Ohio Code § 2301.20
Ohio Code § 2301.20. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2301.20.
All civil and criminal actions in the court of common pleas shall be recorded. The reporter shall take accurate notes of or electronically record the oral testimony. The notes and electronic records shall be filed in the office of the official reporter
and carefully preserved for either of the following periods of time: (A) If the action is not a capital case, the notes and electronic records shall be preserved
for the period of time specified by the court of common pleas, which period of time
shall not be longer than the period of time that the other records of the particular
action are required to be kept. (B) If the action is a capital case, the notes and electronic records shall be preserved
for the longer of ten years or until the final disposition of the action and exhaustion
of all appeals.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2301.20
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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