Ohio Code § 2307.40
Ohio Code § 2307.40. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2307.40.
A member of the senate or house of representatives, or an officer of either branch
of the general assembly, shall be privileged from answering to a suit instituted against
him in a county other than the one in which he resides upon a cause of action which
accrued ten days before the first day of a session of the general assembly of which
he is an officer or a member. All proceedings in actions to which such a person is a party shall be stayed during
such session, and the time necessarily employed in going thereto and returning therefrom.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2307.40
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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