Ohio Code § 1701.54

Ohio Code § 1701.54. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 1701.54.

(A) Unless the articles, the regulations adopted by the shareholders, or the regulations

adopted by the directors pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 1701.10 of the Revised Code prohibit the authorization or taking of any action of the shareholders or of the

directors without a meeting, any action that may be authorized or taken at a meeting

of the shareholders or of the directors, as the case may be, may be authorized or

taken without a meeting with the affirmative vote or approval of, and in a writing

or writings signed by all the shareholders who would be entitled to notice of a meeting

of the shareholders held for such purpose, or all the directors, respectively, which

writing or writings shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the corporation.  Any certificate with respect to the authorization or taking of any such action that

is required to be filed in the office of the secretary of state shall recite that

the authorization or taking of such action was in a writing or writings approved and

signed as specified in this section. (B) A telegram, cablegram, electronic mail, or an electronic or other transmission capable

of authentication that appears to have been sent by a person described in division

(A) of this section and that contains an affirmative vote or approval of that person

is a signed writing for the purposes of this section.  The date on which that telegram, cablegram, electronic mail, or electronic or other

transmission is sent is the date on which the writing is signed.

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

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1701.54
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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