Ohio Code § 5.011

Ohio Code § 5.011. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 5.011.

The flag of the governor of this state will be of scarlet wool bunting, six feet eight

inches hoist by ten feet six inches fly.  In each of the four corners will be a white five-pointed star with one point upward.  The centers of these stars will be twelve inches from the long edges and seventeen

inches from the short edges of the flag.  In the center of the flag will be a reproduction of the great seal of Ohio in proper

colors, three feet in diameter, surrounded by thirteen white stars equally spaced

with their centers on an imaginary circle four feet three inches in diameter.  All stars shall be of such size that their points would lie on the circumference

of an imaginary circle ten inches in diameter. The official colors of the governor of Ohio will be of scarlet silk, four feet four

inches on the pike by five feet six inches fly, of the same design as the flag of

the governor of Ohio, with the seal and stars proportionately reduced in size and

embroidered.  The colors will be trimmed on three edges with a knotted fringe of yellow silk two

and one half inches wide.  Attached below the head of the pike will be a silk cord of scarlet and white eight

feet six inches in length with a tassel at each end. The naval flag of the governor of Ohio will be of scarlet wool bunting, three feet

hoist by four feet fly.  The design will be the same as the flag of the governor of Ohio with the seal and

the stars proportionately reduced in size. The automobile flag of the governor of Ohio will be of scarlet silk, or wool bunting,

one foot six inches on the staff by two feet six inches on the fly.  The design will be the same as the flag of the governor of Ohio with the seal and

stars proportionately reduced in size.  The flag will be trimmed on three edges with a knotted fringe of silk or wool one

and one half inches wide.

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5.011
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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