Effective: May 18, 2005
Latest Legislation: House Bill 552 - 125th General Assembly
The general assembly hereby establishes a recommended procedure for the folding of the state flag by two people. The procedure is as follows:
With the flag unfolded, fold the flag in half lengthwise so that the points of the flag are aligned. Fold the flag in half lengthwise a second time to form a long strip with the red disc facing the ground. Next, fold the pointed end back onto itself to form a rectangle. These steps entail three folds.
Starting on the end formed by the fold of the pointed end back onto itself, fold two inches of the flag onto itself for a flag with a three-foot hoist and a five-foot fly, or another appropriate width of fold for a flag of a different size. Repeat the folds a total of fourteen times, alternating the folds in a fan-like manner.
The result is a total of seventeen folds symbolizing that Ohio was the seventeenth state admitted to the union. Finally, neatly and snugly wrap the remaining length of flag around the fan-folds to form a compact rectangle.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5 | State Insignia; Seals; Holidays
Section 5.01 | Ohio State Flag.
Section 5.011 | Ohio Governor's Flag.
Section 5.012 | Display and Maintenance of State Flag.
Section 5.013 | Pledge to the State Flag.
Section 5.014 | Procedure for Folding State Flag.
Section 5.015 | Suggested Ceremonial Procedure for Retirement of State Flag.
Section 5.021 | State Wild Flower.
Section 5.031 | State Reptile.
Section 5.033 | State Amphibian.
Section 5.04 | State Coat of Arms.
Section 5.07 | State Gem Stone.
Section 5.071 | State Invertebrate Fossil.
Section 5.072 | State Bicentennial Bridge.
Section 5.073 | State Prehistoric Monument.
Section 5.074 | Official Historical Architectural Structure.
Section 5.075 | State Artifact.
Section 5.077 | Official State Penal Museum.
Section 5.078 | State Fossil Fish.
Section 5.08 | State Beverage.
Section 5.082 | State Native Fruit.
Section 5.091 | Ohio a "Purple Heart State".
Section 5.101 | Compliance With State Seal Requirements.
Section 5.11 | Affixing State or Corporate Seal - Abolishment of Private Seals.
Section 5.20 | Portion of Election Day a Holiday.
Section 5.21 | Labor Day - Columbus Day - Veterans' Day.
Section 5.211 | Ohio Warrior Awareness Week.
Section 5.221 | World War I Day.
Section 5.222 | General Pulaski Memorial Day.
Section 5.223 | Native American Indian Day.
Section 5.224 | Ohio Statehood Day.
Section 5.225 | Workers Memorial Day.
Section 5.226 | Ohio Braille Literacy Week.
Section 5.227 | Destroyer Escort Day in Ohio B41.
Section 5.228 | Korean War Veterans' Day.
Section 5.229 | Gold Star Mothers Day.
Section 5.2210 | Ohio Aviation and Aerospace History Education Week.
Section 5.2211 | Child Care Worker Appreciation Week in Ohio.
Section 5.2212 | School Energy Conservation Day in Ohio.
Section 5.2213 | Ohio Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Ohio Mammography Day.
Section 5.2214 | Ohio Township Day.
Section 5.2215 | Ohio Hepatitis C Awareness Month.
Section 5.2216 | Ohio National Guard Day.
Section 5.2217 | Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
Section 5.2218 | Exemplary Adult Care Provider Day.
Section 5.2219 | Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Section 5.2220 | Dean Martin Day.
Section 5.2222 | Ohio Child Abuse Awareness Month.
Section 5.2223 | Eye Donor Month in Ohio.
Section 5.2224 | School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day.
Section 5.2225 | Teacher Appreciation Day.
Section 5.2226 | Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month.
Section 5.2227 | George Rogers Clark Day.
Section 5.2228 | Ohio Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month.
Section 5.2229 | Parent's Week.
Section 5.2230 | Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Melanoma Awareness Month.
Section 5.2231 | Rosa Parks Day.
Section 5.2232 | Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month.
Section 5.2233 | Ohio Public Safety Employee Day.
Section 5.2234 | Emancipation Day.
