Ohio Code § 2741.02
Ohio Code § 2741.02. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2741.02.
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not use any aspect of
an individual's persona for a commercial purpose: (1) During the individual's lifetime; (2) For a period of sixty years after the date of the individual's death; or (3) For a period of ten years after the date of death of a deceased member of the Ohio
national guard or the armed forces of the United States. (B) A person may use an individual's persona for a commercial purpose during the individual's
lifetime if the person first obtains the written consent to use the individual's persona
from a person specified in section 2741.05 of the Revised Code . If an individual whose persona is at issue has died, a person may use the individual's
persona for a commercial purpose if either of the following applies: (1) The person first obtains the written consent to use the individual's persona from
a person specified in section 2741.05 of the Revised Code who owns the individual's right of publicity. (2) The name of the individual whose persona is used was the name of a business entity
or a trade name at the time of the individual's death. (C) Subject to the terms of any agreement between a person specified in section 2741.05 of the Revised Code and a person to whom that person grants consent to use an individual's right of publicity,
a consent obtained before the death of an individual whose persona is at issue remains
valid after the individual's death. (D) For purposes of this section: (1) A use of an aspect of an individual's persona in connection with any news, public
affairs, sports broadcast, or account does not constitute a use for which consent
is required under division (A) of this section. (2) A use of an aspect of an individual's persona in connection with any political campaign
and in compliance with Title XXXV of the Revised Code does not constitute a use for
which consent is required under division (A) of this section. (E) The owners or employees of any medium used for advertising, including but not limited
to, a newspaper, magazine, radio or television network or station, cable television
system, billboard, transit ad, and global communications network, by whom any advertisement
or solicitation in violation of this section is published or disseminated are not
liable under this section or section 2741.07 of the Revised Code unless it is established that those owners or employees had knowledge of the unauthorized
use of the persona as prohibited by this section.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2741.02
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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