Ohio Code § 1907.231
Ohio Code § 1907.231. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 1907.231.
Notwithstanding section 149.38 of the Revised Code , each clerk of a county court shall retain documentation regarding each criminal
conviction and plea of guilty involving a case that is or was before the court. The documentation shall be in a form that is admissible as evidence in a criminal
proceeding as evidence of a prior conviction or that is readily convertible to or
producible in a form that is admissible as evidence in a criminal proceeding as evidence
of a prior conviction and may be retained in any form authorized by section 9.01 of the Revised Code . The clerk shall retain this documentation for a period of fifty years after the
entry of judgment in the case, except that documentation regarding cases solely concerned
with minor misdemeanor offenses or minor misdemeanor traffic offenses shall be retained
as provided in divisions (A) and (B) of section 1901.41 of the Revised Code , and documentation regarding other misdemeanor traffic offenses shall be retained
for a period of twenty-five years after the entry of judgment in the case. This section shall apply to records currently retained and to records created on
or after September 23, 2004.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1907.231
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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