Ohio Code § 3.15
Ohio Code § 3.15. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 3.15.
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, at all times during
one's term of office: (1) Each member of the general assembly shall be a resident of the district the member
represents. (2) Each judge and each elected officer of a court shall be a resident of the territory
of that court. (3) Each person holding an elective office of a political subdivision shall be a resident
of that political subdivision. (4) Each member of a municipal legislative authority who represents a ward shall be a
resident of the ward the member represents, and each member of a board of education
of a city school district who represents a subdistrict shall be a resident of the
subdistrict the member represents. (B) Any person who fails to meet any of the requirements of division (A) of this section
that apply to the person shall forfeit the office. Division (A) of this section applies to persons who have been either elected or
appointed to an elective office. Division (A) of this section does not apply to a member of the general assembly,
to a member of a municipal legislative authority who represents a ward, or to a member
of a board of education of a city school district who represents a subdistrict, during
the remainder of the member's existing term of office after there is a change in the
member's district's, ward's, or subdistrict's boundaries that leaves the member's
permanent residence outside the district, ward, or subdistrict.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 3.15
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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