Ohio Code § 2729.15
Ohio Code § 2729.15. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2729.15.
When the record or any part thereof of the proceedings, judgment, or decree in an
action or other proceeding of a court in this state in which the final judgment has
been rendered, is lost or destroyed by fire, riot, or civil commotion, and such loss
cannot be supplied or replaced as provided in section 2729.14 of the Revised Code , any person interested therein may make a written application to the court to which
such record belongs, setting forth its substance, which shall be verified in the manner
provided for the verification of pleadings in a civil action. Thereupon summons shall issue and actual service or service by publication shall
be made upon all persons interested in or affected by such original judgment or final
entry, in the manner provided by law for the commencement of civil actions, except
that parties may waive the issuing or service of summons and enter their appearance
to such application.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2729.15
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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