Section 5.2235 | Nutrition and Physical Fitness Month.
Section 5.2236 | German Heritage Month.
Section 5.2237 | Ohio Lyme Disease Awareness Month.
Section 5.2238 | Heritage and Freedom Flag of the Former Republic of Vietnam Day.
Section 5.2239 | Ohio Turfgrass Week.
Section 5.2240 | Crohn's and Colitis Awareness.
Section 5.2241 | Fibromyalgia Awareness Month.
Section 5.2242 | Ronald Reagan Day.
Section 5.2243 | Ohio Boy Scout Week.
Section 5.2244 | Black History Month.
Section 5.2245 | Nurses Month.
Section 5.2246 | Melanoma/skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month.
Section 5.2247 | Juneteenth, Legal Holiday.
Section 5.2248 | Brothers and Sisters' Day.
Section 5.2249 | Lithopolis Honeyfest Day.
Section 5.2250 | Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Month.
Section 5.2251 | Internet Safety Day.
Section 5.2252 | Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month.
Section 5.2253 | Ohio Preparedness Month.
Section 5.2254 | Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Section 5.2255 | Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
Section 5.2256 | u.s.s. Hocking Day.
Section 5.2257 | Crime Prevention Month.
Section 5.2258 | Disability Employment Awareness Month.
Section 5.2259 | Adoption Day.
Section 5.2260 | Epilepsy Awareness Month.
Section 5.2261 | Omega Psi Phi Month.
Section 5.2262 | Homeless Persons' Memorial Day.
Section 5.2263 | Year of the Veteran.
Section 5.2264 | Ohio Save for Retirement Week.
Section 5.2265 | Ohio Military Family Month.
Section 5.2266 | Ohio Agriculture Week.
Section 5.2267 | Als Awareness Month.
Section 5.2268 | Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month.
Section 5.2269 | Substance Abuse, Prescription Drug Abuse, Overdose Awareness.
Section 5.2270 | John Glenn Friendship 7 Day.
Section 5.2271 | Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Awareness Month.
Section 5.2272 | Ohio Coal Miners Week.
Section 5.2273 | Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
Section 5.2274 | Ohio Aggregates and Industrial Minerals Awareness Week.
Section 5.2275 | Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month.
Section 5.2276 | Macular Degeneration Awareness Month.
Section 5.2277 | Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Day.
Section 5.2278 | Vietnam Veterans' Day.
Section 5.2279 | Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
Section 5.2280 | Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Week.
Section 5.2282 | Ohio Wines Month.
Section 5.2283 | Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month.
Section 5.2284 | Emma "Grandma" Gatewood Day.
Section 5.2285 | Ohio Forest Products Awareness Week.
Section 5.2286 | Ohio Suicide Prevention Day.
Section 5.2287 | Craniofacial Acceptance Month.
Section 5.2288 | Ohio Maple Syrup Products Month.
Section 5.2289 | Nonviolence Week.
Section 5.2290 | Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month.
Section 5.2291 | Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day.
Section 5.2292 | Meningitis Awareness Day; Tess's Law.
Section 5.2293 | Manufacturing Month.
Section 5.2294 | Dyslexia Awareness Month.
Section 5.2295 | Career-Technical Education and Skilled Workforce Development Month.
Section 5.2296 | School Bullying Prevention and Awareness Act.
Section 5.2297 | Safe Driving Awareness Month.
Section 5.2298 | Eastern European Month.
Section 5.2299 | Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Awareness Month.
Section 5.22107 | Purple Martin Capital of Ohio.
Section 5.23 | School Holidays.
Section 5.231 | Krabbe Disease Awareness Week.
Section 5.232 | Fibromuscular Dysplasia Awareness Month.
Section 5.233 | Rett Syndrome Awareness Month.
Section 5.234 | Disability History and Awareness Month.
Section 5.235 | Blue Star Mothers and Families Day.
Section 5.236 | Harrison Dillard Day.
Section 5.237 | Scleroderma Awareness Month.
Section 5.238 | All for the Kids Awareness Day.
Section 5.239 | One Health Awareness Month.
