a surety company bond may be given and the annual...
• Section 3.33 - Deposit Of Official Bonds.
  Every officer, on receiving an official bond which by law is required to be filed or deposited with him, shall record it in a...
• Section 3.34 - Bonds Filled In Or Left In Blank.
  All official bonds; bonds of executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees; bonds required or authorized to be taken by or before a court, judge, or...

Last modified: October 10, 2016