Ohio Code § 3.12
Ohio Code § 3.12. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 3.12.
An officer or agent of the state or of any county, township, or municipal corporation
who is charged or entrusted with the construction, improvement, or keeping in repair
of a building or work of any kind, or with the management of or providing for a public
institution, shall make no contract binding or purporting to bind the state, or such
county, township, or municipal corporation, to pay any sum of money not previously
appropriated for the purpose for which such contract is made, and remaining unexpended
and applicable thereto, unless such officer or agent has been authorized to make such
contract. If such officer or agent makes or participates in making a contract without such
appropriation or authority, he is personally liable thereon, and the state, county,
township, or municipal corporation in whose name or behalf the contract was made shall
not be liable thereon.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 3.12
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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