Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds
Section 3.15 | Residency Requirements for Public Officials.

Effective: October 5, 2000
Latest Legislation: House Bill 711 - 123rd General Assembly
(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 general assembly and each elected voting member of the state board of education shall be a resident of the district the member represents.
(2) Each judge and each elected officer of a court shall be a resident of the territory of that court.
(3) Each person holding an elective office of a political subdivision shall be a resident of that political subdivision.
(4) Each member of a municipal legislative authority who represents a ward shall be a resident of the ward the member represents, and each member of a board of education of a city school district who represents a subdistrict shall be a resident of the subdistrict the member represents.
(B) Any person who fails to meet any of the requirements of division (A) of this section that apply to the person shall forfeit the office. Division (A) of this section applies to persons who have been either elected or appointed to an elective office. Division (A) of this section does not apply to a member of the general assembly or the state board of education, to a member of a municipal legislative authority who represents a ward, or to a member of a board of education of a city school district who represents a subdistrict, during the remainder of the member's existing term of office after there is a change in the member's district's, ward's, or subdistrict's boundaries that leaves the member's permanent residence outside the district, ward, or subdistrict.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

General Provisions

Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds

Section 3.01 | Continuation in Office Until Successor Elected or Appointed and Qualified.

Section 3.02 | Elective Office Filled by Appointment - Term of Appointee.

Section 3.03 | Vacancy in Office Filled by Appointment of Governor.

Section 3.04 | Removal or Suspension of Appointee by Governor.

Section 3.05 | Suspension by Governor - Filling Vacancy.

Section 3.06 | Deputies, Clerks - Blanket Bonds.

Section 3.061 | Dishonesty and Faithful Performance of Duty Policy in Lieu of Bond.

Section 3.07 | Misconduct in Office - Forfeiture.

Section 3.08 | Removal of Public Officers.

Section 3.09 | Appeal in Removal Cases on Questions of Law by Court of Appeals.

Section 3.10 | Subpoena of Witnesses - Fees.

Section 3.11 | Restrictions on Holding More Than One Office.

Section 3.111 | Simultaneous Service as Member or Officer of Board of Convention and Visitor's Bureau.

Section 3.112 | Simultaneous Service as Member of Board of Transportation Improvement District.

Section 3.12 | Personal Liability of Officer Making Contract Without Authority.

Section 3.13 | Recovery of Illegal Loans or Deposits.

Section 3.14 | Plan for the Funding or Refunding of Indebtedness.

Section 3.15 | Residency Requirements for Public Officials.

Section 3.16 | Suspension of Local Official Charged With Felony Relating to Official Conduct.

Section 3.17 | Failure to Attend Meetings.

Section 3.20 | Oath and Affirmation.

Section 3.21 | Form of Oath.

Section 3.22 | Oath of Office.

Section 3.23 | Contents of Oath of Office.

Section 3.24 | Administration of Oaths.

Section 3.30 | Failure to Give Bond of Office or File Oath of Office.

Section 3.31 | Bond Sufficiency.

Section 3.32 | Annual Bond Premium.

Section 3.33 | Deposit of Official Bonds.

Section 3.34 | Bonds Filled in or Left in Blank.