Ohio Code § 1706.172

§ 1706.172.

(A) Each record authorized or required to be delivered to the secretary of state for

filing under this chapter shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) The record shall contain all information required by the law of this state to be

contained in the record but, unless otherwise provided by law, shall not be required

to contain other information. (2) The record shall be on or in a medium and in such form acceptable to the secretary

of state and from which the secretary of state may create a record that contains all

of the information stated in the record.  The secretary of state may require that the record be delivered by any one or more

means or on or in any one or more media acceptable to the secretary of state.  The secretary of state is not required to file a record that is not delivered by

a means and in a medium that complies with the requirements then established by the

secretary of state for the delivery and filing of records.  If the secretary of state permits a record to be delivered on paper, the record

shall be typewritten or machine printed, and the secretary of state may impose reasonable

requirements upon the dimensions, legibility, quality, and color of the paper and

typewriting or printing and upon the format and other attributes of any record that

is delivered electronically.  The secretary of state shall, at the earliest practicable time, allow for the delivery

of a record for filing to be accomplished electronically, without the necessity for

the delivery of a physical original record or the image thereof, if all required information

is delivered and is readily retrievable from the data delivered.  If the delivery of a record for filing is required to be accomplished electronically,

that record shall not be accompanied by any physical record unless the secretary of

state permits that accompaniment. (3) The record shall be in English.  A person's name set forth in the record need not be in English if expressed in English

letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.  Records of a foreign person need not be in English if accompanied by a reasonably

authenticated English translation. (B) Unless the secretary of state determines that a record does not comply with the filing

requirements of this chapter, the secretary of state shall file the record and send

a certificate and a receipt for the fees to the person who submitted the record. (C) Upon request and payment of the requisite fee, the secretary of state shall furnish

to the requester a certified copy of a requested record. (D) Except as otherwise provided in division (F) of section 1706.09 and section 1706.173 of the Revised Code , a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter may specify

an effective time and a delayed effective date of not more than ninety days following

the date of receipt by the secretary of state.  Subject to division (F) of section 1706.09 and section 1706.173 of the Revised Code , a record filed by the secretary of state is effective as follows: (1) If the record does not specify an effective time and does not specify a delayed effective

date, on the date the record is filed as evidenced by the secretary of state's endorsement

of the date on the record; (2) If the record specifies an effective time but not a delayed effective date, on the

date the record is filed at the time specified in the record; (3) If the record specifies a delayed effective date but not an effective time, at 12:01

a.m. on the earlier of the following: (a) The specified date; (b) The ninetieth day after the record is filed. (4) If the record specifies an effective time and a delayed effective date, at the specified

time on the earlier of the following: (a) The specified date; (b) The ninetieth day after the record is filed.