Section 5.2310 | Fanconi Anemia Awareness Day.
Section 5.2311 | Ohio Public Education Appreciation Week.
Section 5.2312 | Hypoparathyroidism Awareness Day.
Section 5.2313 | Brain Cancer Awareness Month.
Section 5.2314 | Ohio Adoption Awareness Month.
Section 5.2315 | Ohio Principals Month.
Section 5.2317 | Radon Awareness Month.
Section 5.2318 | Ohio School Safety Month.
Section 5.24 | Ohio Hub of Innovation and Opportunity for Aerospace and Aviation.
Section 5.241 | Service Dog Awareness Week.
Section 5.242 | Moses Fleetwood Walker Day.
Section 5.243 | National Atomic Veterans Day.
Section 5.244 | Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.
Section 5.245 | Ohio Covered Bridge Week.
Section 5.246 | Ohio Tuskegee Airmen Day.
Section 5.247 | Maternal Mortality Awareness Month.
Section 5.248 | Sexual Assault Prevention Awareness Month.
Section 5.25 | Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Week.
Section 5.251 | Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day.
Section 5.252 | Free Clinic Appreciation Month.
Section 5.253 | Ohio Community Theatre Month.
Section 5.254 | Rare Disease Day.
Section 5.255 | Ohio Internship and Co-Op Appreciation Day.
Section 5.256 | Endometriosis Awareness Month.
Section 5.257 | s.m.a.r.t. Parent Day.
Section 5.258 | Asthma Awareness Month.
Section 5.259 | Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month.
Section 5.2510 | Omphalocele Awareness Day.
Section 5.2511 | Osteopathic Medicine Recognition Month.
Section 5.2512 | Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Awareness Day.
Section 5.2513 | Genocide Awareness Month.
Section 5.2514 | Ohio Native Plant Month.
Section 5.2515 | Thyroid Health Awareness Month.
Section 5.2516 | Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.
Section 5.2517 | Bartter Syndrome Awareness Day.
Section 5.2518 | Ohio Chiropractic Awareness Month.
Section 5.2519 | Blood Donor Awareness Month.
Section 5.2520 | Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month.
Section 5.2521 | Aortic Aneurysm Awareness Day.
Section 5.2522 | Sanfilippo Syndrome Awareness Day.
Section 5.2523 | International Ataxia Awareness Day.
Section 5.2524 | Cardiac Amyloidosis Recognition Month.
Section 5.2525 | Diabetic Ketoacidosis Awareness Day.
Section 5.2526 | Hirschsprung's Disease Awareness Month.
Section 5.2527 | Postpartum Cardiomyopathy Awareness Week.
Section 5.2528 | Ohio Diabetes Awareness-Heart Connection Week.
Section 5.2529 | Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Day.
Section 5.2530 | Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week.
Section 5.26 | Rascal Flatts Day.
Section 5.261 | First Responders' Appreciation Day.
Section 5.262 | Jesse Owens Day.
Section 5.263 | We Card Month.
Section 5.264 | Sarcoidosis Awareness Month.
Section 5.265 | Charles Follis Day.
Section 5.27 | Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month.
Section 5.28 | Armed Services, Peace Officer, First Responder, and Dual Service Recognition Day.
Section 5.281 | In-Demand Jobs Week.
Section 5.289 | Annie Glenn Communication Disorders Awareness Day.
Section 5.29 | Pain Awareness Month.
Section 5.291 | Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day.
Section 5.292 | Drive Ohio Byways Month.
Section 5.293 | Toni Morrison Day.
Section 5.30 | Saturday Afternoon Is Legal Holiday.
Section 5.40 | Financial Institutions Open on Holidays and Outside Regular Hours.
Section 5.41 | Financial Institutions Closed on Weekdays.
Section 5.46 | Ohio Purple Heart Day.
Section 5.47 | Ohio Goes Boating Month.
Section 5.48 | Ohio Survivors of Suicide Loss Day.
Section 5.481 | Veterans Suicide Awareness Day.
Section 5.50 | Ohio National Missing Children's Day.
Section 5.51 | One Small Step Week.
Section 5.52 | Women Veterans' Day.