Ohio Code § 3.07
Ohio Code § 3.07. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 3.07.
Any person holding office in this state, or in any municipal corporation, county,
or subdivision thereof, coming within the official classification in Section 38 of Article II, Ohio Constitution , who willfully and flagrantly exercises authority or power not authorized by law,
refuses or willfully neglects to enforce the law or to perform any official duty imposed
upon him by law, or is guilty of gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, drunkenness,
misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance is guilty of misconduct in office. Upon complaint and hearing in the manner provided for in sections 3.07 to 3.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code , such person shall have judgment of forfeiture of said office with all its emoluments
entered thereon against him, creating thereby in said office a vacancy to be filled
as prescribed by law. The proceedings provided for in such sections are in addition to impeachment and
other methods of removal authorized by law, and such sections do not divest the governor
or any other authority of the jurisdiction given in removal proceedings.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 3.07
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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