Ohio Code § 301.01
Ohio Code § 301.01. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 301.01.
When a petition, memorial, or remonstrance is presented to the general assembly for
or against the erection of a new county, or for the location or relocation of a county
seat, the petitioners must be eighteen years of age and resident taxpayers or voters
within the several townships in which they reside. The petition shall set forth the name of the township and county in which the petitioners
reside, and that their residence is within or out of the bounds of the proposed new
county, as the case may be. The foregoing requirements shall be proven by the certificate of a township fiscal
officer or by the oath of a respectable freeholder or voter, certified by a person
authorized to administer oaths. The certificate or oath shall specify on the petition, memorial, or remonstrance
the number of signers there were to the paper at the time of the certifying or oath.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 301.01
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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